Yesterday I was spotted by 22 stations on 10m WSPR despite only going on after 1600z.
Today I expect to be on again with 500mW from the W5OLF beacon.
UPDATE 1013z : 4 unique stations spotting me today so far.
17 Jun 2022
Rallies
The following rallies are due to take place this weekend. As always, please check with the organisers before travelling any distance.
Saturday June 18th - Bangor and District ARS. Contact Andrew 07980846272.
Sunday June 19th - East Suffolk Wireless Revival. Kevin 0771 0046846.
16 Jun 2022
FY5KE 10m WSPR reports
Some time ago I queried if my WSPR reports by FY5KE in South America were just by a European pirate. Yesterday I had an email and these reports look like they were genuine. I get these reports quite often.
8m experiment (Thursday)
All being well, I should be home again later this afternoon. I intend to be on 8m TX on 40.680 MHz USB dial FT8 then.
UPDATE 2111z: Spots of my QRP 8m TX by 2 stations and I have spotted 2 stations here. 1 station in Slovenia "worked". Oops sorry exchanged FT8 reports and locations, sorry OFCOM!! Silly me thinking UK stations engaged in self training and research could be worked. My hand slapped!! 😉😉
Catch them young
This was 2010 when I had "help" in the back of the garage from my grandson. Sadly I didn't manage to get him interested in electronics: his main passion is ringing church bells. See his YouTube videos under Ringer Luke.
15 Jun 2022
Barnsley - NOT amateur radio
We're having our 19th sibling reunion in which my wife gets together with her 2 brothers. In the past, we have taken it in turns to meet in each others homes. This year we are staying in an hotel in Barnsley which used to be their home.
Finningley optical transceiver
This was built in June 2013, but because of my stroke it was not used. With 100mm lenses, it has a range of at least 65km. This was my only SMA project.
Memory costs - NOT amateur radio
It is amazing how far memory has come. Not many years ago we were amazed by CF cards with 1GB of memory. These days you can get 512GB on a micro SD card. I think you can even get 1TB micro SD. In 10 years time I wonder what will be the norm?
14 Jun 2022
Window display - NOT amateur radio
Elderflower - NOT amateur radio
Guess who forgot?
Last Sunday was the annual PW QRP contest that I totally forgot!! The 2m and 70cm UKAC contests I set alarms for, but this one was overlooked. Doh!!
8m experiment (Tuesday)
Yesterday my QRP TX on 40.680 MHz USB dial FT8 was spotted by 4 stations. I am unlikely to be active for the next few days.
10m WSPR (Tuesday)
Yesterday was fairly quiet here on 10m WSPR TX with just 14 stations spotting my 500mW QRP. Most of these were via Es.
13 Jun 2022
Propagation mode?
Both yesterday and the day before, I had over 70 reports of my 500mW 10m WSPR beacon. Today I have had just a few reports and these could be by F2. Es can be very localised with strong signals somewhere and nothing a few kilometres away.
On 8m I am frequently spotted by EI9KP (649km). This happens so often that I suspect some other form of propagation other than F2 or Es is involved such as random meteors or aircraft scatter.
The period of FT8 makes me think random meteors or aircraft unlikely. It is far too far to EI9KP for tropo.
Am I missing something?
OFCOM
OFCOM has updated the data it holds and has proposed a new licencing regime for commercial drones. See the OFCOM website for details.
Beans - NOT amateur radio
However, I surprised myself last year with good crops of tomatoes, crab apples and runner beans. The secret seems to be to ensure the soil has plenty of goodness in it. This year, I have put beans in the same spot as last year (having added lots of goodness to the soil first) as well a 4 bean plants in a pot. I shall grow some lettuce and tomatoes shortly.
If I get as many as last year, I shall be pleased.
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