Walk - NOT amateur radio

At this time of year we go for a walk at nearby Landwade to see the daffodils, snowdrops and aconites. This year, everything is early. It was a cold and dry day with a strong east wind. The temperature was 3 degrees C, though it felt much colder. We went with our "London" grandchildren.

10m WSPR today

I am using 2W on 10m WSPR and am looking for others 80% of the time.

UPDATE 1630z:  Plenty of USA WSPR spots (both given and received) this afternoon. Also spotted a 10m station in Greenland again. Certaoinly conditions on 10m are still good.

Sunspots and 10m - Sun Feb 14th 2016

Solar flux is a respectable 111 and sunspot number is 46 (K=2). The 10m propagation is "poor" today.

Ely - NOT amateur radio

We have our "London" grandchildren here for a few days. After lunch we visited Ely and went to Ely cathedral. They had a great time.

Yet again, 10m has been good today

Yet again, 10m WSPR has been good again. Lots of spots of my 500mW beacon from the USA after lunch and Australia this morning. Lots of life in the band still.

Australia with 500mW this morning on 10m

My 500mW 10m WSPR beacon was spotted in Russia and Australia this morning. I have gone QRT on 6m WSPR (I was on overnight, but no spots given or received) but I still have my tiny 10m beacon running. This was recently re-synced although the Australian spotted me earlier - VK5MR (16144km) at 0934z.

Later, I may go back to the FT817 which allows me to run more power and listen on RX.

Sunspots and 10m - Sat Feb 13th 2016

Solar flux is 111 today and sunspot number 74 (K=3). 10m propagation is forecast to be "poor" today.

Late USA 10m WSPR spot

My 500mW 10m WSPR beacon was spotted in the USA by WA4ZZW (6873km) in Alabama at 1720z this evening. No other USA stations spotted me on 10m today.

Back on 6m WSPR

As well being on 10m WSPR with my 500mW beacon, I have now returned to 6m WSPR (20% TX 1W ERP, 80% RX) since about 1530z this afternoon. On 6m I am only hopeful of some Gs. Even these be a bonus. Anything else would be totally unexpected.

UPDATE 1035z:   No WSPR spots given or received on 6m WSPR today.  I was hoping for some GDX but found nothing at all on this band.

Gravitational waves detected - NOT amateur radio

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35553549 .

It amazes me how some astronomical experiments are done. Some work require mS timing and  
staggering distances. Often, the co-operation of researchers scattered across the planet is needed. The hunt for gravitational waves is no exception.