The installation of the 10m yagi on tower #2 is almost complete. The yagi is mounted on the mast and the tower is now back vertical and at half height. I will complete the install once I have hardline to install the Diamond 2/70cm dual band antenna on the top too!

10m WSPR has just been shut down... condx continue to be depressed. Although as can be seen in the screen grab below, the path to EU is available with DB0ZDF being heard and hearing me!

6m has been fairly quiet again today. Over the last hour TEP condx have been present with numerous R1 and CCTV video offsets audible (see Spectrum Lab screen grab below), but not 'human' stations heard.

But to break up the boredom, the confirmation of my 6m EME contact with Peter G8BCG arrived.... was very happy to receive that QSL card in today's mail.

Tower #2 completely lowered and yagi off. Great progress towards the 28MHz yagi going up!

I just noticed an unpublished blog entry from May 3, 2012... so I thought I'd better publish it!

A quiet day.... I spent it working outside. But come 0745z and JAs are reported. My yagi is still parked QTF 85, but John VK4TJ is a good signal CQn on 50.1106.

Condx over the last week have been very poor, with the sun's progression north and a lack of activity by the sun (except for the M-class flare earlier today!). This has been very noticeable today with condx on 10m showing a significant decline. With the 10m WSPR station running, normally pages of reports, but as the pic below shows, just a couple of trans-pacific reports and the development of domestic Es links.

So with that in mind, progress has been made towards installing the 10m yagi on tower #2. The tower has been lowered so the old K6STI design 8 el 50MHz yagi can be removed, the rotator repaired and serviced and then the 10m yagi can be installed.

A very quiet day... very poor scatter on 50MHz to the east/north east earlier today with Remi FK8CP just audible at times. Afternoon TEP just starting but very weak condx with the R1 TV audible when pulsing up as seen in the screen grab from SpecLab below: