14 Sept 2021

Brighton Pier - NOT amateur radio


The photo shows the view east from Brighton Pier. 

Crab lunch

 


A year ago we were in Cromer in North Norfolk. We had an excellent crab meal for less than £10 each. The cafe was very clean. We were very impressed. 

2m BITX

Steve G1KQH informs me there is a 2m version of the famous BITX transceiver from India coming. I have no idea about kits or prices. 


Hobby Store

 Recently I searched for Schottky diodes and ever since I have had targeted adverts for these!! One is hobby-store.co.uk that seems to sell some useful stuff. 

Vegan friendly shoes - NOT


Brighton is the UK seaside place that never sleeps. It is also the place where anything goes. The photo shows a shop selling vegan and vegetarian footwear. 

Sunspots - Tuesday September 14th 2021

 Solar flux is 83 and the SSN 32.  A=9 and K=2. 

13 Sept 2021

Brighton Pavilion - NOT amateur radio


 This is a photo of Brighton Pavilion earlier today. 

VLF Earth-mode blog

 Some years ago I enjoyed experimenting with utilities assisted earth-mode at VLF and was amazed by the range I could achieve with 5W. These results were put into a blog that is accessible via my main G3XBM website. 

Sunspots - Monday September 13th 2021

 Solar flux is 88 and the SSN 47.  A=6 and K=1. 

12 Sept 2021

Operating patterns

 It would appear I am a creature of habit! 

I seem to go on 10m FT8 RX most of the day with a few minutes of QRP TX early on. Occasionally my QRP is spotted. More often than not, it isn't!

Just when it gets dark, I QSY to 630m WSPR RX for the evening. If I can fix my transverter I hope to TX again this winter as there seems to be fewer people TXing, but plenty RXing.