Long hair - NOT amateur radio

Our 12 year old grandson insists on having long hair. My wife cannot stand it, but this is what he wants.

Although not quite a teenager, he is quite like one in many ways. I guess we are wasting time arguing with him about it.

6m FT8 RX

Most of the day I was on 6m FT8 RX. In all 259 stations spotted. Although southern Europeans were working USA and Canadian stations, nothing copied here.

Another IC-705 video

Now the ICOM IC-705 is being sold in Japan, more videos are appearing. My Japanese is non-existent, but we can just watch the pictures!

Near Salcombe - NOT amateur radio

The photo shows one of our favourite walks in Devon. It shows Snapes Point near Salcombe where I lived as a child.

10m WSPR TX beacon

Overnight I stayed on 10m WSPR TX using 500mW to the tiny indoor loop antenna. Just local G4KPX spotting me so far.

UPDATE 1950z: 12 stations have spotted me today on 10m WSPR .

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.