Feb 25 2026, SF=120, A=14, K=2
Good start today with J51A - first on 12m CW and then, bit of a surprise - they were a huge signal on 30m FT8 - worked on the short vertical.
13z CWT nothing special but made a decent amount of contacts.
19z CWT was a bit random - called a bunch of stations on 15m to start with who didn't hear me. It turned out to be that the amp was mistuned! With that solved, conditions still seemed poor. 20m was odd - initially, very little from the USA. Went off to 40m and worked a few Europeans and then came back to 20m and it was much better. Might just have been beams not pointing to Europe or something odd with propagation.
Two nice chats on 40m just before turning in. VE2DHS (Peter) near Montreal with 1m of snow on the ground. He said he was mid 80s but gave up skiing at 80. Reckoned 62 was young! And with Tom K4AEN who called to say hello. Their weather has improved and they are looking forward to coming to the UK later in the year and we will hopefully meet up.