Up the hill again today. Much work to build up the #80m #60m inverted vee, but only very few QSO on those bands.

#POTA #hamradio #amateurradio

Being forced to stay awake overnight for work, once more - waiting for a P1 to happen, hopefully not so I'm filling time by calling CQ on the radio #FT8 #80m

@DD3AH
Zumindest im Wahlkampf hat der nur auf dem #80m-Band gefunkt.

Quick test oscillator.

#80m #BC547

Just worked AP2HA in Pakistan 🇵🇰 (Gridsquare: MM63 / distance: 5239.3 km) on 80m using FT8 #hamr #wavelog #80m #dx

Just worked JF1FSR in Japan 🇯🇵 (Gridsquare: PM95 / distance: 10586 km) on 80m using FT8 #hamr #wavelog #80m #FT8 #Japan

and they confirmed on #LoTW 😍

Now I have #WAS on #80m #40m #30m #20m #17m #15m and #10m 👀

I just need to finish off #12m WAS for the U.S., and if I get the right antenna setup soon, I'll try for #6m too

Someone on #80m #ft8 has a serious problem where they are putting out sidebands nearly 30 Khz each side of 3574.

Have not been able to get a decode or determine who it is. But they’re definitely QRMing other stations.

Tonight at 1900 UTC the August edition of the #DARC #FT4 #Contest will commence. It’s just one hour short and quite interesting for me since I wasn’t able to develop a proper strategy with my modest setup so far (5 W #QRP and just 10 m of wire). I hope to see you on #80m. https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/ft4-contest/darc-ft4-contest-english-version/ #HamRadio #Amateurfunk #elecraftk3

me_irl (nearly every weekend) 🙃 #80m #digitalmodes #contest
(Caution: May contain traces of sarcasm)

Well… seems #DRM based #SSTV does not like #80m static crashes…

My attempt at receiving a DRM signal via a SDR in northern NSW on #3633kHz.

Note to self…

- 802.1Q VLANs… don't just check what untagged VLAN members, check the PVID too.
- UniFi U6-LRs don't work if the Ethernet cable is sitting 5mm out of the socket

On the plus side, my noise floor on #80m and #40m hasn't jumped back through the stratosphere when I plugged that cable back in.

#NetworkAdmin #AmateurRadio

I'm going to have to work on my lower bands set-up. #80m and #40m used to be regular and frequent haunts for me years ago.

Just tried a short QSO on 3.595MHz… and I had to wind back to 10W just to keep the ALC under some semblance of control. Something's seriously out of whack there.

It's been many years since I did 80m actually, but back around 2008 ~ 2012, it was a weekly ritual.

Noise floor now is real bad… I remember it being S8~S9, but this is 10dB over… consistently.

A lot has changed since back then, so it's hard to pin down what might've caused this regression.

Suffice to say, I'm going to be buying a crapload of ferrite beads. Probably a bit of wandering around the house with a portable shortwave set and a loop antenna too.

#AmateurRadio #QRM

Germany. #FT8 #80m #hamradio

Germany. #FT8 #80m #hamradio

Yesterday I handed in my log for CQ WW WPX RTTY with 70 QSO's. It was a funny contest and much easier with 10 Watts then SSB. Hope I can participate again next year. #amateurradio #amateurfunk #HamRadio #rtty #ssb #10m #15m #80m

First 60 contacts at CQ WW WPX RTTY contest today with only 10 Watts. Hope I can make some more tomorrow. #10m #15m #80m #rtty #amateurfunk #amateurradio #HamRadio

ARRL Kids’ Day

1800 UTC - 2359 UTC today

#ARRL #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #hamr #SpecialEvent #ARRLKidsDay :

“ . . . designed to give on-the-air experience to young people & to foster interest in getting a license of their own . . . “

~ arrl.org/Kids-Day

suggested bands & freqs (in MHz):

▪️#10M : 28.350 to 28.400
▪️#12M : 24.960 to 24.980
▪️#15M : 21.360 to 21.400
▪️#17M : 18.140 to 18.145
▪️#20M : 14.270 to 14.300
▪️#40M : 7.270 to 7.290
▪️#80M : 3.740 to 3.940

Info:

~ arrl.org/Kids-Day

Today i made my frist QSO's with my portable callsign DO3BN/P on #15m and #80m #ft8.
#amateurradio #amateurfunk #hamradio #ssb #ft8 #10m #15m #80m