• VK open on 10m

    From Gareth Paley@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 2 03:17:01 2022
    Solar cycle 25 is looking good - I've had three spots from Australia in last hour on 10m. Not bad going for half a watt into an end fed halfwave.

    Date Call Frequency SNR Drift Grid dBm W
    by loc km mi Mode
    2022-02-02 11:04 M0WWS 28.126191 -14 1 IO94bw +27 0.501 VK6WR OF77wx 14607 9076 WSPR-2
    2022-02-02 10:58 M0WWS 28.126187 -24 4 IO94bw +27 0.501 VK5ATN/B PF95fu 16193 10062 WSPR-2
    2022-02-02 10:58 M0WWS 28.126156 -15 4 IO94bw +27 0.501 VK6XT OF86td 14867 9238 WSPR-2

    https://www.wsprnet.org/olddb?mode=html&band=10&limit=50&findcall=M0WWS&findreporter=&sort=date&uniquereporters=on

    73 de M0WWS

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  • From Jim GM4DHJ ...@21:1/5 to Gareth Paley on Wed Feb 2 12:15:40 2022
    On 02/02/2022 11:17, Gareth Paley wrote:
    Solar cycle 25 is looking good - I've had three spots from Australia in last hour on 10m. Not bad going for half a watt into an end fed halfwave.

    Date Call Frequency SNR Drift Grid dBm W
    by loc km mi Mode
    2022-02-02 11:04 M0WWS 28.126191 -14 1 IO94bw +27 0.501 VK6WR OF77wx 14607 9076 WSPR-2
    2022-02-02 10:58 M0WWS 28.126187 -24 4 IO94bw +27 0.501 VK5ATN/B PF95fu 16193 10062 WSPR-2
    2022-02-02 10:58 M0WWS 28.126156 -15 4 IO94bw +27 0.501 VK6XT OF86td 14867 9238 WSPR-2

    https://www.wsprnet.org/olddb?mode=html&band=10&limit=50&findcall=M0WWS&findreporter=&sort=date&uniquereporters=on

    73 de M0WWS
    but can you get it on ssb or FM? .... wspr is cheating

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  • From Gareth Paley@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 2 04:46:45 2022
    WSPR is ssb Jim .... I'm beginning to think that running more than 500mW is cheating.

    On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 12:15:43 PM UTC, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
    On 02/02/2022 11:17, Gareth Paley wrote:
    Solar cycle 25 is looking good - I've had three spots from Australia in last hour on 10m. Not bad going for half a watt into an end fed halfwave.

    Date Call Frequency SNR Drift Grid dBm W
    by loc km mi Mode
    2022-02-02 11:04 M0WWS 28.126191 -14 1 IO94bw +27 0.501 VK6WR OF77wx 14607 9076 WSPR-2
    2022-02-02 10:58 M0WWS 28.126187 -24 4 IO94bw +27 0.501 VK5ATN/B PF95fu 16193 10062 WSPR-2
    2022-02-02 10:58 M0WWS 28.126156 -15 4 IO94bw +27 0.501 VK6XT OF86td 14867 9238 WSPR-2

    https://www.wsprnet.org/olddb?mode=html&band=10&limit=50&findcall=M0WWS&findreporter=&sort=date&uniquereporters=on

    73 de M0WWS
    but can you get it on ssb or FM? .... wspr is cheating

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  • From Jim GM4DHJ ...@21:1/5 to Gareth Paley on Wed Feb 2 18:52:58 2022
    On 02/02/2022 12:46, Gareth Paley wrote:
    WSPR is ssb Jim .... I'm beginning to think that running more than 500mW is cheating.

    bound to be

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  • From Gareth Paley@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 2 16:56:03 2022
    Looks like the Chicken Band boys made it on voice Jim

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tOqgTGC7Pw

    and girls

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OtQ1rfQ13s

    73 de M0WWS

    On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 6:53:00 PM UTC, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
    On 02/02/2022 12:46, Gareth Paley wrote:
    WSPR is ssb Jim .... I'm beginning to think that running more than 500mW is cheating.

    bound to be

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  • From Jim GM4DHJ ...@21:1/5 to Gareth Paley on Thu Feb 3 07:49:48 2022
    On 03/02/2022 00:56, Gareth Paley wrote:
    Looks like the Chicken Band boys made it on voice Jim

    so why didn't you ? or are freebanders better operators ? .....

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  • From Gareth Paley@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 3 01:11:00 2022
    ha ha, that's me told

    On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 7:49:51 AM UTC, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
    On 03/02/2022 00:56, Gareth Paley wrote:
    Looks like the Chicken Band boys made it on voice Jim

    so why didn't you ? or are freebanders better operators ? .....

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  • From Jim GM4DHJ ...@21:1/5 to Gareth Paley on Thu Feb 3 12:57:30 2022
    On 03/02/2022 09:11, Gareth Paley wrote:
    ha ha, that's me told

    totly

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