My 10m WSPR beacon is on. I was surprised (again) to be spotted at 0034z by HB9TMC (905km). Es really is sporadic!
UPDATE 1007z: 8 stations have spotted me this morning.today.
UPDATE 2104z: 26 stations have spotted my 500mW 10m WSPR
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.
My 10m WSPR beacon is on. I was surprised (again) to be spotted at 0034z by HB9TMC (905km). Es really is sporadic!
UPDATE 1007z: 8 stations have spotted me this morning.today.
For some reason my 6m QRP FT8 transmissions were not being reported. Perhaps my timing was badly off or for some other reason. Anyway, I resynced to internet time and restarted PSKreporter and am getting plenty of spots. Some look like Es.
UPDATE 0934z: 13 spots of my QRP 6m FT8 with the furthermost OH6CT (2012km).
UPDATE 1437z: Having been RX on 6m FT8 for several hours, I am back on QRP FT8 TX again, although I might try 8m FT8 shortly.
Solar flux is 220 and the SSN 261. A=23 and K=1.
It is hard to think we were fearing we were entering a Maunder Minimum just a few years ago. These numbers are good.
My 6m QRP FT8 to the V2000 omni was turned on at about 1750z. Just 2 English stations have spotted me.
See https://www.tvcomm.co.uk/g7izu/radio-propagation-maps/europe-sporadic-e/ .
UPDATE 1252z: 5 stations have already spotted me. See table.
UPDATE 1534z: Spotted by 18 stations. Furthermost are OE3GBB (1233km) and S57BAT (1233km).
Yesterday I think the lack of spots was due to a coax fault now mended.
Overnight I was surprised to be spotted by 6 stations some right in the middle of the night.
The common view is that swifts are in decline too. That is not my experience. Although this may be local, I have found more swifts this summer than the last few years. Last summer I could look skywards and wait 30 minutes to see a swift. This summer, I look up and almost immediately see a swift. It would be good to know the experience of others in the UK.
Certainly, many swift nest sites have gone. Have they adapted? It would be good if this was true.
This evening was the 2m activity contest organised by the RSGB. As usual, I was running 10W PEP to my big-wheel omni antenna. Because of m...