UPDATE 0810z: Just spotted by just one local. Nobody spotted here on RX.
UPDATE 1101z: Increased the power slightly to 3W and back on TX. I have been RX only most of the morning, but still no stations on RX. 2 stations have spotted me with one in Denmark.
UPDATE 1825z: Spotted by 11 stations (see map) and 28 stations spotted here. QRT soon.
Yesterday I spotted 198 stations on 15m FT8.
At the moment we seem to be between pretty good winter F2 conditions and the Es season.
It looks like people have started to move lower in frequency to chase DX.
After a very brief TX period (no spots - RF feedback from the end-fed?), I am RX only on 15m FT8.
UPDATE 1750z: 147 stations spotted here.
On Monday nights at 8pm, the RSGB gives a series of talks with people expert in their field.
I have seen some, but manage to miss quite a few.
Some are talks at past RSGB conventions. Many (all?) have to be watched on YouTube.
This was posted about 17 hours ago, which would have been Wednesday afternoon in the UK.
My TX beacon was turned on at about 0755z.
UPDATE 1510z: No spots all day, so QSYed to 15m 5W FT8.
Proctors are like college policemen. They wear bowler hats.
Back in the 1960s I really wanted a Heathkit Twoer transceiver. In those days most people on 2m used AM and the band was quiet. It used a sensitive super-regen RX, but these were broad. In their day they were fine. Looking back I am amazed how bad they were!
Versions were made for 10m 11m CB and 6m too.
To this day I still like the style. They were known as the "Benton Harbour Lunchboxes" as they resembled a lunchbox.
In their day they were "state of the art".
See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/vhfuhfmicrowaves/vhfuhf-commercial-rigs/hw30
