Sunday Plans

 As 6m was so good yesterday, I may try 8m QRP FT8 today as well as 10m WSPR.

Fungus? - NOT amateur radio

This was seen at nearby Anglesey Abbey.

How few parts?

One of the aspects that I enjoyed was seeing how few parts were needed to make QSOs. This is one of the simplest circuits.

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/hf-mf-and-lf/homebrew/80m-xbm80-2 .

MFJ

The owner of MFJ, Martin Jue, has retired. In my view, other amateur radio players will go.

See https://eu.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2024/10/27/mfj-enterprises-in-mississippi-closes-leaves-hole-in-ham-radio-world/75136781007/ .

Years ago I owned an MFJ Cub 15m QRP CW transceiver.

Sunspots - November 3rd

 Solar flux is 251 and the SSN 242.  A=13 and K=2.

VOTE!! - NOT amateur radio

In any democratic society, we are given the right to vote for the government every few years that we believe best serves us . 

In the next week the people of the USA vote for their president. This is their decision. 

The important thing is to vote.

Solar Data

Early in the month I enjoy looking at the forecast for the solar cycle on my favourite site for such data. At the moment the peak for sunspots in cycle 25 looks like August 2024, but it depends on the smoothing period. 

What should be the case, is solar conditions should be good for some time yet. I wanted to link to the image on the solan website but failed. Clearly the copyright is with solan.

https://www.solen.info/solar/

Autumn - NOT amateur radio

 This is the windmill next door in the autumn mist .

10m 500mW WSPR (Saturday)

As my 10m antenna is available, I am on 10m WSPR with my beacon. No spots yet today at 1000z.

UPDATE 1130z:  Spotted by 17 stations, by what I assume is F2 propagation.

UPDATE 1600z: Furthermost today is again F61695 ((9729km) in the Indian Ocean. 72 stations have spotted my 10m 500mW WSPR today.

UPDATE 1940z:  QRT. Furthermost was PP5DZ (10174km) in Brazil.

6m QRP FT8 (Saturday)

My QMX+ is again on 6m FT8 to the V2000 vertical omni antenna. At 1008z, spotted by 15 stations in England.

UPDATE 1145z:  Spotted by 27 English and Welsh stations. 

UPDATE  1417z:  5 spots of me from the USA and Canada on 6m QRP FT8. 46 spots of me overall. It is good to see F2 E-W opening up on 6m. I suspect this is as the SSN is currently high.  Next year I hope the E-W MUF reaches 8m if not 6m.

UPDATE 1449z:  84 stations have spotted my QRP, which is the most this year, with lots from the USA. 

Stations spotting my 6m QRP FT8 today

UPDATE 1712z:  133 spots of my 6m FT8 QRP, most in the USA. See map.

UPDATE 1933z:  Now QRT with 136 stations spotting my 6m QRP FT8 today. This must go down as one of my best days ever on 6m QRP FT8.