8m QRP FT8 (Saturday)

My 2.5W to the low dipole on 8m FT8 was turned on at 1110z. So far, no spots. My local reporter G4WSZ (12km) is in Germany, so local spots.

UPDATE 1715z:  No spots of me today, but I did spot ZS6WAB (8931km) in South Africa on 8m FT8 RX.

500uW 10m WSPR TX (Saturday)

My 500uW (0.5mW) 10m WSPR has been received again in the Canary Is by EA8/DF4UE (2876km) on two occasions today.

UPDATE 2146z: So far, I have been spotted in 3 countries (3 continents) when running just 500uW (0.5mW) on 10m WSPR with the furthermost being the USA. I just leave my beacon running with the PA off when I am around.

481 THz RX

 

This is me resurrecting some 481 THz optical gear.

Wicken Fen walk - NOT amateur radio

My wife created this collage of our walk yesterday. Very wild!! 

It was a lovely morning unlike now which is wet and windy.

Saturday plans

 I shall probably carry on with my 500uW tests on 10m WSPR and go on 8m QRP FT8 later.

Yesterday’s snack at Wicken Fen - NOT amateur radio

This was the snack at Wicken Fen yesterday.

630m QRP WSPR overnight

9 spots overnight. 7 spots by Finbar.

Sunspots- Saturday December 9th 2023

 Solar flux is 133 and the SSN 125. A=4 and K=0.

Wicken Fen walk - NOT amateur radio

This morning, we walked to Wicken Fen. We like this as it is an enjoyable walk and we can get a snack half way before walking back. 

At this time of year we were not expecting to see any boats, so imagine our surprise.

630m QRP WSPR (Friday)

For the first day in a few days, I am back on 630m QRP WSPR with my 10mW ERP from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground.  I have still not got around to optimising the match. This is on my "to do" list.

With WSPRnet not working, no spots will be uploaded to the internet, so I hope it gets fixed soon.