Angry sky - NOT amateur radio

This evening the sky was very dark and it rained heavily. This is the windmill next to our house.

6m FT8

Apart from a few minutes calling CQ, I have mostly been on 6m FT8 RX for the last hour or so. The brief CQ was widely spotted by Es and 63 stations spotted so far on 6m FT8 RX.

UPDATE 1803z:  Mostly on 6m FT8 RX, although I did have a QSO just now with an SP. In all 277 stations spotted today on 6m FT8 RX.

10m WSPR TX (500mW to the indoor loop)

Since shortly after breakfast, I have been on 10m WSPR TX. Several spots from Scandinavia already received.

UPDATE 1807z: 18 unique stations have spotted my 10m WSPR so far today.

UPDATE 2037z: 23 unique station spors of me today.

Narrow boats - NOT amateur radio

We saw these narrow boats on our walk yesterday.

Sunspots - Wednesday July 1st 2020

Solar flux is 68 and the SSN 0. A=4 and K=1.

Wicken Fen walk - NOT amateur radio

Our walk today was around the outskirts of Wicken Fen and Wicken village. The photo shows some of what we saw.

2m FT8

Since 0655z my 2m FT8 (10W and the big-wheel omni) has been turned on. 8 spots in the first 15 minutes.

10m WSPR TX beacon

My 500mW 10m WSPR beacon to the indoor loop antenna has been on since 0655z. No spots yet.

ICOM IC-705 details

The spec and other details of this new QRP radio are on the ICOM UK pages.

See https://icomuk.co.uk/IC-705/Mobile_Amateur_Radio_Ham

Sunspots - Tuesday June 30th 2020

Solar flux is 69 and the SSN 0.  A=3 and K=2.