My gear was turned on just before breakfast.
UPDATE 1349z: 255 spots of me. This looks like Es. Mostly Europe with one in Algeria and the Canary Is.. See map.
UPDATE 2051z: 482 stations have spotted me today. One of my best days.
27 Aug 2025
Wednesday plans
It looks like solar conditions are promising , so I plan to do the same as yesterday with 10m QRP WSPR and 6m QRP FT8.
Faroe Islands
One of my friends on 365project lives in the Faroe Islands and posts some spectacular photos such as this one.
26 Aug 2025
What propagation mode?
When we see short-skip on 6m into Europe we often associate this with Es. But we are near the top if the solar cycle and we often see short-skip into Europe on lower frequencies like 20m, even in the quiet years.
Now, I am no expert on propagation and wonder what mode of propagation many of these spots are? I presume Es, but maybe I am wrong? 50MHz seems too high for F2.
500mW 10m WSPR (Tuesday)
My beacon has been on since 0912z.
UPDATE 1920z: 12 stations have spotted me. QRT soon.
6m 5W FT8 (Tuesday)
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| Stations spotting my 6m 5W FT8 today |
UPDATE 1918z: 85 stations have spotted me. Widespread across Europe and North Africa. QRT soon. It is interesting that in the last few days I have been spotted by progressively fewer stations.
WISPY RX
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This was originally designed as a WSPR receiver but it works equally well as an FT8 receiver with a suitable crystal. It is extremely simple yet works very well. It allows the main rig to be freed for something else.
Lunch
It was a lobster roll with chips and coleslaw - delicious 😉.
Time
We are aware of time flowing from the past into the future, but this may be a human illusion.
As the poet T. S. Eliot said maybe time past, time present and time future are all present now. See the poem Burnt Norton in his Four Quartets.
This ties in to some extent with quantum mechanics.
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