My QRPP 6m WSPR was turned on at about 0830z.
UPDATE 1606z: No spots. I am beginning to think that 10mW 6m WSPR is harder than I was expecting. When I went on earlier I noticed that there were quite a few lines of interference. This, if typical, could make reception of weak signals hard.
Solar flux is 220 and the SSN 185. A=6 and K=1. Solar activity seems to be high. Another peak?
OFCOM is consulting on the format of its upcoming auction of 26-40 GHz spectrum. See the OFCOM website for details.
This is a reminder that the Dayton Hamvention is this coming weekend. Dayton is in Ohio, USA 🇺🇸.
As far as I know, it is the biggest amateur radio gathering on the planet. It particularly attracts visitors in the USA, but is also a meeting place for overseas visitors too.
It is often the place where new products are announced. I am still waiting for the FT817 true successor, although I fear it is now too late!
I forgot to change back to G3XBM from GE3XBM that I was using on 6m during my QRPP tests overnight. Just a single station spotted my 10mW ERP overnight. It was quite the worst night for months. Probably time to think of a new challenge!!
UPDATE 0950z: I shall keep going on 630m WSPR until the weekend before reconsidering things.
This evening was the 70cm activity contest. I worked a couple of stations with my 10W pep SSB to the 2m big-wheel omni antenna before I went QRT after about 40 minutes.
This is really to see how 8m WSPR would work under ISM rules (10mW ERP). I am testing on 6m as I hope there will be more monitors.
If it works on 6m, I am pretty sure it would work on 8m. On 6m QRPP WSPR I am using a unique callsign so I can ID spots at 10mW.
UPDATE 2000z: No spots of me all day.
Once again, I am on 10m WSPR with 500uW to see how I get on in the Es season.
UPDATE 2017z: No spots all day.
My 10mW WSPR on 10m was turned on late yesterday. 11 stations spotted me suggesting the Es season is in full swing.
As we returned from our holiday in Belgium 🇧🇪 I returned to 630m QRP WSPR with my 10mW ERP from the earth-electrode “antenna“ in the ground. Spots from 3 stations.
These radios are hard to find these days and batteries rarely work.
Solar flux is 215 and the SSN 207. A=30 and K=2.
Conditions still look disturbed. I don't know how this affects Es.
Once again I am on 10m WSPR with 10mW. There is Es about as I have been spotted in less than an hour by 3 stations.
After a break of a few days, I am back on 630m QRP WSPR with my 10mW ERP from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground. It has been on for about 30 minutes. So far, 6 spots by G8OCV/SDR (65km)
We last visited Bruges in October 2001. We visited here last week and it was heaving with people, so much so that it had lost its charm. It is doubtful if we will ever return, but perhaps in winter?
Among the problems of Belgian 🇧🇪 streets are trams, bikes and cobbles. Since my 2013 stroke, balance has been a problem .This means I am always looking down to ensure the cobbles are OK as I could easily fall.
Crossing the road has always been hard, but it is worse with trams, tram rails and bikes, especially when they come from the wrong direction!!
