10m QRPP WSPR (Wednesday)

My 500uW (0.5mW) 10m WSPR TX is on. No spots now for several days. As you can see, I like making things hard!

UPDATE 1655z:   EA8BFK (2880km) has spotted my 500uW (0.5mW). I was not really expecting this.

Nearly spring? - NOT amateur radio

 

According to the UK Met Office we are already in spring. I agree. 

The photo collage shows Cambridge yesterday. Lots of daffodils out.

630m QRP WSPR overnight

Overnight my 10mW ERP from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground was spotted by 24 stations with the furthermost Germany (see table).

Sunspots - Wednesday March 6th

 Solar flux is 142 and the SSN 121. A=7 and K=3.

630m QRP WSPR (Tuesday)

My 10mW ERP has been on since about 2100z. At 2204z, 18 stations have spotted me (see table).

2m activity contest

Tonight is the 2m activity contest organised by the RSGB. I usually go on for a short while with my 10W pep to the big-wheel omni antenna. I usually give up soon as I find it very hard on my poor voice. I called a station in a rare square, but gave up.

Faroes - NOT amateur radio

These islands are located between the UK and Iceland. It must get very windy and cold. On 365project, one of my friends posted this view of the capital (Torshaven) on a sunny day. There is absolutely no association of 365project with Microsoft.

University concert - NOT amateur radio

Most Tuesdays we go into Cambridge on the bus. As we are old, it is free with our bus passes. We grab a bite to eat then walk through the grounds of King's College to West Road concert hall. Every week they feature different students and different sorts of music.

Today, it was the final of the concerto competition. The standard is very very high! The concerts are free with a retiring collection.

There is no doubt that Cambridge University has some excellent musicians and we are lucky to be able to enjoy them for free.

The photo shows me having a bite to eat.

6m QRP FT8 (Tuesday)

My 6m 2.5W FT8 and V2000 vertical omni antenna have been on most of the day. 11 stations spotted me and 5 stations spotted by me. All these (TX and RX) were English with no DX.

10m 500uW (0.5mW) WSPR (Tuesday)

Despite being on all day, no spots of my QRPP 10m WSPR signal. It looks like conditions have to be very settled and good for this tiny power to work. 

My 500uW (0.5mW) 10m WSPR has now been spotted in 7 countries and 3 continents. Antenna remains the low Par end-fed.

It will be interesting to see what happens in the Es season.