30 Oct 2023

630m QRP WSPR (Monday)


My 630m QRP WSPR was turned on about 0830z.  At 2200z 6 stations had spotted me. This season it has been worth my while staying on after midnight.

8m QRP FT8 (Monday)

My QRP FT8 gear has been on for a little while, but just local spots so far today.  On RX no spots.



UPDATE 2216z:
My best day ever on 8m FT8 with 11 spots of me..

10m 500mW WSPR TX (Monday)

 My 500mW WSPR TX beacon was turned on about 1104z. So far, just a spot by an Italian.

630m WSPR overnight

 Overnight I was spotted by 9 stations. OH1LSQ (1733km) was again spotting me. 

Sunspots - Monday October 30th 2023

Solar flux is 135 and the SSN 61. A=28 and K=2. 

29 Oct 2023

630m 10mW ERP WSPR (Sunday)

 After tea this evening, I QSYed to 630m WSPR.   So far, 5 stations have spotted me at 2055z.

East Anglian Churches blog - NOT amateur radio

When I was fitter we visited many churches in East Anglia, I kept a blog so we could later recall those visited. It is some while since this was updated, so an aim for 2024 must be to visit some more and update this blog.

See https://eachurches.blogspot.com/ .

10m 500mW WSPR TX (Sunday)

My beacon was turned on at about 1046z. So far spots from Italy and the Canary Is..


UPDATE 1228z:
  10 stations have spotted me so far today. Most look like F2 propagation.

8m QRP FT8 (Sunday)

 My 2.5W 8m FT8 was turned on about 1046z. Just local spots so far.

UPDATE 1208z: ZS3/V51PJ (9081km spotted on 8m FT8 RX).


UPDATE 1234z: 
The logbook shows 4 countries spotted on 8m FT8 RX  this week.

"The Screaming Sky -- in pursuit of swifts" by Charles Foster - NOT amateur radio

This book, loaned to me by my son, is about the lives of swifts.  Reading it makes you realise they are only here for a few months, with their real home in Africa. Funny, I always await the joyous return of the swifts every spring.

 See https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/swift .