6m 5W FT8 (Wednesday)

Stations spotting my 6m FT8 QRP earlier

My gear has been on since early this morning.

UPDATE 1614z:  31 spots of me so far including some in continental Europe. See map.

10m 500mW WSPR TX (Wednesday)

 My beacon has been on since early this morning.

UPDATE  1244z: Just spots by 2 stations in the Canary Is..

6m QRP FT8 yesterday

Yesterday only English stations spotted me as I think conditions were disturbed. 

It goes to show how useful the 6m band could be for inter-G QSOs, especially on modes like FT8.

Sunspots - Wednesday October 1st

Solar flux is 187 and the SSN 171. A=75and K=5.

10m 500mW WSPR (Tuesday)

 My beacon has been on since late morning.

UPDATE 1257z:  Just EA8BFK (2880km) spotting me.

6m 5W FT8 (Tuesday)

My gear was turned in late morning.

UPDATE 1255z: Just 11 English stations have spotted me so far. See map.

Tuesday plans

 Later I hope to go on 6m 5W FT8 and 10m 500mW WSPR. 

Sunspots - Tuesday September 30th

 Solar flux is 186 and the SSN 131. A=27 and K=7.

Autumn in the garden

 

My wife took this photo showing the leaves changing colour for the autumn with holly behind.

Before we know it it will be winter and spring.

Every season has things to enjoy.

Ultra-simple transceiver

Many years ago I set out to see just how simple a viable transceiver could be made. It was published in GQRP SPRAT. It certainly works! Others built it and have worked some remarkable DX. It is also on my website.

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/hf-mf-and-lf/homebrew/80m-feter-transceiver .