Sunday 31st May 2026 -Day 1

 SPACE WEATHER

SFI = 142
A,K index = 15, 3

Today was the last day for the CQ WW WPX cw competion and I decided to jump on for my first day of my new streak. Looking around 15m , it was chockers full of JA's and the like, cranking out 30 wpm and all on top of each other, so I went up to 10m. With only a couple of stations there, I found VK7GN from Tasmania calling CQ for the comp. Called him a couple of times but obviously he was hearing other stations that were skipping over me. Anyay, after 10 minutes, I finally managed to get him.

The streak begins

A New Streak begins

 I've been away from ham for the past couple of months due to propagation and decided to do other things instead. Anyway, the itch has come back and after my last streak which lasted only 13 days, I've decided to try it again. 

As for power, some days I may be using 5 watts and others I'll go down to 1 watt if propagation suits. 

So the rules I set for myself for this QRP Streak is simple.

Just make at least one QSO a day using QRP, CW, and a simple wire antenna. I've also decided to use UTC days rather than local time days since UTC is the generally accepted system of dates and times used in ham radio. That meant my search for a QSO's can generally begin from 10am VK4 EST (0000 UTC) each day on 10m working the US, then down to 15m early afternoon for Asia then down to 20m during the night for Europe and if need be, 40m for local VK/ NZ QSO's. This give me a lot of scope to work during the day if things turn for the worse... propagation wise. 

Anyway, there it is. 

Time for some fun