Solar flux is 142 and the SSN 85. A=5 and K=1.
12 Nov 2023
11 Nov 2023
630m QRP WSPR (Saturday)
My 10mW ERP from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground was turned on about 1750z. On the first transmissions, 3 stations have spotted me with the furthermost GM3YXM (425km).
UPDATE 2100z: 9 stations have spotted me this evening (see table). No real DX yet.
Lunch - NOT amateur radio
The photo is a selfie of us all.
Web SDRs
Until recently CDARC (Cambridge Club) had an HF web SDR at the QTH of G4AWP who is moving to York. It has now been relocated. Web SDRs can be very useful for amateurs that have a high noise floor.
8m 2.5W FT8 (Saturday)
My gear was turned on at about 1025z. So far, just local spots by G4WSZ (12km).
UPDATE 1720z: WW1L (4976km) spotted me on 8m QRP FT8. My QRP 8m FT8 signal is spotted "across the pond" quite often this month.
10m 500mW WSPR TX (Saturday)
My W5OLF 10m QRP WSPR TX beacon was turned on about 1025z. So far this morning, spotted by 5 stations already.
World peace - NOT amateur radio
At the moment, the world seems to be going through a bad phase, with war in Ukraine and the Middle East.
At one time, I thought people were basically good, but recent events have made me question this. It is as if pure evil is abroad.
It would seem humans are incapable of learning from history. Why are people unable to live in peace with their neighbours? We all share one planet. Wars rarely achieve anything.
Selfie stick - NOT amateur radio
Cambridge is filled with tourists with selfie sticks. Although I basically dislike them, they have their uses. Today, we are out to lunch with one of our sons and his kids, at a local farm cafe, so it will be a chance to capture us all together.
Plans for Saturday
After lunch, I shall probably go on 10m WSPR TX with my 500mW TX beacon and 40.680 MHz (8m) FT8 with my 2.5W and dipole. F2 is good at the moment, so there is a good chance of being copied (again) in the USA, Canada and in the Caribbean on 8m QRP FT8.
630m QRP WSPR overnight
In all, 13 stations spotted me including a station in Sweden. As usual using 10mW ERP from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground.
UPDATE 1735z: It is amazing to me that there are not more people on 630m WSPR TX. There are quite a few on RX, but very few on TX. I suppose it is the age-old story: it is just too hard! On RX a bought Japanese rig will probably do whereas TX you actually have to make something! As I think I proved, getting on 630m is definitely not hard. See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/hf-mf-and-lf/homebrew/630m-472khz-transverter .
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