Rallies this weekend

The following rallies at the weekend have been notified to me. It is always advisable to check first before travelling far.

Saturday November 4th - Carmarthen ARS Surplus Equipment Sale, SA33 6XN. Contact g0jlx@gmail.com.

Sunday November 5th - Bushvalley ARC Rally,, BT49 0DF. Contact bushvalleyarc@gmail.com.

Sunday November 5th - Holsworthy Radio Rally, EX22 6DH. See m0omc.co.uk for more information.

630m QRP WSPR overnight

In all, 12 stations spotted me. OH1LSQ (1733km) spotted me 4 times! Certainly, I have enjoyed  my 10mW ERP 630m WSPR from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground this autumn.

Remote beauty - NOT amateur radio

Remote places have a beauty all of their own. This photo from the Shetland Islands was recently posted by a friend up there.

Solar peak (cycle 25)

The month with the highest solar flux and sunspot number is ahead of the peak of the solar cycle with averaging. It looks like the averaged peak is this month. Whatever, we are likely to see good HF conditions still for several years.

See https://www.solen.info/solar/ .

Sunspots - Thursday November 2nd 2023

 Solar flux is 159 and the SSN 105. A=9 and K=2.

630m 10mW ERP overnight

 

Overnight, I was spotted by 18 different stations on QRP WSPR including OH1LSQ (1733km) again.

8m 2.5W FT8 (Wednesday)

Just local G4WSZ (12km) spotting me so far today.

UPDATE 1733z: 4 stations have spotted me including 2 transatlantic stations.

10m QRP WSPR TX (Wednesday)

 My 500mW WSPR beacon has been on for under an hour. So far, 8 stations have spotted me.

UPDATE 1645z: 60 stations have spotted me today.

Sunspots - Wednesday November 1st 2023

 Solar flux is 147 and the SSN 116. A=9 and K=2.

Autumn is coming - NOT amateur radio

 

At last, the leaves are changing and it looks more like autumn. The photo shows the trees on the green this morning.

630m QRP WSPR (Tuesday)

 Most of the day I was on 630m QRP WSPR with the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground. At 2130z,   8 spots of my 10mW ERP.

40.680 MHz QRP FT8 (Tuesday)

 For a couple of hours, I was on 8m FT8 QRP with my 2.5W. Just G4WSZ (12km) was spotting me.

Tuesday plans

Later, I shall probably turn on my 500mW 10m WSPR TX beacon. I may stay on 630m QRP WSPR in the daytime as an experiment and give 8m a miss.

630m WSPR overnight

 In all I was spotted by 9 stations overnight. 

Sunspots - Tuesday October 31st 2023

 Solar flux is 140 and the SSN 62. A=12 and K=2.

630m QRP WSPR (Monday)

My 630m QRP WSPR was turned on about 0830z.  At 2200z 6 stations had spotted me. This season it has been worth my while staying on after midnight.

8m QRP FT8 (Monday)

My QRP FT8 gear has been on for a little while, but just local spots so far today.  On RX no spots.

UPDATE 2216z: My best day ever on 8m FT8 with 11 spots of me..

10m 500mW WSPR TX (Monday)

 My 500mW WSPR TX beacon was turned on about 1104z. So far, just a spot by an Italian.

630m WSPR overnight

 Overnight I was spotted by 9 stations. OH1LSQ (1733km) was again spotting me. 

Sunspots - Monday October 30th 2023

Solar flux is 135 and the SSN 61. A=28 and K=2.