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  • [G3XBM] 8m experiment (Monday)

    From G3XBM via rec.radio.amateur.moderat@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 21 00:10:53 2022
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    Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

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    8m experiment (Monday)

    Posted: 20 Jun 2022 08:18 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/06/8m-experiment-monday_20.html


    Just EI9KP (649km) spotting me today. Certainly here, I am seeing no
    evidence of Es propagation from mainland Europe. The same is true of 10m.
    As I am spotted by EI9KP on 8m FT8 frequently, I am wondering if this
    really is Es?

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    10m QRP WSPR TX

    Posted: 20 Jun 2022 07:33 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/06/10m-qrp-wspr-tx_20.html


    At about 1330z, I turned on my 500mW WSPR beacon. So far, no spots of me.

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    The case for a small UK 8m amateur band

    Posted: 20 Jun 2022 07:30 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-case-for-small-uk-8m-band.html


    It is true to say that I am fuming by the attitude of OFCOM and the RSGB to
    a tiny 8m allocation. Let me explain.
    OFCOM seems dead against an amateur allocation and the RSGB appears to just accept this. Our hobby is meant to be about self-training. In my personal experience of RF development, without any doubt the best RF engineers were those who were intrinsically motivated and "turned on" by RF. I have read countless CVs of electronics graduates who, frankly, were totally useless.
    I knew more at 16 than they did!! I learnt more from my RAE course than
    they did with a degree!
    If we are really interested in future RF designers, we should be doing all
    we can to promote "self training".
    These are my proposals:
    40.680 - 40.685 MHz (5 kHz only). This is in the ISM band and widely used internationallyNarrow digital only (e.g. WSPR, FT8, CW and no speech)By NoV onlyStrictly non-interferencePower limited if need be.Personally, I would happily lose 5 kHz from any band in trade. Such a narrow allocation with no speech is very unlikely to attract "more of the same" and foster the true purpose of our hobby.

    OFCOM and RSGB, wake up!!

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    Sunspots - Monday June 20th 2022

    Posted: 19 Jun 2022 11:07 PM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/06/sunspots-monday-june-20th-2022.html


    Solar flux is 144 and the SSN 120. A=12 and K=2.

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  • From Jim Stewart ...@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 21 07:15:59 2022
    XPost: uk.radio.amateur

    It is true to say that I am fuming by the attitude of OFCOM and the RSGB
    to a tiny 8m allocation. Let me explain.
    OFCOM seems dead against an amateur allocation and the RSGB appears to
    just accept this. Our hobby is meant to be about self-training. In my personal experience of RF development, without any doubt the best RF engineers were those who were intrinsically motivated  and "turned on"
    by RF. I have read countless CVs of electronics graduates who, frankly,
    were totally useless. I knew more at 16 than they did!! I learnt more
    from my RAE course than they did with a degree!
    If we are really interested in future RF designers, we should be doing
    all we can to promote "self training".
    These are my proposals:
    40.680 - 40.685 MHz (5 kHz only). This is in the ISM band and widely
    used internationallyNarrow digital only (e.g. WSPR, FT8, CW and no
    speech)By NoV onlyStrictly non-interferencePower limited if need be.Personally, I would happily lose 5 kHz from any band in trade. Such a narrow allocation with no speech is very unlikely to attract "more of
    the same" and foster the true purpose of our hobby.

    OFCOM and RSGB, wake up!!
    your just playing at it all the best rf engineers are where the gear is produced IE the far east ...

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  • From G3XBM via rec.radio.amateur.moderat@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 12 07:56:29 2022
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    Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

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    8m experiment (Monday)

    Posted: 11 Jul 2022 12:26 PM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/07/8m-experiment-monday_11.html


    As I am unlikely to fix things today, I suspect there will be no action on
    8m FT8 TX here today.
    UPDATE 1927z: reset router and flushed DNS cache, but still no
    success....yet.

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    Fixing that FT8 PC

    Posted: 11 Jul 2022 12:31 PM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/07/fixing-that-ft8-pc.html


    It looks my issue with time sync is more general with DNS addresses. All websites fail to connect with this PC although other PCs work fine. I have found a very good site to systematically work out what's wrong. After
    lunch, I intend to work through these and fix the problem.
    UPDATE 1930z : Flushed DNS cache and reset router, but no success.... yet.

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    Sunspots - Monday July 11th 2022

    Posted: 11 Jul 2022 12:58 AM PDT http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/07/sunspots-monday-july-11th-2022.html


    Solar flux is 153 and the SSN 113. A=7 and K=1.

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