6m QRP FT8 (Saturday)

 My IC-705 QRP FT8 was turned on just after breakfast. So far, just English stations have spotted me.

UPDATE 1013z:  Spotted by 22 stations.

UPDATE 1500z: 34 stations have spotted me. Am I seeing F2 backscatter or winter Es?

VHF NFD - early 1970s I think

This was posted recently. It reminds me of doing VHF NFD with G3PYE/P on the Quantocks in the early 1970s . I think we came second? 

In those days it was in early September as I recall. Happy days when we were all quite young!! I have no idea who the people in the photo are. It’s not our group. 

As I remember we left a Kingshill PSU behind up there. If it is still there it is covered in rust and ferns 😉😉. 

Those were the days!

Sunspots - Saturday December 21st

 Solar flux is 184 and the SSN 148.  A=13 and K=3.

SPRAT article

My latest GQRP SPRAT has just arrived. I notice my article about 8m is inside. What I am advocating is a very narrow worldwide narrow digital only

Building the QMX+ transceiver from QRP Labs

This video, that I came across, may help making the QMX+ from QRP Labs.

10m 500mW WSPR TX (Friday)

My little 10m QRP WSPR beacon has been on since breakfast with 6 stations spotting me so far at 1013z.

UPDATE 1430z:  24 stations have spotted me. See table.

6m QRP FT8 (Friday)

In the last 12 hours my QRP has been spotted by 25 stations with 2 Scandinavians in the middle of the night.

Um, ah, eh and like - NOT amateur radio

Have you noticed how many young people say "like"? 

At one time this bothered me, but it is the new "um","ah" or "eh". Language is always evolving. 

Recently I noticed how often we say "um", "ah" or "um".  I counted 4 in a very short period.

Sunspots - Friday December 20th

 Solar flux is 175 and the SSN 96. A=11 and K=3.

UKAC certificate

Every month, if I am here, I enter the 2m and 70cm activity contests (UKAC), but because of my poor voice, low power (10W) and poor antenna (big-wheel omni) I do not stay on very long.

In the low power section I came 57th. 

Much to my surprise I have a certificate to say I took part!