Sunspots - Wednesday December 28th 2022

Solar flux is 150 and the SSN 89.  A=25 and K=2 .

When will my assembled QDX transceiver arrive?

My built QDX transceiver covering 10m has been ordered. According to Hans the waiting time is currently about 1 month, so it might be ready at the end of January. As FT8 and WSPR are the main modes used because of my poor voice, I can see this transceiver being well used. It covers 20m,17m,15m,12m and 10m. My antenna is a good match on all bands except 20m. Even there it could be used on RX.

See http://qrp-labs.com/qcxmini/assembled.html .

See http://qrp-labs.com/ .

Grandchildren - NOT amateur radio

 

This Christmas we saw all our grandchildren. The photo shows them with my wife yesterday.

Dalham Church - NOT amateur radio

Dalham church is almost outside the village, so parishioners would have had a long uphill walk every Sunday. It is conveniently next to the old Lord of the Manor's house!  

Rally on Thursday

The following rally has been notified to me. I guess they are assuming most attendees are still on holiday.

Thursday December 29th -  Yeovil ARC Rally, West Camel,  Yeavil,Somerset BA22 7QX. No contact details given, but always worth checking before travelling.

10m FT8 RX

Much of the morning, I have been on 10m FT8 RX. There is no doubt that HF conditions are again good. The average sunspot number must be around 100 and 10m FT8  DX from around the world is widely spotted most days.

UPDATE 1157z:   179 stations spotted.

Stations spotted on 10m
FT8 RX today at 1902z

UPDATE 1902z:   801 stations spotted today on 10m FT8 RX.

UPDATE 1958z:  806 stations spotted. Now QRT.

Sunspots - Tuesday December 27th 2022

 Solar flux is 150 and the SSN 96. A=22 and K=4.

QDX 10m

Hans Summers has announced a new higher bands version of his QDX digital transceiver. It is tiny. I have just ordered one assembled as my fine motor skills prevent me building it these days sadly. 

This is a 5W transceiver covering 20m-10m. Used with a software package like WSJT-X, it should work the world on modes like FT8.

See https://www.qrp-labs.com/qdx.html .

10m FT8 RX (Monday)

Most of the day I have been on 10m FT8 RX.

UPDATE 2139z:   713 stations spotted today.

Dalham - NOT amateur radio

This is the nearby village of Dalham about 12km from us.