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10m FT8 (Wednesday)

Posted: 16 Feb 2022 12:58 AM PST http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/02/10m-ft8-wednesday.html


My 10m FT8 gear was turned on at 0741z. Nobody spotted my short 2.5W QRP transmission.
UPDATE 0858z: So far this morning, 19 stations spotted on 10m FT8 RX.

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Sunspots - Wednesday February 16th 2022

Posted: 15 Feb 2022 10:59 PM PST http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/02/sunspots-wednesday-february-16th-2022.html


Solar flux is 114 and the SSN 73. A=5 and K=2.

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10m operation

Posted: 15 Feb 2022 02:48 PM PST http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/02/10m-operation.html


10m is my favourite HF band. It is wide enough to support all modes and at various times of the sunspot cycle it experiences virtually all propagation modes. For much of the solar cycle it is an amazing daytime DX band. On my
main website there is a page about this.
See www.g3xbm.co.uk.



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8m NoV

Posted: 15 Feb 2022 07:43 AM PST http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/02/8m-nov-still-waiting.html


In the last few weeks I wrote to my MP saying how disappointed I was that
after months of waiting and several recent chase emails, I had heard
nothing of progress from OFCOM. She is contacting OFCOM to ask why I have
not heard. We'll see if this does any good.
I would much have preferred it if they has simply given me a response last year. I am not asking for much! Until they respond I was not planning to
erect an 8m dipole. This was for serious propagation research too.
UPDATE 1515z : Wonders will never cease!! After months and months, they
have refused my application for an NoV. Instead they want me to apply for
an Innovation and Trials Licence which has a fee starting at £50!! I think
the real reason is they are afraid radio amateurs will get a foot in the
door. So, unless I am prepared to pay at least £50 a year, I am not even allowed just 50Hz of spectrum at 5W for 6 months. I am speechless and
quietly fuming. So much for propagation research. You can imagine, that
even if I applied, the Es season would be over before I heard!

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10m FT8 QRP (Tuesday)

Posted: 15 Feb 2022 09:43 AM PST http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/02/10m-ft8-qrp-tuesday_15.html


At the moment I am RX only, but I might try 2.5W TX later. So far today (at 1430z) 9 stations spotted.
UPDATE 1741z: 178 stations spotted on 10m FT8 RX.

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Sunspots - Tuesday February 15th 2022

Posted: 14 Feb 2022 11:10 PM PST http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/02/sunspots-tuesday-february-15th-2022.html


Solar flux is 107 and the SSN 72. A=8 and K=2.

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