630m QRP WSPR (Sunday)

At about 1608z my 10mW ERP 630m WSPR was turned on. So far, at 1640z widely spotted in the UK.

UPDATE 2215z:   21 stations have spotted me in the last 12 hours on 630m QRP WSPR. Quite good with the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground that the XYL and neighbours do not even realise is there!

500uW 10m WSPR TX

 Today, my 500uW 10m WSPR has been spotted by a couple of stations (EA8 and OH).

Best session yet on 630m QRP WSPR

The last 24 hours was the best session this season on 630m QRP WSPR TX with 28 stations spotting my 10mW ERP.

12 years ago - NOT amateur radio

 

The photo shows nearby Anglesey Abbey on 2012.

Sunspots - Sunday January 14th

 Solar flux is 185 and the SSN 191. A=3 and K=1.

500uW (0.5mW) 10m WSPR

This must have been one of the best days ever on 10m QRPP WSPR TX. EA8BFK (2880km) has spotted me 6 times.

London, St Pancras - NOT amateur radio

 

Eurostar trains to Paris and Amsterdam leave from here.

We went to London to eat out at an Italian restaurant nearby with our daughter-in-law and her daughter.

630m QRP WSPR in the last day

 

In the last day, 26 stations spotted my 10mW ERP. I think this is the best this season.

QSL cards

At one time, these were the main way of confirming a contact. An extensive network of bureaus meant that QSL cards could be sent across the world instead of directly. Some times cards could take months or even years to arrive!  

These days a contact may be confirmed a number of ways and eQSLs exchanged. I have to admit that I rarely send out QSL cards these days.

1950s amateur shack?

 This looks like a nice shack from the 1950s or early 1960s.