10m FT8 RX yesterday

Yesterday I was again on 10m FT8 RX with the 10FT8R and the tiny indoor loop. Some Es evident to Italy and the Balearic Isles.

Someone in the USA has suggested a small improvement to the audio stages of the 10FT8R following CAD analysis. I shall try this later.

Sunspots - Sunday May 2nd 2021

 Solar flux is 72 and the SSN 11. A=5 and K=3.

External 10m dipole

A week early, the coax for the feed to my 10m dipole has arrived. 

Assuming my son can help next week, I have all I need to get this up externally. It should be several dBs better than the indoor loop I am using presently.

Converting my main G3XBM website

In September old classic Google Sites have to convert to the New Sites or they close. So, I attempted to convert my old site, but this attempt failed. This may be finger trouble and I shall try again.  Why is it that things get worse? When I tried to convert it insisted in showing me my website from 2018 - why?!!

"If it ain't broke don't fix it". 

Oh yes!! Like Picasa going and so much else. Why is it that so many things get worse over time and not better?

If all else fails I may revert to my Virgin Media webspace under www.g3xbm.co.uk .

Also, some time ago, Google tried to get all bloggers to use their new editing tool for blogs. This was fine on my PC, but it was sooooo SLOW on a phone it was unusable. They have since fixed it.

The "attempt" at site conversion was dreadful!!

UPDATE 1525z: It appears I am not alone having issues. I may just create a totally new site in New Google Sites as I have several months.

10m FT8 Grabber

 It looks like I can do this on Google New Sites with embedding. For now, I have a temporary page.

See https://sites.google.com/view/grab10a/home .

Sunspots - Saturday May 1st 2021

 Solar flux is 73 and the SSN 35. A=6 and K=1.

Buttercups - NOT amateur radio

The photo shows the buttercups near our post office yesterday. A few weeks there were lots of daffodils.

First cuckoo heard - NOT amateur radio

At one time we heard cuckoos every spring. These days they appear far rarer. 

On our visit to Anglesey Abbey after lunch we heard one. 

They often lay a single egg in a reed warbler's nest. I suspect the one we heard was beside the water. It was very clear.

See https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/cuckoo/ .

10m FT8 grabber

Before long, I would like to add a grabber on my website to show the stations I am spotting on 10m FT8. The page is already there, but I don''t yet know how to do this! 😁

As a PC novice this has to be really, really simple.  Steve G1KQH is also after the answer.

If you know a very easy way to do this, please let me know! 

What I really want is to be able to show the PSKreporter map screen that I can see.

See https://sites.google.com/site/g3xbmqrp3/10grab .

At the moment, the grabs are being manually uploaded.

Where I come from - NOT amateur radio

The photo shows where I come from in South Devon. This is the Kingsbridge Estuary with Salcombe in the distance.