9 Mar 2024

Sunspots - Saturday March 9th

Solar flux is 129 and the SSN 91. A=11 and K=2. 

630m QRP WSPR overnight


Overnight, my 10mW ERP 630m WSPR was spotted by 20 stations. As usual, my "antenna" was the earth-electrodes in the ground. Best were 3 spots by OHLSQ (1733km) again.

Alstroemeria - NOT amateur radio

We have some of these in pots in the garden, but these cut ones are in our hall. They are good flowers that last.

OFCOM

A reminder that OFCOM publishes and updates the data it holds regularly. It also has a number of publications. See the OFCOM website for details.

8 Mar 2024

630m QRP WSPR (Friday)

 My 10mW ERP 630m WSPR is turned on this evening again.  So far, 15 spots of me.

Walk - NOT amateur radio

This morning we went for a walk around the nearby village of Lode.   Lode backs on to Anglesey Abbey.

The daffodils are early. In a few weeks, most will be dead! 

Lode has many thatched cottages and delightful lanes.

630m QRP WSPR overnight

 


In all, 16 stations spotted my 10mW ERP WSPR overnight. No great DX.

10m QRPP WSPR (Friday)

There's nothing like a challenge!! Once again my 500uW (0.5mW) 10m WSPR is on.

For me, it is easy. For the station at the far end the signal will be weak and in the noise probably. In the last 2 weeks I have had 2 DX spots, but nothing yet today.

UPDATE 1504z:   No spots.

6m QRP FT8 (Friday)

At the moment I am on 6m FT8 with my 2.5W and V2000 omni vertical antenna.  Just 4 English stations spotting me so far.

UPDATE 1248z:  11 spots of me from the UK and Eire


UPDATE 1633z: 
17 spots of my 6m QRP FT8 including some in Scandinavia.

UPDATE 1916z: 21 stations have spotted me today.

Where I come from - NOT amateur radio


My birthplace and where I lived as a child and teenager was in South Devon. We can trace our family back to the mid 1500s continuously in a village near this photo and we have a record of land being owned in the next parish in 1427!  It is pretty certain that some of my ancestors were hereabouts thousands of years ago. The photo is of Bolberry Down which is very close to where I lived.