My 40.680 MHz FT8 (2.5W to wire dipole) is active. G4FKI (60km) has spotted me. On RX I have spotted G9PUV(158km) and S57TW (1236km).
One of the aspects that I enjoyed was seeing how few parts were needed to make QSOs. This is one of the simplest circuits.
See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/hf-mf-and-lf/homebrew/80m-xbm80-2 .
The owner of MFJ, Martin Jue, has retired. In my view, other amateur radio players will go.
Years ago I owned an MFJ Cub 15m QRP CW transceiver.
In any democratic society, we are given the right to vote for the government every few years that we believe best serves us .
In the next week the people of the USA vote for their president. This is their decision.
The important thing is to vote.
Early in the month I enjoy looking at the forecast for the solar cycle on my favourite site for such data. At the moment the peak for sunspots in cycle 25 looks like August 2024, but it depends on the smoothing period.
What should be the case, is solar conditions should be good for some time yet. I wanted to link to the image on the solan website but failed. Clearly the copyright is with solan.
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As my 10m antenna is available, I am on 10m WSPR with my beacon. No spots yet today at 1000z.
Steve G1KQH has brought my attention to the zBitx from HF signals which is due in February. It looks remarkable value and far less expens...
