70cm portable

This photo was a Facebook memory from 2013. It shows me operating 70cm portable with a homebrew 4el yagi antenna.

Sunspots - Monday July 6th 2020

Solar flux is 69 and the SSN 11.  A=10 and K=2.

Granddaughter reading - NOT amateur radio

The photo shows our granddaughter reading on the bed this morning.

Giddiness - NOT amateur radio

For the last 2 days, I have felt more giddy than usual. Since my stoke in 2013 I have always felt giddy. Others cannot tell, but all the time I feel as if I am about to fall. This weekend has felt worse.

6m FT8

Since finishing 2m VHF NFD, I have been on 6m FT8 with 10W and the vertical V2000 omni. Apart from a few minutes calling CQ (spotted by 5 stations) I have been mostly on RX. The best DX spotted was OZ1ALS (702km).

UPDATE 1419z:  Still just this one OZ spotted.

UPDATE 1630z:  11 stations in 4 countries spotted on 6m FT8 RX today so far. Not much Es evident.

VHF NFD

In all, I had 2 short periods on 2m VHF NFD.  8 stations were worked.  More could have been worked had I stayed on longer, but I was exhausted. In the end I was just giving away points.

10m WSPR TX beacon

Since about 0935z I have been on 10m WSPR TX beacon using 500mW to the tiny indoor loop antenna. So far no spots.

UPDATE 1352z:  Just spots by OZ7IT (853km).

SAQ reminder

Yesterday I reminded you about a special transmission from SAQ on17.2kHz VLF.  See yesterday's post for details.

Sunspots - Sunday July 5th 2020

Solar flux is 70 and the SSN 12. A=7 and K=2.

Watching "Wind in the Willows" - NOT amateur radio

The photo shows our grandchildren watching the TV earlier.