Sunspots - Wednesday November 14th

 Solar flux is 150 and the SSN 109. A=7 and K=3.

SSTV from the International Space Station (ISS)

 During this week is a chance to get slow scan TV from the ISS. This video may help. SSTV is not something I have done seriously.

Autumn - NOT amateur radio

A few weeks the trees were mostly in leaf. Now most leaves have fallen. It all seems to have happened very quickly. The photo shows a close in our village yesterday.

6m QRP FT8 (Wednesday)

My QRP FT8  has been on for a while after breakfast. 6 English stations have spotted me. One VU was spotted at the end of a QSO.

UPDATE 1438z:  36 spots of my QRP 6m FT8 (mostly English) with the furthermost spotted by VU2MSA (8178km). Obviously F2 to India is reaching 6m.

UPDATE 1940z: 41 stations have spotted me today.

10m 500mW WSPR TX (Wednesday)

18 stations have spotted me so far this morning at 1008z on 10m QRP WSPR TX. Most look like F2 propagation.

UPDATE 1730z:  82 stations have spotted me with the furthermost F61695 (9729km) in the Indian Ocean. 

Sunspots - Wednesday November 13th

 Solar flux is 172 and the SSN 116. A=5 and K=2.

70cm activity contest (UKAC)

 This evening is the November 70cm activity contest organised by the RSGB. I go on briefly with my 10W SSB and the 2m omni big-wheel.

UPDATE 2019z:  2 stations worked, then I gave up! Furthermost was G4CLA (105km).

2012 memory

This dates from 2012!! It was first posted on Facebook back then.

King's in the sun - NOT amateur radio

 

The photo shows King's College from across the Backs in the sunshine yesterday in the autumn colours.

All quiet on the Yaesu front

Some months ago Yaesu announced the FTX-1F which was hailed as the successor to the FT817/818 range and a competitor to the ICOM IC-705. Since then I have heard  ..... nothing!  Even on the rumour mill, it has been deadly quiet. 

Is there any information out there?

At the right price (below £1000)  and with the right features, it could be a serious player. 

In my time I have owned very many Yaesu products. They have all been very good and very reliable, although I have the feeling Yaesu lost its way and market leadership in recent years. 

The Yen is extremely competitive against the US dollar and UK pound at the moment.

Maybe, just maybe, they will get it right this time. I do hope so.