For once, a good weather forecast for a Bank Holiday weekend!
The following rallies have been notified to me, although I always recommend checking the details with organisers before travelling.
Saturday May 27th - Barry Amateur Radio Society Rally , Sully, CF64 5SP. Contact Steve 07368 140795.
Sunday May 28th - Durham and District ARS Radio Rally, Bowburn Co. Durham, DH6 5AT. Contact dadars@gmx.com
Both FT8 and WSPR have been given a try on 40.680 MHz. Apart from Hugh HC02 in Portugal, I have had few spots this season. My impression is there are fewer people on than last year.
I know Es has been less good until recently and things could change. For those experimenting on 8m, the more stations on the better, with widespread monitors, even if unable to TX.
Some quite odd antennas may well be good enough with Es, so if you have a RX capable of monitoring 40.680 MHz, that is probably all you need.
If 28 MHz looks promising, it may be worth monitoring 40.680 MHz.
This is the real boundary between HF and VHF and a lot may possible.
When on 4m FT8, I am on 10m WSPR QRP TX with 500mW.
UPDATE 1620z: I was wondering why I had got no 10m WSPR spots in the last hour. It helps if you turn the beacon on!! Guess who had forgotten? Doh!
Using my 8m dipole tuned via the auto-ATU in the FT-710, I am on 70.154 MHz FT8. So far, 4 Gs have spotted me with the furthermost G4HGI (244km). No Es yet and nobody spotted on RX.
At the moment I am on 10m FT8 with 2.5W. So far, 10 stations have spotted me. On RX at 1442z, 40 stations have been spotted.
