10m 500mW WSPR TX (Friday)

 My beacon has been on since before breakfast, but no spots yet.

UPDATE 0959z:  Just a single spot of me from Italy so far today.

UPDATE 1245z:  Just 14 spots of me in total today. The Es season is well and truly over!

UPDATE 1604z:  No further spots.

6m QRP FT8 (Friday)

My 2.5W 6m FT8 to the V2000 vertical omni was turned on just before breakfast. Already spotted by 8 stations with the furthermost DK8NE/6 (702km). Was this random MS? All the other spots were G.

UPDATE 1000z:  12 spots of me in 3 countries so far (G, DK and EI).

UPDATE 1845z:  24 spots of me. I suspect the OH stations are Es.

UPDATE 1955z:  OH7EBY (2107km) spotting my 2.5W to an omnivertical is not bad for September. QRT soon.

Sunspots - Friday September 1st 2023

 Solar flux is 140 and the SSN 77. A=6 and K=3. Are we over the peak already? 

How NOT to - NOT amateur radio

Last night we were treated to a very rare blue super moon. I tried to take a photo. What a dismal failure!

10m 500mW WSPR TX (Thursday)

Most of the day, I have been on 10m WSPR TX with my 500mW WSPR TX beacon. 4 unique stations have spotted me, but no Es I think. It is now 1601z and the beacon will be on for several hours still.

Rallies and Conventions this weekend

The following should take place this weekend. As always, I strongly recommend checking the information is correct.

1. Saturday September 2nd - GQRP Club plus Telford and District ARS Convention. Telford,  TF10 8NB. Contact 01952 255416 or 07824 737716.
2. Sunday September 3rd - Annual Telford Hamfest and continuing GQRP convention. Contact and postcode as above.

6m QRP FT8 (Thursday)

For about the last hour, I have been on 6m FT8 with my 2.5W and V2000 vertical omni antenna. Nine stations have spotted me today so far, but I suspect these are all aircraft scatter as they are all UK. 

UPDATE 1608z: 12 stations spotted .

UPDATE 1946z:  14 spots of my QRP FT8.  Es? (See Map).

UPDATE 2118z: QRT. 

Made me laugh - NOT amateur radio

This was on Facebook yesterday. It made me chuckle. 

Sunspots - Thursday August 31st 2023

Solar flux is 139 and the SSN 94  A=6 and K=2.

10m 500mW WSPR TX (Wednesday)

Although I have been on for about an hour, no spots so far. I get the impression Es is very marginal today.

UPDATE 1305z:   5 spots of me today (see map). It is interesting that the main DX seems to be via F2 now rather than Es.

UPDATE 1643z:  7 spots (mainly F2) today. Spotted in Antarctica 6 times in the last few days. DP0GVN/3 (13685km) just spotted my 500mW.