Today I have several aims:
There were several vintage cars at our local museum and windmill on Sunday.
See https://burwellmuseum.org.uk/ .
I am sure it’s finger trouble on my part, but I have never used a terminal emulator on Windows 10 before or any machine, so what should be easy with my QMX+ seems very hard for a PC idiot like me!
One of my challenges today is to find out what I need to do to get it working. It can not be hard. It does not help that my brain gets so fuddled.
Solar flux is 234 and the SSN 217. A=5 and K=1.
The recent uptick in solar activity must have pushed the peak of solar cycle 25 into later this year.
At the moment, I am testing my QMX+ transceiver on 15m and 10m QRP FT8. I am still experimenting to see what sequence I have to use to get the QMX+ soundcards to be recognised by the Windows 10 PC. Currently it works fine although I cannot remember the sequence in which I plugged things in!!
Also, the audio levels need increasing on the higher bands. This can be done by putting the PC in terminal mode and adjusting some numbers. I have yet to do this.
Overall, I think the QMX+ is a good rig. It will be even better when I adjust the audio levels on the higher bands.
Usually, the Es season in Europe goes "off the boil" about now. Es can occur at any time of the year, although the peak times are in spring and early summer.
It is interesting that most of my spots on 10m QRP FT8 this morning were probably F2.
See https://www.tvcomm.co.uk/g7izu/radio-propagation-maps/europe-sporadic-e/ .
This morning, we see on the news that Donald Trump narrowly missed an attempt on his life.
The USA has a gun culture and a very high death rate due to guns. It is sad that political candidates cannot give their "pitch" without the fear of being shot.
As mentioned before, one of the things I like about 365project (NOT at all connected with Microsoft) is seeing places I am never likely to ...
