[G3XBM] 8m experiment (Monday)

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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.

[Jim Stewart ...]

> 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 ...