My gear was turned on at 0910z.
UPDATE 1714z: 525 stations spotting me as far as Canada, USA, South America, Australia and Taiwan. See map.
Simple QRP projects, 10m, 8m, 6m, 4m, FT8, 160m, WSPR, LF/MF, sub-9kHz, nanowaves and other random stuff, some not related to amateur radio.
My gear was turned on at 0910z.
UPDATE 1714z: 525 stations spotting me as far as Canada, USA, South America, Australia and Taiwan. See map.
This is near King's College down a narrow passageway. King's College Chapel is visible in the distance.
My system was turned on at about 0845z.
UPDATE 1622z: 503 spots of me. Now QRT. See map. It would seem that 2W FT8 gets around the world.
The photo show Cambridge in a shower.
As I have my U3A course in Cambridge I shall not be on the radio until later. If I go on I shall probably go on 6m QRP FT8. There is some doubt as we have thunder forecast.
At 1552z I turned on my 500mW beacon. At first I (again) forgot to turn on the PSU!
UPDATE 1644z: So far, spotted by no stations. I am sure there are fewer people on WSPR now than FT8:
UPDATE 2138z: 8 stations spotted me including one in Canada. Now QRT.
In the latest SPRAT (205) Chris Page (page 38) reported my QRPP FT8 experiments as using the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) whereas for FT8 I ...