On 8m FT8 TX on 40.680 MHz (TX first period). 10m is looking good, so just hope some in the USA are monitoring 40.680 FT8!
UPDATE 1525z: Spotted on 8m QRP FT8 by EA3ERE (1153km). No USA DX spots (!), but I am grateful to be spotted at all on 8m FT8.
UPDATE 1854z: QRT on 8m. No USA DX!
It must have been tested it at the QTH of G6ALB, although I do not remember this. The photo shows these tests.
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| Stations spotted at 0930z |
On 40.680 MHz (first) QRP FT8 hoping for the USA. 10m is excellent.
UPDATE 1944z: No spots. Now QRT.
There are still 3 shops in the village selling meat. After 150 years, this shop will be missed.
People are eating less meat these days, which can't have helped. At one time I think we had 4 butchers in the village.
He sold very good bacon.
I am on 10m FT8 RX at the moment.
UPDATE 1114z: 401 stations spotted.
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It is a free download and you may find some parts of interest.
I am not in the least bit interested in any money. My aim is to share the fun I have had with others.
If you just want to look online, that's fine. Alternatively you may want to print out anything that interests you.
Ely is a surprisingly busy station where many lines meet. It is rare to not see something going on there.
The bottom right is from the great east window which was erected in 1350 whilst the others are in the cloisters.
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As usual, OFCOM has revised the figures it holds about licences etc.. Check the OFCOM website for details.
At the moment, I am on 10m FT8 RX. So far, after 10 minutes, at 0856z, 5 stations spotted with the furthermost D2UY (6525km) in Angola.
I have been notified of the following rally on Sunday. As always, make contact with the organisers before travelling any distance.
Sunday October 2nd - Welsh Radio Rally, Newport, NP18 2YE . See gw6gw.co.uk .
See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/hf-mf-and-lf/homebrew/80m-xbm80-2 .
At 1736z, my 8m QRP FT8 was turned on 40.680 MHz hoping for some F2 transatlantic propagation.
UPDATE 2010z: No spots. QRT.
All being well, I hope to be on 10m WSPR later when we get home. I should be back this afternoon.
UPDATE 1430z: Back home at 1329z. 10m QRP FT8 turned on. 19 stations have already spotted me with the furthermost WA5TXY (7632km) near Dallas Texas. On 10m FT8 RX 123 stations already spotted.
It was made in 1350 and was the biggest window in the world at the time. It is a great example of ancient glass.
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This is being copied in Eire by EI9KP by weak tropo, but after several days I have had no sign here in East Anglia. I only have a low dipole and it is obviously too weak for tropo and with MS or aircraft, I almost certainly need more time for a decode on FT8.
I shall try again when there is a decent MS shower, hoping the Doppler doesn't kill the FT8!
Gear turned on earlier this morning. As usual, running 500mW from my WSPR beacon.
UPDATE 1300z: Just 3 unique stations spotting me so far today. These are one local and 2 in the Canary Is. The Canary Is looks like F2 propagation.
I visited there in the late 1990s when working in California, USA.
No, that is definitely not me!
Although I suspect my chances are low, I am continuing to monitor the beacon GB3MCB in Cornwall on 40.050 MHz FT8.
As the 10m antenna is free I shall probably go on 10m QRP WSPR TX with my 500mW W5OLF beacon.
UPDATE 0825z: 10m QRP WSPR TX turned on and PC manually re-synced "just in case".
We deliver local Christmas cards by hand. We were going to do it yesterday, but the rain was horrendous so we did it today instead in the co...
