Our village - NOT amateur radio

This was a view of our village earlier.  The foreground is Spring Close meadows which is an 11 acre wild meadow bought for the village some years ago. It has Roman remains and castle remains dating back to King Stephen. In the distance is Burwell church.

Quiet corner - NOT amateur radio

Although our village has grown a lot, it still feels like a village and it has some lovely quiet corners. This is Mandeville, near where the British Foreign Secretary used to live. There are lots of snowdrops in flower near here.

10m FT8 QRP (Sunday)

Since 0825z, I have been on 10m FT8 with 2.5W and the tiny indoor loop. No spots so far at 1030z. The photo shows the loop antenna on the windowsill on the right.

UPDATE 1240z: No spots on RX. 1 spot of my QRP TX by EA8BFK (2881km).

UPDATE 1435z: Still no further spots. I did copy an OD5 (Lebanon) on RX, but this was not uploaded to PSKreporter for some reason.

UPDATE 1740z:  No further spots all day, so will QSY to 2m FT8 shortly.

RSPB big garden birdwatch - NOT amateur radio

Just finished the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch.  

You have to record the maximum number of each different species seen in any hour. 

In all, 10 different species seen. Those missing, but often seen, include goldfinch, great tit and thrush.

See https://www.rspb.org.uk/

Sunspots - Sunday January 31st 2021

 Solar flux is 74 and the SSN 0. A=2 and K=0. 

2m FT8 QRP (Saturday)

 Shortly, I shall be QSYing to 2m FT8 QRP using 2.5W and the big-wheel omni antenna.

UPDATE 1700z:  QSYed at 1651z. 6 stations in 2 countries have spotted my 2.5W QRP FT8.

UPDATE 1740z:  11 stations in 4 countries have spotted me today, so far, on 2m FT8. The furthermost is EI2FG (565km).

Cheer-up time! - NOT amateur radio

 In these odd times, you might enjoy this video.

17m FT8 QRP (Saturday)

It is miserable outside - sleet and cold!!

At the moment I am on 17m FT8 QRP with 2.5W and the tiny indoor loop. 66 stations spotted on RX and  6 stations have spotted me on TX already.

UPDATE 1640z:  19 stations have spotted my 17m FT8 QRP today using just 2.5W and my tiny indoor loop. The map shows where I was spotted today.

Sunspots - Saturday January 30th 2021

 Solar flux is 76 and the SSN 0. A=3 and K=1.

2m FT8 QRP (Friday)

At 1835z I QSYed to 2m FT8 QRP with 2.5W and the big-wheel omni antenna. 7 G spots so far of my 2.5W QRP on TX. 4 spots in 3 countries so far on 2m FT8 RX with the furthermost being DL6YBF (410km).

UPDATE 2220z:  12 stations have spotted me on 2m FT8  TX. Now QRT.