My elder grandson is mad on bell ringing He as rung in over 80 towers now in London and East Anglia. He has a YouTube channel with some recordings of tower bells. He recently changed the channel name to StedmanTriples783.
2 Jan 2023
Reach walk - NOT amateur radio
It was very muddy under foot. There has been a fair here since the 1200s. It is a very sleepy village.
8m QRP FT8 (Monday)
I have been most of the morning on 8m 2.5W FT8, but no spots as of 1425z.
UPDATE 1425z: Now 8m FT8 RX only.
10m QRP WSPR (Monday)
Parsonage Farm - NOT amateur radio
We went for a walk around the village yesterday. This field is a picture with cow parsley in the spring although you would not know at this time of year.
1 Jan 2023
Oscar 100 geosynchronous
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| Activity on the narrowband transponder of Oscar 100 on New Year's Day afternoon |
Well, on a European Sunday, New Year's Day when many are on leave, you would have expected this satellite to be as busy as ever. In fact there was hardly anyone on at 1525z! In my view, this is a pity. It is unlikely we will get a second chance of a piggy back ride. People have voted with their feet and do not like repeaters in the sky.
WSPR rocks
It is not clear to me how services other than WSPRnet get their WSPR spots. In the past I have always used WSPRnet to see where I am being spotted, but another site that looks (at least) as good is WSPRrocks. It would appear you can chose different time periods that makes it better than WSPRnet. I have no idea (yet) what spotQ means!
Sugar beet? - NOT amateur radio
10m QRP WSPR TX (Sunday)
As usual, when I am on 8m FT8, my 500mW W5OLF 500mW 10m WSPR TX beacon is on. It is now 1043z and, so far, no spots. Probably many are still in bed as it is Sunday and New Year's Day.
UPDATE 1327z: Just spots from SV9 so far today.
UPDATE 1510z: Doh: it helps if the PA of beacon is switched on too!! So, the SV spots were probably with just microwatts only. I have now turned on the PA.
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