SPAM - NOT amateur radio

Gmail does a pretty good job fighting SPAM. 

About 1 in 1000 is classed as SPAM but isn't, so I usually check. Every day I must get 10-20 SPAM emails, usually telling me I have a vast sum in my bank account (or about to if I just share my details), Bitcoin credits or offers of great sex with no strings. 

Several times a day these all get deleted. You can usually tell which are SPAM.

Overall, I can recommend Gmail. It is free and you can log in from anywhere with 15GB storage free. 

See https://mail.google.com/ .

Rally News

As always at this time, please check beforehand with the organisers to make sure the events are on and not changed, postponed or cancelled. 

• BATC online convention - part 2.
• Essex CW Boot Camp Registration from 8.30am Saturday October 16th.
• Hornsea Amateur Radio Rally 10am Sunday October 17th
• Hack Green Radio Suplus Hangar Sale, 10am Sunday October 17th.

Quiet on the River Cam - NOT amateur radio

The photo shows the River Cam in Cambridge UK last Friday. There are fewer foreign visitors this year, although Cambridge was about twice as busy as the last time we went in the summer. A hopeful sign.

10m FT8 RX (Thursday)

My 10m FT8 RX was turned on at 0750z.  So far, 2 stations spotted at 0850z. The furthermost is 4X1QQ (3550km).

UPDATE 0927z:  6 stations spotted so far on 10m FT8 RX today.

UPDATE 1316z: 80 stations spotted today on 10m FT8 RX with the furthermost PY5JO (9890km) in Brazil.

UPDATE 1428z: 106 stations in 5 continents spotted today so far.

UPDATE 1910z:  141 stations spotted.

UPDATE 2211z:  QRT. 

Sunspots - Thursday October 14th 2021

Solar flux is 84 and the SSN 27.  A=6 and K=2. 

Coffee break - NOT amateur radio

We have been getting the garden ready for winter planting winter flowering plants and bulbs. 

We enjoyed coffee outside, but for not much longer! 

King's College Chapel - NOT amateur radio

This is a collage my wife made of King's College Chapel in Cambridge last week. 

10m FT8 RX (Wednesday)

My RX was turned on at 0835z. So far, no spots. 

UPDATE 1021z:  So far today, 23 stations spotted on 10m FT8 RX with the furthermost HS2KYA (9693km) in Thailand.

UPDATE 1337z:  57 stations spotted on 10m FT8 RX, mostly in Europe.

UPDATE 1540z:  92 spots on 10m FT8 RX so far today.

In Cambridge - NOT amateur radio

Last week we went to Cambridge to take some photos and shop. In the photo we are having a light lunch opposite St John's College.

Note this outdoors in a UK October!

Shield bug - NOT amateur radio

This photo was taken in 2017. It shows a shield bug in our garden on my arm. As you can see it's very iridescent.