SFI = 181 A = 20 K = 2
Flare : M2.9 @ 0741z - will condx be poor today?
Period 1 : 2000z
30m Beacon : IZ3DVW/B 10129.5 - peaking S3 on meter. Strong signal : 2020z
Replied to a CQ call sent by DL4YHF - “CQ TESTING INDOOR ANTENNA PSE K” - Wolf - nr. Bieldefeld - “we have worked before from club DF0WD a long time ago” - BVc - ~RCh
CQ 30m
RBN Spots
Called by UB3B - Alex - Moscow - BVp / BVc - RSt
Replied to a CQ call sent by M7NDB - SKh - was strong, S9, and he came back to me and then faded away to NIL during his first over. Copied “op John qth Man….” and gone, nil, nada!
Listened on 40m and heard a lot of CQ TEST from (mainly?) Spanish stations (2120z) - what contest? There's nothing listed on the WA7BNM Contest Calendar - where do all these contests come from?
QSY to 60m
CQ 60m 5260kHz
called by G0GZN - Lindy - Poole - BVp - RCh - discussed the heavy rain today, I apologized in case my Bug sounded like “a bag of spanners” and was told it didn't (phew!), her holiday in Cornwall and the Shetland TV Detective series.
I get worried using a bug with people who aren't “bug people” - they can be an acquired taste and when the “swing” is exaggerated can be very difficult to read unless “it's your thing”. I try to make my sending as “neutral” as possible, without hiding the fact that it's not from an electronic keyer - bland and homogenous. It's a fine line between “a fist with personality” and “speech impediment”!
QSY 30m
30m heard Bug-Bug QSO between IK4EWX and OH2EA - for FOC “Bug Day”
IK4EWX called CQ BUG DAY and was answered by a Russian station….. I waited and then called him myself