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Days 364 and 365 – Some QRSS and a bit of everything to wrap up QSO365
It feels a little odd to be writing this final regular update for QSO365. It really doesn’t seem like a year ago that it all started and I’m a little relieved to be posting this update, knowing that...
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JT9 – JT65 on steroids?
A few months ago I heard about a new data mode from Joe Taylor, K1JT called JT9. I looked into it and even tried calling CQ a few times on 40m using it but with no replies and no sign of any activity....
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What can be achieved in twelve hours of 20m JT65/JT9?
WSPR is great, I enjoy running WSPR and seeing how far I can transmit using very low power but there are a couple of drawbacks. I appreciate this will sound as though I’m knocking WSPR but trust me,...
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Accurate time keeping on an Apple Mac or Raspberry Pi for WSPR/JT65/JT9/FT8
If you use any of the data modes for QSOs such as JT65, JT9, or FT8 or if you operate using WSPR then you’ll know how important it is that your computer clock is accurate. Anything more than a couple...
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Accurate time keeping on an Apple Mac running macOS Mojave
When running data modes such as the very popular FT8, it’s important to keep your computer clock accurate because if it’s more than a couple of seconds out then you won’t be able to decode anyone, they...
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If you use WSJT-X for FT8/WSPR/JTx etc, you should upgrade to V2.0.0 as soon...
WSJT-X version 2.0.0 has been released and everyone who uses this software for any data modes should update as soon as possible. This new version is NOT compatible with previous versions so everyone...
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QSO365 #2 is complete – A QSO per day in 2018
To start with, I’ll post the basic statistics for the entire year of 2018 and then go into the background. QSOs made: 3789 Unique QSOs made: 2962 Average QSOs per day: 10.4 Days missed: 0 <- This is...
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UTC clock for macOS
As radio amateurs, time is important to us and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), often called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the most important. We log our QSOs in UTC, (ideally) we give net times in UTC...
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I’ve successfully worked DXCC on 30m
Over the last couple of months I’ve been concentrating on 30m using the dipole I installed late last year because I was keen to complete my 30m DXCC before the winter kicks in. Most of my contacts on...
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Accurate time keeping on an Apple Mac running macOS Big Sur for FT8, FT4 and...
I’ve been using Apple computers for many years now and even though I’ve made a couple of previous blog posts about keeping the clock accurate on a Mac, those methods have never really been needed and I...
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