Although with Es things can very rapidly change, today does not look too great. At the moment I shall remain on 6m QRP FT8 and 10m QRP.P WSPR.
See https://www.tvcomm.co.uk/g7izu/radio-propagation-maps/europe-sporadic-e/ .
Simple QRP projects, 10m, 8m, 6m, 4m, FT8, 160m, WSPR, LF/MF, sub-9kHz, nanowaves and other random stuff, some not related to amateur radio.
Although with Es things can very rapidly change, today does not look too great. At the moment I shall remain on 6m QRP FT8 and 10m QRP.P WSPR.
See https://www.tvcomm.co.uk/g7izu/radio-propagation-maps/europe-sporadic-e/ .
To me, it seems very improbable that many of the long Es paths are multi-hop. Yes, some might be, but I think it is much more probable these are some sort of chordal hop Es.
Stations spotted here in the last day on 6m FT8 |
UPDATE 0952z: From the spots of my QRP, I can see evidence of European Es.
6m QRP FT8 spots of me this morning |
UPDATE 1900z: No spots today.
It was refreshing to see someone who got active by creating his own ground station.
This was several years ago at the QTH of G6ALB. Andrew did the building of this Sputnik TX and I did the operating. After about 10 minutes ...