Ghent street performers - NOT amateur radio

 

These street performers were in Ghent last week.

500uW 10m WSPR (Wednesday)

My QRPP 10m WSPR has been on since about 0830z. 

UPDATE 1707z:  No spots.

6m 10mW WSPR (Wednesday)

My QRPP 6m WSPR was turned on at about 0830z.

UPDATE 1606z:  No spots. I am beginning to think that 10mW 6m WSPR is harder than I was expecting. When I went on earlier I noticed that there were quite a few lines of interference. This, if typical, could make reception of weak signals hard.

Sunspots - Wednesday May 15th

 Solar flux is 220 and the SSN 185. A=6 and K=1.  Solar activity seems to be high. Another peak?

OFCOM auction

OFCOM is consulting on the format of its upcoming auction of 26-40 GHz spectrum. See the OFCOM website for details.

Reminder - Dayton Hamvention

This is a reminder that the Dayton Hamvention is this coming weekend.  Dayton is in Ohio, USA 🇺🇸.

As far as I know, it is the biggest amateur radio gathering on the planet. It particularly attracts visitors in the USA, but is also a meeting place for overseas visitors too.

It is often the place where new products are announced. I am still waiting for the FT817 true successor, although I fear it is now too late!

See https://hamvention.org

630m QRP WSPR overnight

I forgot to change back to G3XBM from GE3XBM that I was using on 6m during my QRPP tests overnight. Just a single station spotted my 10mW ERP overnight. It was quite the worst night for months. Probably time to think of a new challenge!!

UPDATE 0950z: I shall keep going on 630m WSPR until the weekend before reconsidering things.

70cm activity contest (UKAC)

This evening was the 70cm activity contest. I worked a couple of stations with my 10W pep SSB to the 2m big-wheel omni antenna before I went QRT after about 40 minutes.

10mW 6m WSPR (Tuesday)

This is really to see how 8m WSPR would work under ISM rules (10mW ERP). I am testing on 6m as I hope there will be more monitors. 

If it works on 6m, I am pretty sure it would work on 8m. On 6m QRPP WSPR I am using a unique callsign so I can ID spots at 10mW.

UPDATE 2000z:   No spots of me all day.

500uW 10m WSPR (Tuesday)

 Once again, I am on 10m WSPR with 500uW to see how I get on in the Es season.

UPDATE 2017z: No spots all day.