10m 500mW WSPR TX

My 10m WSPR TX beacon was switched on about 30 minutes ago. Several spots already.

UPDATE 1656z:  54 spots of me today.

8m QRP FT8 (Tuesday)

Once again, I am on 8m WSPR with my 2.5W and dipole. Of course, my PL259 plug failed and a high VSWR resulted. After resoldering (hard these days), I am back on the air. No spots yet.

UPDATE 1015z:   Just local spots of me by G4WSZ (12km).

UPDATE 1647z:  3 stations have spotted me: 2 UK and 1 Caribbean.

Windy - NOT amateur radio

Yesterday we had strong winds. Many of the trees in our garden lost plenty of leaves. The next milestone will be looking for the first buds to appear in the spring.

Waxwings - NOT amateur radio

In the winter time waxwings (pinkish almost starling sized birds with crests) fly to the UK from Scandinavia because food is more plentiful. They are often spotted eating berries in supermarket car-parks. In all my years, I have never seen one!  It is not for the lack of looking either.

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

630m QRP WSPR overnight

13 stations spotted me including 4 spots from OH1LSQ (1733km) in Finland and two from Norway. Not bad with 10mW ERP from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground.

Sunspots - Tuesday November 14th 2023

 Solar flux is 134 and the SSN 85. A=16 and K=1.

Shetland rainbow - NOT amateur radio

A friend who lives in the Shetland Is. recently posted this photo. This far north the sun is very low in the sky and days are short.

See https://365project.org/.

Shopping - NOT amateur radio

 

This morning, we went shopping. This was our shopping cart.

630m QRP WSPR (Monday)

My 10mW ERP WSPR from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground was turned on about 1705z.

UPDATE 1720z:   2E0ILY/KIWI (209km) has spotted me.

UPDATE 1940z: 7 UK stations have spotted me this evening.

10m 500mW WSPR TX (Monday)

 My 10m QRP WSPR TX beacon was turned on at about 1504z. So far, I have been spotted by 28 stations.