10m QRP (and QRPPP) WSPR (Sunday)

My 500mW 10m WSPR TX beacon PA was turned on at 1140z. At first I was puzzled by a spot at 0900z by EA8/DF4UE (2876km). Then I realised he had copied me with the PA off. My beacon is preprogrammed to say 0.5W, but in reality the power was just microwatts. This accounts for why the report was just -31dB S/N.  

The beacon is now at full power of 500mW.

UPDATE 1535z:  55 stations have spotted my 10m 500mW WSPR TX beacon so far today. The furthermost is PP5ZX (10058km) in Brazil.

2012 Facebook memory - Lesser Chirpy

 

This was 11 years ago!  I have no idea where this is now.  It was a tiny 10m CW transceiver. Many  now prefer FT8.

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/hf-mf-and-lf/homebrew/10m-lesser-chirpy .

630m overnight

14 stations spotted me overnight using 10mW ERP including 4 in the Netherlands. The table shows the stations copying me in the last 12 hours (13 stations).

Sunspots - Sunday November 12th 2023

 Solar flux is 142 and the SSN 85. A=5 and K=1.

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

We had a very nice lunch at our local farm shop cafe to celebrate our grandson turning 16. 

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.

See http://hfrx.cdarc.org.uk/ .

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.

UPDATE 1725z:  41 stations have spotted me today. QSYing to 630m QRP WSPR shortly.

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.