As I am out this morning, I am on 8m FT8 RX only at the moment.
UPDATE 1436z: Now home I am on 8m QRP FT8 TX and looking for QSOs. Six stations have spotted me so far.
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| Stations spotting me today on QRP FT8 TX |
In many ways November is the dullest month with miserable days and few lights. At least after Christmas the days start to get longer and there are a few positive signs.
8m is a great research band and it is a great pity more PTTs are not granting amateur radio access. Instead, in many countries people have to pay to do research.
In a few years, the conditions will be very different. Now is the best time to do propagation research.
You are probably unaware of just how subtly we are subject to propaganda.
The "others" are always the "bad guys" and we are the "good". Actually, the truth is somewhere in between. Many times in history we have been the "bad guys". Remember we are subject to propaganda as well, although we may not realise it.
The answer is get your data from multiple sources, often with radically different ways of seeing a situation. In reality, the truth is an amalgamation of inputs from various sources.
Don't believe at face value what you are being fed in the news.
My 2.5W to a low wire dipole in on. So far spotted by G4FKI (60km) only on TX. Just 9K2YM (4721km) spotted on RX.
UPDATE 1511z: 16 stations have spotted my 8m FT8 today. When the sunspots are good 8m behaves like 10m.
As yesterday was so successful, I think I shall do the same as yesterday i.e. 500mW 10m WSPR TX and 2.5W 8m FT8. Let's hope for more E-W F2 propagation on 10m and 8m,
My 17m QRP FT8 (about 4W) was turned on at about 1618z. Within a few minutes, I was spotted by 33 stations, See map.
