Solar flux is 79 and the SSN 47. A=8 and K=1.
28 Apr 2021
27 Apr 2021
Garden blossom - NOT amateur radio
Amplitude Modulation
Although I have not used AM recently, partly as a result of my poor voice, I can see the attraction of the mode. It lends itself to home brewing and in the past I have designed and made several AM rigs. At one time they were practically giving away ex PMR AM rigs.
The Fredbox and Sixbox are examples of AM rigs I have designed and made in the past.
Southgate News has announced the formation of an AM Amateur Radio Society.
My thanks to Steve G1KQH for pointing this out.
Bluebell hunting - NOT amateur radio
10m FT8 RX
My 10FT8R RX (homemade) for 10m FT8 RX was turned on at 0739z with the indoor loop. Later today I hope to create a schematic for this 4 transistor RX, which works well.
UPDATE 1540z: No spots.
UPDATE 1700z: Just 1 spot so far - G4NBS (22km). I notice David G0LRD has spotted 67 stations today on 10m FT8.
70cm activity contest (UKAC) published
The RSGB has published the results of the April 2021 contest. Despite limited time, limited power and just a 2m omni antenna, I have climbed in the results. I only come on for the fun and never expect to do anything!
See https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/vhfresults.pl?Contest=432MHz%20UKAC&year=2021 .
OFCOM spectrum auction final results
OFCOM has announced the final results of recent auctions of 700MHz and 3.6GHz spectrum. See the OFCOM website for details.
26 Apr 2021
Phaser 2 kit - on its way
A few days ago I queried where this was.
For some reason the email went into spam (not any more!) and I was informed the kit is in the UK and on its way to me by UPS. It must have shipped by air.
This is a 4W SSB transceiver for 10m FT8. With the Es season just upon us, it could be very effective.