GW4VXE's Station Diary

Another misty morning here, so I started off on 2m with a nice easy QSO with M0JBM and then a little later with EI3EBB.

Bit of fun and games this afternoon with the Alpha. It was in standby mode and started tripping the shack supply. It wasn't on load or anything, so I could only conclude there was dust or fur in it again. This time, I took the top off and gave it a vacuum out. It wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. I put the top back on and so far, no tripping....fingers crossed.

Despite the higher solar flux, I can't say conditions have seemed great. Nice to work Chuck K4QS on a SOTA trip on 15m as well as a couple of QSOs with Z66SP. Worked XQ3SK on 10m CW quite late on, so nice to hear the band open. Got a bit of a hint as the 10m FT8 SDR/Loop was seeing a fair bit from South America.