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After a few minutes on QRP FT8 TX, I am on 40.680 MHz FT8 RX. So far (at 0918z) no spots.
Just before 0900z my 500mW WSPR beacon on 10m was turned on. Spots from a local and an Italian so far.
UPDATE 1512z: 29 unique stations have spotted my QRP 10m WSPR today.26z:
UPDATE 1626z: 35 stations have spotted my 10m QRP WSPR with the furthermost F61695 (9729km).
UPDATE 1921z: 36 stations have spotted my 10m QRP WSPR TX. QRT soon. Spots of my 10m WSPR QRP are shown on the map from wspr.rocks.
My current plan is to go on 10m WSPR TX with 500mW from the W5OLF beacon and 8m FT8 RX.
Continuously, I get amazed by the number of planets in the universe. One estimate puts the number of planets as 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, which is totally mind blowing.
At the same time SETI has been searching the universe since the 1960s and have found not a single sign of intelligent life. To me, I find this odd. In the early days, equipment was not as sophisticated as today. However, by now, I would have expected to find something.
My only conclusion is that our view of the universe must be flawed or that we are somehow missing something important.
To me, all our religious beliefs are too "Earth centred".
I look at the heavens and feel awe.
See https://www.seti.org/ .
To my surprise I worked 6 stations and some good DX as the map shows.
Once again, my antenna was the 2m big-wheel omni.
Just now, I did a microprocessor reset on the FT-710AESS. Indeed the audio does come out of both speakers, but there still seems far more from the external speaker irrespective of the AESS balance. Overall, I am not impressed with this AESS "feature". The rest of the rig seems excellent. At QRP levels, I doubt I shall hear the fan very often! In fact, I have never heard it yet!
UPDATE 1638z: Must try the transceiver with FT8 soon.
