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10m FT8 (Saturday)

Posted: 15 Jan 2022 03:24 AM PST http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/01/10m-ft8-saturday.html


At the moment (1125z) I am on 10m FT8 RX. So far, 93 stations spotted as
the map shows since 1020z.
When I QSYed from 70cm FT8, there were still stations on and the band was
still "up".


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DXing with a twist

Posted: 15 Jan 2022 02:19 AM PST http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/01/dxing-with-twist.html


One facet of HF radio that you may want to try for fun is DXing with a
crystal set where all the power comes from the TX.

Although you are most likely to hear broadcast stations, you may also copy amateurs. These days it is harder as most speech is on SSB, so you can only copy the muffled sound of envelope detection, but I have copied AM amateurs
on 160m. For envelope detection, you may need a "proper" RX to identify the signal.

See
https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/hf-mf-and-lf/crystal-set-dxing .


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70cm FT8 in the last day

Posted: 15 Jan 2022 01:48 AM PST http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/01/70cm-ft8-in-last-day.html


Conditions are up on 70cm.
In the last day I have stuck with FT8. In all, 43 stations spotted with the furthermost being F8DLE (735km).
Remember this is with a vertical omni antenna! It is also 70cm!


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Sunspots - Saturday January 15th 2022

Posted: 14 Jan 2022 11:17 PM PST http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/01/sunspots-saturday-january-15th-2022.html


Solar flux is 110 and the SSN 112. A=15 and K=3.

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