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  • [G3XBM] 8m band history

    From G3XBM via rec.radio.amateur.moderat@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 24 01:47:40 2021
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    Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

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    8m band history

    Posted: 23 Jul 2021 11:42 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/07/8m-band-history.html


    I was totally unaware of some of the historical allocations at 8m. It
    seems there are historical precedents.
    See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-meter_band .

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    8m USA beacon spotted on WSPR in Europe

    Posted: 23 Jul 2021 11:23 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/07/8m-usa-beacon-spotted-on-wspr-in-europe.html



    Yesterday, I gather the WL2XUP 8m beacon was spotted in England. WSPR works with signals much weaker than FT8. No doubt EI7GL's blog will have more
    details shortly.


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    10m WSPR TX 500mW (Thursday)

    Posted: 23 Jul 2021 05:20 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/07/10m-wspr-tx-500mw-thursday_23.html


    A great day yesterday with reports from 60 different stations. Many
    reported me many times. I think this was my best day this Es season on 10m
    WSPR TX. The last was a spot from the USA. I had to go QRT, but would
    probably have had more reports if I had stayed on.

    Click on the chart to enlarge if need be.

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    10m WSPR TX 500mW (Friday)

    Posted: 23 Jul 2021 06:05 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/07/10m-wspr-tx-500mw-friday.html


    At 0822z, my 10m WSPR beacon was turned on.
    UPDATE 1205z: So far today, spots by 20 unique stations.
    UPDATE 1304z: I see John EI7GL spotted me 10 times with SNR varying by
    8dB. This is typical of Es: sometimes signals can be incredibly strong.

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    6m FT8 RX yesterday

    Posted: 23 Jul 2021 01:12 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/07/6m-ft8-rx-yesterday.html


    What an odd day on the Magic Band!

    More North Americans than I have spotted all summer. Remember this is just
    with the V2000 omni vertical antenna. In all, 633 stations spotted on 6m
    FT8.
    When I went on TX briefly, there was no problem being spotted all over
    Europe with 2.5W.

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    Sunspots - Friday July 23rd 2021

    Posted: 22 Jul 2021 10:20 PM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2021/07/sunspots-friday-july-23rd-2021.html


    Solar flux is 89 and the SSN 77. A=11 and K=1.

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