Take, for example, the excellent Zoology museum we called at yesterday.
We often joke that people come across the planet to see Cambridge. We can see it every day .... for free.
UPDATE 1127z: Just EA8BFK (2880km) and one station in Sweden spotting me.
UPDATE 1122z: 32 spots of me, many in Portugal and Spain.
My beacon has been on much of the morning.
UPDATE 2040z: 3 stations have spotted me with no sign of Es. Furthest is V51RS (8481km). QRT.
My 5W to a V2000 vertical antenna was turned on at about 0845z:
UPDATE 1409z: 26 spots of me so far. Yet again, more northern stations see to be most prominent. This puzzles me: it seems a pattern that repeats towards the end of every Es season. I would be interested to hear any theories as this is too common to be just random.
This is the motto of a football team. It is a reminder that whatever pain we may be in, life carries on.
There is a temptation to always lust after the newest shiniest transceiver.
Steve G1KQH was looking at the ICOM Japan website where they have announced the IC7300Mk2. I think I shall resist it and try to be satisfied with what I have.
It looks like we’re on the downward slope of the solar cycle and there’s little chance of a second peak which sometimes happens. Never mind.
Late in the afternoon I switched to 10m 200mW WSPR TX. In the end I went QRT at about 2030z. UPDATE 2118z: 9 stations spotted today. Se...
