Morning walk NOT amateur radio

For the first time in a while we did a walk around the village today. This fungus was seen. 

Cambridgeshire - NOT amateur radio

 

My son took this photo on a 32km cycle ride yesterday. He cycled up to the River Great Ouse.

10m FT8 RX

My system was turned on at 0851z. So far today (at 0858z) 26 stations spotted with the furthermost VK8NSB (13781km).

UPDATE 0911z:   53 stations spotted so far on 10m FT8 RX.

UPDATE 0922z:   77 stations spotted.

UPDATE 1414z:  359 stations spotted on RX today.

UPDATE 1818z: 404 stations spotted on RX with none from the USA. 

40m FT8 RX in the last day

Overnight I was on 40m FT8 RX using the FT817ND and the coax to my 2m big-wheel antenna with the ferrite rod ATU. 972 stations spotted on RX. The map shows the stations spotted. 

Sunspots - Tuesday November 9th 2021

 Solar flux is 88 and the SSN 41. A=4 and K=2.

40m FT8 RX (Monday)

At about 1915z I turned on my FT817ND on 40m FT8 RX using the coax up to my 2m big-wheel via the ferrite rod ATU. It is now 1925z and 67 stations spotted.

UPDATE 2214z:   362 stations spotted so far with the furthermost VK7AC (17235km).

Main website

A reminder that my main website has far more details about my projects and interests. This is updated less frequently than this blog, but you might find some of the pages of interest.

See http://www.g3xbm.co.uk .

Nanny state? - NOT amateur radio

In my life, I have always wished people of every race, colour, gender or religion to be treated equally. It matters not a bit whether you are white, black, pink or green. It matters not to me whether you are married to a person of a different gender or the same. What matters is we are all kind and respectful of each other. Every human is different.

In my view, the pendulum has swung too far. 

We are getting silly about past errors, like slavery and pulling down statues. Yes, we should always teach history in a way that is fair to all and some statues need plaques that show the context in a totally balanced way.  We have become very keen to sue others.

In the past we could wolf whistle and girls took it as a bit of harmless fun. Now we cannot do it as it might be demeaning.  We are terrified of upsetting the lives of non-binary people or the transgendered.

All that is needed is to treat everybody kindly.

Some (only some) will understand - NOT amateur radio

This appeared as one of my FaceBook memories today. It is at least 10 years old. Some people will understand it. 

10m antennas

 One of the advantages of 10m is the antennas are small. For years I have had a Par end-fed antenna for 10m,20m and 40m up. At present I have one up, but just the 10m wire. I guess it is about 3m above the ground only.

CB half wave verticals work well. My Homebase-10 wire halo works well.