My 2.5W FT8 was turned on at about 1415z.
UPDATE 1620z: No spots. F2 conditions seemed to have gone down a bit. Maybe we'll see a bit of winter Es at the turn of the year on 8m?
This came from a local friend yesterday.
"Your crystal ball is working well. I rang the telephone number on the Waters & Stanton website and was told by Mr Fortune that Nevada Radio and Waters & Stanton had now combined and were trading under the Moonraker name and from the same W&S place near Woburn Sands."
I think we could all read the runes. In the future we can expect fewer dealers and fewer ads in magazines and probably fewer mags or smaller mags.
In the last 20 years look at what has happened to radio mags on sale!
For a couple of weeks I have tried 10m WSPR at 500uW (0.5mW).
After this, I have proved to myself that this power is enough when conditions are good.
My inclination is to stop now.
This evening this meteor shower peaks. Meteor showers often result in radio enhancements on VHF bands.
See https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/geminid-meteor-shower-uk-dates-how-to-see.
My 10mW ERP was turned on about 1730z. So far (at 1753z), 3 stations have spotted me.
My 500uW (0.5mW) 10m WSPR experiment has continued today. Sadly, no spots received.
9 stations spotted my 10mW WSPR overnight with the furthermost again OH1LSQ (1722km).
Last night, I went on the 70cm activity contest organised by the RSGB. As usual, I ran 10W pep and my 2m big-wheel omni antenna. A couple of contacts were had in the short time I was on.
It is my view that SSB activity in this contest is declining. I usually work a few stations but there seemed fewer people on.
My ultra QRP 10m WSPR experiment continues with my 10m WSPR TX beacon on with the PA turned off. So far today, no spots.
I think conditions have to be very good for this to work. It is an experiment worth repeating in the next Es season.
"save one life, save the world"
This old Jewish saying resonates in recent world events.
All life is precious, whether Jew, Arab, Ukrainian, Russian or whatever.
