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Northerly Canadian WSPR spot VY0ERC

26/09/2022

Running just 2 watts of WSPR on 30m, a spot at 2144 UTC from the most northerly Canadian station I have ever come across. A distance of 4,355 km seems rather fantastic with such meagre power. This is the usual current G8PHM FT897 station setup, but with the drive adjusted down for a measured 2 […]

Garden Operating

09/08/2022

Mark G8PHM

Sometimes a spot of peaceful FT8 and WSPR, outside, under the verandah, is just pleasant. Lovely warm day, so why not! It was way too hot to be in the direct sunlight, so the verandah is the ideal place to hide from the heat on the 9th of August, 2022, at the G8PHM QTH in […]

Solar & HF Report

20/09/2020

Mike G8AXA

Solar Report It has been a very quiet week, with no solar wind or sunspots. However this may change soon. It has been announced by NASA that we are now in the new solar cycle, but do not expect great thing from it regarding good openings on the HF bands. Next week a sunspot is […]

Solar & HF Report

13/09/2020

Mike G8AXA

First of all, I have reduced the power output from the rig, to one watt. So as to give a more true report, on what you may be able to work on the bands. Solar Report A very quiet week a sunspot was seen developing, but alas it did not last more than 24 Hours. […]

Solar and HF Report

06/09/2020

Mike G8AXA

Solar Report. A strong solar wind early in the week, did produce some big Aurora's. Alas these had no effect on the HF bands, but did produce some Aurora contacts on the VHF and UHF bands. HF Report Due to an antenna problem, I am unable to give a 7Mhz report this week. This should […]

Solar and HF Report

30/08/2020

Mike G8AXA

Solar & HF Report. For the benefit of the new members. My HF report is produced by using a mode called WSPR, which stands for Weak Signal Reporter Network. WSPR is a data mode that is only 6Hz wide and takes just under two minutes to transmit. Power out put is 2 watts, which is […]

Solar, HF and 6 Meter Report

23/08/2020

Mike G8AXA

Solar Report On Sunday a solar flare hit Earth at 17:10 Soon after reports came back from South America on 28mhz. Since Sunday the bands have been in poor shape. At the moment, there are no sunspots on the sun. On the 24th or 25th there may be an increase in the solar wind, which […]

Solar, HF and 6 Meter Report

16/08/2020

Mike G8AXA

This week I have been monitoring my HF WSPR reports on web site http://wspr.aprsinfo.com/ run by M0XDK. Type in my call, G8AXA. Tick auto and in a short time, reports in the past hour will appear. If you point on the Rx site, a report on my signals will be shown. Solar Report In the […]

Solar, HF and 6 Meter Report

09/08/2020

Mike G8AXA

Solar Report The strong solar wind this week, did affect radio conditions. Most bands were affected by poor conditions. During the week, a sunspot from the new solar cycle has been seen. August 8th began with a bang. At 03:49 UT, the magnetic canopy of new-cycle sunspot AR2770 erupted, producing a C1-class solar flare. Radiation […]

Solar, HF and 6 Meter Report

26/07/2020

Mike G8AXA

Solar Report During the week, a sunspot from the new solar cycle has been seen. At the moment it is tuning towards Earth, but is unlikely to effect radio conditions. HF Report I am now using a long wire that has been tuned to the 40 Meter band, with a loading coil for 80 Meters […]

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