Oscar 100 SSB activity

It gets worse!  

As you know I periodically have a peek at activity levels on this geosynchronous satellite. The last time I checked was a Saturday morning in Europe, which I would have expected to be one of the busiest times. Sadly, there was hardly anybody active! I saw just 2 signals! 

See https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/ .

Salcombe rainbow - NOT amateur radio

This was where I spent my childhood. The rainbow was last Sunday. This was the view from my school window - less the rainbow! 

Sunspots - Saturday October 9th 2021

 Solar flux is 92 and the SSN 13. A=4 and K=2. 

10m FT8 RX (Saturday)

 At 0745z, I switched on my 10m FT8 RX. No spots yet.

UPDATE 0820z: Just 1 spot on RX of OZ1RH (824km). Could be Es or aircraft.

UPDATE 0941z: 32 stations spotted on 10m FT8 RX in 3 continents with furthermost ZS6AF (9141km). Most propagation on 10m seems to be F2 now.

UPDATE 1206z:  66 stations spotted on 10m FT8 RX today.

6m AM Sixbox

If you are after ideas for a cross town natter box, you may get some ideas from my Sixbox. This is not a DX transceiver, but is useful for chatting locally with friends. If you are making several as a winter project, you may want to do a PCB, although I did not bother.

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/vhfuhfmicrowaves/homebrew/sixbox .

King's, Cambridge - NOT amateur radio

This is a photo of one of the most famous places in the world. As locals, we get free entry. 

Tree - NOT amateur radio

For about 5 years now we have been following this tree at nearby Anglesey Abbey through the seasons. As there is a severe fuel shortage (none in 5 garages yesterday) in this part of the UK, we feared we might miss it this autumn, but our son took us yesterday. It was stunning.

10m FT8 RX (Friday)

Since 0755z, I have been on 10m FT8 RX. So far (at 0825z) no spots.

UPDATE 1524z:  So far today, 213 stations spotted on 10m FT8 RX.

I failed

The photo shows one of our grandchildren some years ago. It shows him in my workshop some time ago. He is now a teenager and is not at all interested in amateur radio. 

Sunspots - Friday October 8th 2021

Solar flux is 86 and the SSN 13.  A=5 and K=1.