Rose Pride - NOT amateur radio

One of the houses in our village has a splendid garden filled with roses in which they take great pride. 

Es selectivity

So far today, I have had just spots from Austria on 10m WSPR and nothing at all on 8m FT8. 

Es can be very selective. Sometimes a station a few kilometres away spots a lot, whereas at your QTH there is nothing. Also, the openings can be widespread or in just one direction.

Although I may be factually wrong, my impression is openings to more northerly directions are more common later in the Es season. Southern stations are there, but the feeeling I get is that more northern stations are more frequent.

My free PDF book

Although I hope to have every page complete before I go to see my brother next week, I shall still need to check things and order the pages, so it will not be available until some time in July. I am making no deadlines as I always seem to miss them! 

One thing is sure: there will be a link on my blog and website and I shall send the link to the main radio mags. Whether they decide to print it is another matter!

It should contain all my projects and a bit more that may be of interest. As it is a brain-dump as much for me as others, I cannot charge anything for it. What would really please me is if others experimented for the first time and some of my unfinished projects were finished.

Over the years, I have had lots of fun and I hope you do too.

10m QRP WSPR TX (Friday)

I have been on 10m WSPR TX with 500mW for about an hour. Multiple spots by OE3XOE (1233km), but nobody else as yet.

UPDATE 1606z:   19 spots of my 500mW QRP today.

8m experiment (Friday)

 Once again I am on 8m FT8 TX on 40.680 MHz USB dial. No spots yet. 

Barnacle geese and young - NOT amateur radio

These look similar to Canada geese, but are smaller. In the UK we do not see young ones. This was Helsinki in 2018. 

Sunspots - June 24th 2022

 Solar flux is 121 and the SSN 69. A=10 and K=3.

Salcombe in the mist - NOT amateur radio

 

Salcombe, Devon is where I grew up as a child. The photo shows the harbour in the mist.

10m QRP WSPR TX (Thursday)

Already at 0836z, today is far more promising than yesterday. 3 stations already spotting my 500mW QRP WSPR beacon. 

UPDATE 1118z: Spotted by 6 unique stations today widely across Europe. Far better than yesterday.

UPDATE 2015z: 30 spots of me today on 10m WSPR QRP. So much better than yesterday.

Sunspots - Thursday June 23rd 2022

 Solar flux is 129 and the SSN 80. A=11 and K=3.