Thursday, 21 September 2017

8 Sept aurora and "above the MUF" propagation with FT8, JT9 and JT65

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Olli, DQ8BHA, whose blog is listed on the sidebar, writes some very interesting material. His description of the 8 September aurora is worth...
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Thursday, 14 September 2017

Did I miss an aurora?

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I have been in Blankenberge which, as is well known, is in Belgium. It is customary in this blog to show the means of transport I used at th...
Friday, 1 September 2017

31 August Es and the end of the season wind down

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Here, as I gaze over my estates from the lofty heights of the old stone tower at the end of the West Wing, I see the workers toiling in the ...
Sunday, 27 August 2017

2017 Es season - not that bad? Aurora springs to the rescue.

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I wrote this over the past few days. It started off being a piece complaining about poor Sporadic E conditions. As the piece developed, it t...
Sunday, 9 July 2017

Amateur radio rotator rant

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OK, I have been fed up about this for ages and it is time for a full-frontal whinge. There certainly is a thing called "buyer's r...
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Wednesday, 21 June 2017

Es and broadcast QRM, the Wouxun 950PL, and 2 computers with PstRotator

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Sometimes with amateur radio you just have to wait and watch... Katy, 2nd operator at GM4FVM waiting patiently At other times you let y...
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Sunday, 18 June 2017

A dual-band antenna, 70MHz JT65, and classic rigs

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These are the days of the Es season when I change gear. I go into cruise mode. The "new-ness" of it all has passed. I have no ne...
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