Yew Tree Pub - NOT amateur radio

Last night our son took us out with his family to a pub in a nearby village for a meal. It was a delightful place.

Sunspots - Sunday September 29th 2019

Solar flux is 67 and the SSN 0. A=27 and K=2.

Kent - NOT amateur radio

We are in Kent for a couple of nights staying with my son and his family. This is a photo of my wife and I with 2 of our grandchildren.

With a grandson

This is my wife with one of our grandchildren.

HW8

Years ago I used an HW8 QRP CW rig and had much fun with it. These days there are more effective QRP modes.

DX soundbites

One of the links on my website is to a page with soundbites of DX stations. These were made in 2013.

See http://hamgallery.com/dx2013/

Sunspots - Saturday September 28th 2019

Solar flux is 66 and the SSN 0. A=21 and K=3.

30m FT8 RX

Continuing my experiments with the tiny indoor loop antenna, I have QSYed to 10.136MHz (30m) FT8 RX. Immediately 48 stations spotted.

30m FT8 RX on the 

tiny indoor loop as of 2100z

UPDATE 2013z: Now 162 stations spotted today on 30m FT8 RX with the tiny indoor loop. The first USA station has been spotted here on 30m FT8 RX - N0FW (6352km).

365 Project - NOT amateur radio

For several years now, my wife and I have done something called the 365 project. This is totally free, but you can pay $19.99 a year to gain total privacy and extra albums.

The idea is to take a photo every day.  It make a good visual diary. Some photos are very creative, whereas others are boring and blurred.

If you want to, you can see the photos taken by others around the world. It has been a good exercise. We try to stick to very recent photos when we can, unless there is good reason.

My own photos are at http://365project.org/g3xbm/365 . Don't get too excited!

17m FT8 RX

Continuing my tests with the tiny indoor loop, I have QSYed to 17m FT8 RX. Already 12 stations spotted with best DX PY2VA (9584km) in Brazil. Already 3 continents spotted!

UPDATE 1416z: As well as loads of Europeans, 5 USA and one South American spotted.

Stations spotted on 17m FT8 RX 

with the tiny indoor loop to 1715z.

UPDATE 1715z: Now 111 stations spotted today with the tiny indoor loop with best DX spotted LU3DI (11229km).