Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

 In the end I decided to go on 10m 500mW WSPR TX. 10 stations have spotted me 6 of which were in the USA. UPDATE 2010z:  Spotted by 12 stat...

 You may like this transceiver from India. For the price it is remarkable. It is built around a Raspberry Pi.

 As we have to go into Cambridge for some Christmas shopping, I may not go on the radio today.

This weekend, our local museum had a "Santa's Grotto" in the windmill. The children loved it and were told a story (in groups)...

 Solar flux is 194 and the SSN is 133. A=8 and K=0.

My beacon has been on since about 1115z. UPDATE 1607z:   12 stations have spotted me. See table. UPDATE 2138z: QRT

My gear was turned on at about 1115z. UPDATE  1132z:  Spotted by 2 English stations. UPDATE  1603z:    13 stations have spotted me. See map...

The museum and windmill near us is having a Santa’s Grotto weekend.  We’re helping today.

 Probably 500mW 10m WSPR and 5W 6m FT8 later.

The impression I am getting is that WSPR is going down in popularity whereas FT8 is going up. I was considering buying a dedicated multi-ban...