Family outing? - NOT amateur radio

 

These swans and cygnets were seen at Anglesey Abbey this afternoon.

Millionaire - NOT amateur radio

 If some of the SPAM emails I get (filtered out) were true I would be a millionaire many times over. Every day I get told there is nearly £300k coming to my account if I just share my details. As for Bitcoin, I get told every day I am due for so much! 

I do not share my details!!

All of these are, of course, scams.

Oh, and how to get a 15 inch penis......😁

10m FT8 grabber

 One of the new features that is possible on the new Google Sites is embedding. Some browsers do not support this for fear of viruses or malware on the embedded sites. I have embedded PSKreporter maps on my new web pages  which normally points to what I see on 10m FT8 RX.  So you can see what I am spotting here.

Just occasionally I may be looking at something else.

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/hf-mf-and-lf/10m-ft8-grabber  .

Storms

Amateur radio gear can be badly affected by nearby storms. Often, when there are storms nearby, there can be damaging power surges. I am always nervous with nearby storms. My normal practice is to disconnect everything until the storms have well passed. At the moment, the immediate risk seems to have passed.

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/other-amateur-radio/lightning-maps  .

10m FT8 RX

As usual, whilst doing some housework, I am monitoring 10m FT8 RX with the tiny indoor loop.  At 1030z, 106 stations spotted.

UPDATE 1104z: 136 stations spotted with the furthermost CT3MD (2521km) on Madeira.

UPDATE 1902z:  402 stations spotted on RX with the furthermost PT2GTI (8866km).

Rain - NOT amateur radio

 The BBC weather is often wrong unless there is a big high pressure system over us. The weather radar app has rainfall forecasts in mm to 3 decimal places for hours to come. My own view is a wet finger and look out of the window is often just as good. 

East Anglian skies - NOT amateur radio

In this part of the UK we get great skies as the photo shows. 

Sunspots - Monday June 21st 2021

 Solar flux is 76 and the SSN 13. A=4 and K=1. 

10m FT8 RX

There is widespread Es on 10m this morning. A few moments ago (it is now 0917z) I turned on 10m FT8 RX with the FT817ND and the tiny indoor loop antenna. Already, 49 stations have been spotted.

UPDATE 0948z:  85 stations spotted on RX.

UPDATE 1214z:  198 stations spotted on RX. The furthermost is VO1CH (3737km).

UPDATE 1604z:  325 stations spotted on RX.

UPDATE 1904z:  467 stations spotted on RX with the furthermost PY5BH (9903km).

UPDATE 1954z:  514 stations spotted on RX today.  See map.

UPDATE 2130z:  547 stations spotted today. Soon QRT.

Facebook Photo - NOT amateur radio

This photo was on Michael Rainey's Facebook page earlier. I thought it was worth sharing here.