2 Feb 2024

Yesterday’s walk - NOT amateur radio

 

We saw this on our walk yesterday.

Sunspots - Friday February 2nd

 Solar flux is 137 and the SSN 113. A=5 and K=0.

1 Feb 2024

630m QRP WSPR (Thursday)

 My 10mW ERP was turned on at 2050z.

UPDATE 2133z:   6 spots of me tonight. Furthermost is GM3YXM (425km).

Pauline's Swamp - NOT amateur radio

Today, on a cold bright morning, we walked through the village to a nature reserve known as Pauline's  Swamp.  

It was created several years ago in memory of someone's wife. What a way to remember them!

Sunday rally

 The following rally has been notified to me. The usual caveats apply about contacting before travelling far.

Sunday February 4th - Canvey Island Rally, Essex, SS8 9QS. Contact  g7oed@icloud.com .

630m 10mW ERP WSPR overnight

20 stations spotted me overnight using 10mW ERP WSPR from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground.

10m 10mW WSPR (Thursday)

 Yet again, I am trying 10m WSPR with 10mW, simulating the 8m ISM rules. On the first transmission already spotted by EA8BFK (2880km).

UPDATE 1027z: EA8BFK has already spotted my 10m 10mW WSPR 7 times!

UPDATE 1541z: For 3 days in a row, my 10mW 10m WSPR has been spotted in the USA. So far today, I have been spotted in the USA on 8 occasions and I have been spotted 96 times already at 10mW.

Sunspots- Thursday February 1st

 Solar flux is 136 and the SSN 75. A=6 and K=1.

31 Jan 2024

630m QRP WSPR (Wednesday)

My 10mW ERP 630m from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground was turned on about 1640z. So far, 3 stations have spotted me.

UPDATE 2145z: So far this evening, I have been spotted by 10 stations on 630m QRP WSPR with the furthermost LA1TN (1305km).

17m WSPR at 10mW ERP (Wednesday)

As my Par end fed antenna is a good match, I tried 10mW ERP on 17m. So far, 4 stations have spotted me after about 20 minutes. 

As frequency is reduced, local noise floors will become more significant with weaker signals buried in the noise. At higher frequencies this will be less of an issue.


UPDATE  1635z: 
10 stations have spotted my 10mW WSPR