2015 shack

This photo was taken in 2015 and shows the shack as it was then. 

10m WSPR QRP TX (Monday)

In the end, there was a quite good 10m Es opening on 10m yesterday. 

Following the comment by Bas, I have changed the image format. I hope it is readable. 

Sunspots - Monday September 5th 2022

Solar flux is 128 and the SSN 62. A=64 and K=5.

News of W5OLF - Jay?

Some weeks ago, I sent Jay (Wilson) W5OLF an email and got no reply, which is unusual. Has anybody any news please? He has been a great help to me and others.

10m WSPR QRP TX (Sunday)

As I am on 6m FT8, the 10m antenna is free, so I am on 10m WSPR TX with the 500mW W5OLF beacon. It is now about 1553z and I have been on for an hour. No spots of me.

UPDATE 1729z:  Still no spots. Basically rubbish. 

Our son and his children - NOT amateur radio

Our son with his children earlier (and me!!). 

6m FT8 QRP (Sunday)

The gear (V2000 vertical omni antenna and FT817ND) was turned on at 1120z. So far (1137z) 6 spots of me including what is probably Es, but none of anyone else!! 

UPDATE 1703z:    9 stations spotted me today so far including 1 in Italy and 1 in Portugal. 1 QSO .

UPDATE 1751z: 11 stations have spotted my QRP 6m FT8 today, with what looks like 3 by Es in southern Europe.

UPDATE 2009z:  15 stations have spotted my QRP (furthermost Canary Is.) and I have spotted 23 stations today on 6m QRP FT8. 3 QSOs today on 6m QRP FT8. I think there was an Es opening later in the day which I caught.

Winter coming - NOT amateur radio

 

We saw these logs on our walk last week. 

Sunspots - Sunday September 4th 2022

 Solar flux is 123 and the SSN 68. A=25 and K=5.

Reverse beacon network

I have to confess that it is a long time since used the Reverse Beacon Network. It can be quite useful to find where your signal gets to even when you don't manage a 2-way QSO.

See https://www.reversebeacon.net/ .