6 Feb 2018
Sunspots - Tuesday February 6th 2018
Solar flux is 74 today and the sunspot number is 13. A=8 and K=1.
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10m FT8
Today I am monitoring 10m FT8. As yet, no spots.
UPDATE 1655z: Still no spots here. This has been a bad day! Time to QSY to LF.
UPDATE 1655z: Still no spots here. This has been a bad day! Time to QSY to LF.
5 Feb 2018
Now on 136kHz RX
For about 45 minutes now I have been on 136kHz WSPR RX and 136kHz OPERA RX. G4FTC (123km) has just started to be spotted on WSPR. I have to check OPERA on a different machine.
UPDATE 2222z: I am about to switch everything off. Best DX on 136kHz WSPR was G8HUH (250km). No new stations spotted this evening.
UPDATE 2247z: Now QRT.
UPDATE 2222z: I am about to switch everything off. Best DX on 136kHz WSPR was G8HUH (250km). No new stations spotted this evening.
UPDATE 2247z: Now QRT.
Chrome Browser?
According to my statistics, 92% of my visitors to this blog use the Chrome browser. I find this hard to believe. I wonder what you use? Maybe this is what today's hackers are using. Blog visits are already 5 times normal!
Bouvet Island DXpedition off
3Y0Z was to have been a DXpedition to the sub-Antarctic island of Bouvet. Because of technical problems the DXpedition has had to be abandoned. The team hope to return at some point. Weather has been appalling.
See http://www.arrl.org/news/3y0z-bouvet-island-dxpedition-aborted-over-safety-concerns .
See http://www.arrl.org/news/3y0z-bouvet-island-dxpedition-aborted-over-safety-concerns .
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bouvet island
Hacker will not be sent to the USA - NOT amateur radio
A computer hacker who could have received a 99 year prison sentence in the USA will not be extradited says a UK appeal court. He had Asperger's Syndrome and suffers a depressive condition allegedly. He may still face a UK prison sentence, but personally I think this is a fair and just decision.
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42946540 .
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42946540 .
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Posh houses - NOT amateur radio
As I have mentioned before, every spare piece of land in our village is used for "executive" houses. Basically this means the developers trying to fit in as many posh houses as they can so they can maximise profits from hi-tech workers in nearby Cambridge. One example is the Crown pub and its grounds. By the summer this will be the site of posh houses.
6m MSK144 RX
As yesterday, I decided to go on 6m MSK144 on 50.280MHz. As yet, no spots.
UPDATE 1500z: No spots today yet. Bad day.
UPDATE 1545z: Just G1PPA (144km) spotted.
UPDATE 1627z: No further spots so I shall probably QSY to 136kHz shortly.
UPDATE 1500z: No spots today yet. Bad day.
UPDATE 1545z: Just G1PPA (144km) spotted.
UPDATE 1627z: No further spots so I shall probably QSY to 136kHz shortly.
136kHz RX yesterday evening
Yesterday evening I was on 136kHz RX again. On WSPR RX 2E0ILY, G4FTC and G8HUH (250km) were spotted. On OPERA RX the only station spotted was G3XDV (61km).
Sunspots - Monday February 5th 2018
Solar flux is 71 today and the sunspot 11. A=3 and K=2.
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