The following is due tomorrow. Usual caveats about travel apply:
Sunday February 9th - Radio Active 25 - The Nantwich Rally, Nantwich, CW5 5DG. See radioactivefair.co.uk.
8 Feb 2025
10m QRP FT8 (Saturday)
My QMX+ was turned on at about 1020z.
Clearing the decks?
A major UK dealer is discounting all its stock of second hand FT817ND transceivers. I wondering if they are expecting many to be traded in soon so people can buy the new Yaesu FTX -1F assuming it comes!
Brunch - NOT amateur radio
7 Feb 2025
Talk without talking
At the end of the month I am giving a talk with a difference at the Cambridge Radio Club. The format is different from normal in that I prepare the slides but someone else does the talking, because I can no longer talk at presentations. This is the second time I have done this.
This time my talk is on 8m.
8m QRP FT8 TX (Friday)
At 1315z I turned on my QMX+ on 8m FT8 TX. At 1320z, nobody had spotted me.
UPDATE 1610z: QRT on 8m FT8. No spots of me.
10m QRP FT8 with the QMX+
Just before lunch I turned on the QMX+ to FT8. Power out is about 3.5W to an end-fed.
UPDATE 1301z: So far I have been spotted by 162 stations with the furthermost VK6DW (14466km) in Western Australia.
UPDATE 1630z: Back on 10m FT8 with the QMX+. 100 stations have spotted me recently.
UPDATE 2100z: 399 stations have spotted me today. See map. QRT soon.
PC and QMX+ puzzle solved
This morning I solved an issue with my QMX+.
I could not understand why, despite all the settings being correct, my QMX+ refused to have any output on FT8. What had not noticed was that the USB audio on the PC was muted. Once it was unmuted, all was well.
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