Sunspots and 10m - Saturday February 18th 2017

Solar flux is 74 today and the sunspot number 14.  A=20 and K=2.

Now 2 more countries on 6m MSK144

With GW and GJ spotted on 6m MSK144 my total tally on this band and mode has increased:

EI, GD GM, G, GW, GJ, ON, PA, OZ, SM, F, DL, HB9,  and I, I have now spotted 14 different countries in just a few weeks on 6m MSK144 RX.

PSK Reporter Maps - issues?

PSK Reporter Maps (see https://www.pskreporter.info/pskmap.html) has helped to show me where I was reaching on 10m JT65 and spotting on 6m MSK144. Of late, I have had a few issues with the maps not loading, despite other pages loading. This could be a local issue, but I wonder if others have noticed similar?

Sunspot and 10m - Friday February 17th 2017

Solar flux is 74 today and the sunspot number is 23. A=9 and K=4.

Now 12 countries on 6m MSK144

This morning, I am again on 6m MSK144 RX and 10m WSPR TX. HB9Q (794km) and EI7BMB (462km) have recently been spotted on 6m and last night GM6NX (507km), for the 12th country, was spotted.

Meanwhile on 10m WSPR TX (500mW) no spots as yet.

High blog visits again - NOT amateur radio

Yet again, the visits to two of my blogs are sky high at the same time as visits from Russia has peaked again. Co-incidence or probing?

Southgate News and CQ Magazine

Southgate News reports that CQ magazine in the USA is soon to host a 137kHz and 472kHz column.

See http://southgatearc.org/news/2017/february/cq-to-introduce-mf-lf-column.htm#.WKX2zYXXLIU

11th Country on 6m MSK144 RX

Just spotted my 11th country on 6m MSK144 in the form of GD0TEP (381km). This was most likely aircraft reflection.

Simple 10GHz

Yesterday I received this, which may interest those setting out on 10GHz:

Hi Roger,

We report our experience with HB100 module.

Please visit the Facebook page "HB100 10GHz"

https://www.facebook.com/groups/603514236508122/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Thank's

73, Nino IZ8WLZ

Sunspots and 10m - Thursday February 16th 2017

Solar flux is 74 today and the sunspot number 23. A=3 and K=2.