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Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

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4m website?

Posted: 30 May 2021 01:54 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/05/4m-website.html


Certainly until last year there was a website dedicated to the 4m (70MHz) amateur band. A casual Google search failed to find it. It may have gone?
It is many years since I operated on the band, but I can imagine it is an interesting allocation, especially in the Es season with so many countries
now active and more rigs with 4m coverage. A few watts of SSB (or even FM)
to a wire dipole should be enough to work many of the European countries
now active on the band in Es openings.
UPDATE 0853z: See Colin's comment. It is still there. www.70mhz.org .



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On 10m FT8 RX (Sunday) with the FT817ND and tiny indoor loop

Posted: 30 May 2021 03:32 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/05/on-10m-ft8-rxsunday-with-ft817nd-and.html


It is now 0807z. For a short while, I have been on 10m FT8 RX. So far, 15 Spanish stations spotted and 1 Italian spotted.
UPDATE 0819z: Now 25 stations spotted.
UPDATE 1031z: 101 stations spotted.

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Sunspots - Sunday May 30th 2021

Posted: 29 May 2021 10:51 PM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/05/sunspots-sunday-may-30th-2021.html


Solar flux is 76 and the SSN 26. A=6 and K=2.

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