Tuesday, 3 June 2025

2 June 2025 Aurora

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I am not sure how to define DX. Obviously it depends on the band in use. As a generalisation I might define it as stations I can contact whi...
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Tuesday, 20 May 2025

Multi-hop Sporadic E opens up again this year

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I follow Sporadic E not just to have many interesting QSOs, but also to lead me to some meaty DX. Unlike some others, I do not claim to have...
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Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Summer Es begins, but where to go on 70MHz?

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I just increased my country score on the 4 metre band for this year by one. The new country for 2025 was Scotland. Although I worked my home...
Saturday, 19 April 2025

A long lasting tropo event and then an aurora

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After 3 April 2025 and the noticeable tropo duct mentioned in my last posting, there was a long lasting tropospheric event caused by a stabl...
Thursday, 10 April 2025

A classic tropospheric duct

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I really enjoy working tropo enhancements on VHF and UHF. Usually though they move around with the weather and can be quite wide, which make...
Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Log Analyser de-activated.

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[Edit - this may not be the final word on this - see update at the bottom] Sad news from Mario DL4MFM that his excellent Log Analyser has be...
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Friday, 14 March 2025

"Understanding VHF Propagation" by Rohde and Schwarz

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Thanks to John, EI7GL, for posting details of this YouTube video. Anything which suggests that VHF propagation is almost never "line of...