Sunspots - Saturday August 21st 2021

 Solar flux is 78 and the SSN 14.  A=5 and K=0.

10m FT8 QRP (Friday)

 As you may have gathered, I was away for a few days. 

As soon I got home I turned on 10m FT8 TX with 2.5W and had a QSO with an OK station. In all, I was spotted by 6 stations on TX and have spotted 25 stations on RX.

UPDATE 2125z:  32 stations spotted on 10m FT8 RX.  QRT soon.

UPDATE 2225z :  QRT. Still Es coming in. Ex

6m Sixbox

Some years ago I had a need for a simple local natter box for 6m so the Sixbox was born. This was not designed as a DX rig but just for local chatting. You may get some ideas from it. It is on my www.g3xbm.co.uk website. 

Well, it made me laugh - NOT amateur radio

 

This cartoon appeared on Facebook yesterday. 

It first appeared some time ago. 

Blackberry picking - NOT amateur radio

The photo shows me blackberry picking last summer. There are blackberries here this year but fewer as we had a frosty spring and wet summer. 

Sunspots - Friday August 20th 2021

 Solar flux is 75 and the SSN 25. A=4 and K=0. 

Chester Clock

This clock in Chester is reported to be the second most photographed clock in England after Big Ben . 

ICOM IC-703

Before foolishly selling this to a friend, I owned this QRP radio some years ago. It had a very good internal auto ATU and ran 10W SSB. 

It is on my www.g3xbm.co.uk website. If you see one on the second hand market I can recommend it as a good QRP radio. 

Where I come from - NOT amateur radio

As regular blog readers will know, I originally came from South Devon. The photo shows where I come from. It shows the Kingsbridge Estuary. 

Sunspots - Thursday August 19th 2021

 Solar flux is 75 and the SSN 16.  A=6 and K=0.