My 6m QRP FT8 from the IC-705 has been on most of the morning. At 1153z 18 stations had spotted me
In many ways I am lazy, putting off things that I could do right away.
As an example, my QMX+ should work fine on 8m FT8 TX using the 6m TX low pass filter using PuTTY to alter the TX band parameters on a band I don't use. This should take a few minutes.
As 6m has been in good shape, I have concentrated on 6m rather than 8m in recent weeks.
Of late, 6m has been in poorer shape recently regarding F2 propagation, although Es sometimes shows a small peak in mid-winter for reasons I don't understand.
I think the RX requires hardware changes to a band pass filter, than I cannot manage any longer, so the best I can manage is to TX on 8m.
From now on it starts to get lighter at night. At first the change is very slow , but by the end of January it is very noticeable. It still gets darker in the morning, but this is less noticeable as I am still in bed.
My IC-705 has been in most of the day. 46 stations have spotted me with the most distant CU6AB (2694km) in the Azores.
On the way to the Co-op food shop in the village, I spotted this postman. I asked his permission to take this photo. Very festive!
