So far, 9 stations have spotted me this evening.
Simple QRP projects, 10m, 8m, 6m, 4m, FT8, 160m, WSPR, LF/MF, sub-9kHz, nanowaves and other random stuff, some not related to amateur radio.
My 10m WSPR beacon was turned on full power (500mW - seems like QRO now!!) at 0855z.
UPDATE 0915z: There is huge difference between 0.5mW and 500mW 10m WSPR with 5 stations immediately spotting me at 500mW. Stations that stood no chance at 0.5mW are able to spot me with ease at 500mW.
My 2.5W FT8 was turned on at about 1415z.
UPDATE 1620z: No spots. F2 conditions seemed to have gone down a bit. Maybe we'll see a bit of winter Es at the turn of the year on 8m?
This came from a local friend yesterday.
"Your crystal ball is working well. I rang the telephone number on the Waters & Stanton website and was told by Mr Fortune that Nevada Radio and Waters & Stanton had now combined and were trading under the Moonraker name and from the same W&S place near Woburn Sands."
I think we could all read the runes. In the future we can expect fewer dealers and fewer ads in magazines and probably fewer mags or smaller mags.
In the last 20 years look at what has happened to radio mags on sale!
These are like college policemen, keeping order in the Cambridge University colleges like this one outside Trinity College, that I think was...