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Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

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EI7GL blog

Posted: 07 Nov 2021 07:46 AM PST http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/11/ei7gl-blog.html


John's blog is regularly updated and always seems to have interesting
stuff on it. Today I noticed he had been hearing the CW from the Darwin
beacon on 10m from Australia.
See https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/ .

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10m FT8 RX (Sunday)

Posted: 07 Nov 2021 11:26 AM PST http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/11/10m-ft8-rx-sunday.html


After breakfast, I hope to be on 10m FT8 RX.
UPDATE 1011z: 10m gear turned on at about 0930z. So far, 75 stations
spotted.
UPDATE 1521z: So far today, on 10m FT8 RX, 404 stations have been spotted.
The usual pattern is followed: east in the morning followed by the Americas
in the afternoon. Lots of Europeans presumably via E layer although some
could be aircraft reflection, tropo or F2 backscatter. 10m is definitely a good DX band again. I suspect it will remain good until at least 2026,
after which time people desert the band. With FT8 brief openings may be
caught, even when the band seems "dead". Of course in May, June and July it
is good for up to 1500km at any part of the solar cycle via Es.
UPDATE 1922z: 444 stations spotted today on 10m FT8 RX.

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G3XIZ sub 9kHz

Posted: 07 Nov 2021 12:42 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/11/g3xiz-sub-9khz.html


This was a Facebook memory from 11 years ago. I see that I had been trying
to get G3XIZ on VLF. As I recall it was successful.

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Sunspots - Sunday November 7th 2021

Posted: 07 Nov 2021 12:05 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/11/sunspots-sunday-november-7th-2021.html


Solar flux is 82 and the SSN 40. A=18 and K=3.

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