These were seen in nearby Ely earlier in the week.
25 Jun 2022
8m experiment (Saturday)
Although I have been on 40.680 MHz USB dial FT8 TX for about 40 minutes, no spots given or received so far. It is now 0918z.
UPDATE 1853z: No spots at all today on 40.680 FT8. You get the impression that 8m, with far fewer monitors than 10m and 6m, is on the wane. Yes, there will be good days, but now we are beginning to see more days with no Es propagation. It seems amazing that next week is July!
10m QRP WSPR TX (Saturday)
Yet again, I am on 10m WSPR TX with 500mW. It is now 0920z and I have received reports from 4 unique stations already. I think these are by Es.
OFCOM and 8m
OFCOM is consulting ahead of WRC23. See the OFCOM website for details.
As you probably know, I am APPALLED by the very negative attitude by OFCOM and the RSGB to self training (what the amateur licence is meant to be about!!). Their position is utterly stupid by making us pay £50 annually to experiment at 8m.
My proposal is:
- 5 kHz wide only 40.680-40.685 MHz amateur band at 8m
- narrow digital only (e.g. WSPR, FT8, CW, but no speech)
- by NoV
- strictly for real experiments , not "more of the same"
If you feel inclined, write to OFCOM and copy the RSGB. The current situation WRT 8m is so so stupid!!
I am conscious that RF engineers are in very short supply so why are we not encouraging self training?
24 Jun 2022
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.
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