The RSGB has just published the latest update to the results of the 70cm activity contest (UKAC). Even though I only made a small handful of contacts, my position is up!
See https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/vhfresults.pl?Contest=432MHz%20UKAC&Date=&year=2022 .
My 6 week course on an aspect of quantum mechanics as part of my University of The Third Age in Cambridge (U3AC) has ended. It was very hard! It was given by a very well qualified Cambridge University physicist. He is a good presenter.
The takeaway comment at the end of the course was "spooky actions at a distance", Einstein's comment, really do occur. This means that at far ends of the universe things can influence each other instantly. This action occurs instantly and does not depend on the speed of light. This has been proved conclusively by experiments. Einstiein did not want to believe this and did all sorts of things to try and disprove this. He failed.
This suggests what we think of as reality is not. This is totally counter intuitive. All we can say really is there is very much we do not know.
As the 10m antenna is not being used, I am again on 10m QRP WSPR with 500mW from the stand alone W5OLF beacon. So far, at 0940z, just 2 local spots of me from G4KPX (14km).
UPDATE 1000z: 12 spots of me by G4KPX. No DX spots of me.
At the moment (0935z) I am on 6m FT8 with 2.5W to the V2000 vertical omni antenna. So far, my QRP has been spotted by a couple of Gs on TX and one G has been spotted on RX.
UPDATE 1625z: Just 5 Gs spotted all day. No DX.
See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/antennas/70cm-moxon .
At the moment I am on 6m FT8 (initially with 2.5W to the V2000 vertical omni). I am currently RX only. No spots.
UPDATE 1600z: Just a single spot on RX GM4CXM (507km) which could have been a brief MS ping, Es or aircraft scatter. -18dB S/N was not too strong.
UPDATE 1647z: One QSO with M0MIZ (124km).
UPDATE 1958z: QRT.
There is no doubt that in the coming years we will all be searching for answers to the climate emergency. Put simply, if we just carry on as we are, then all human life will go extinct.
But don't panic.
On all things like fossil fuels, plastics and food supply, we may already have solutions. For fossil fuels we may be able to generate biofuels from algae. They may also provide alternatives to some of the materials used in plastics. We may also be able to add to cow's feed to dramatically reduce methane. We may well be able to synthesise proteins for food additives from algae. I quite expect there will be breakthroughs in battery technology in the next few years, so we can avoid lithium mining. I can also see solutions to renewable energy storage.
Basically we need to invest in solutions.
He rang at nearby Clare yesterday and has rung bells in 4 towers this week. The photo is of Cavendish church.
Pargeting (decorated plasterwork) is an East Anglian speciality. There are good examples in Cavendish and Clare.
Clare is a fine town with lots of old buildings.
See https://www.visit-clare.co.uk/.
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pargeting .
As the 10m antenna was free, I decided to go on 10m WSPR TX again with the W5OLF beacon. Local spots by G4KPX (14km), but nobody else yet. Perhaps Richard was away at the weekend?
UPDATE 1144z: Still no DX spots of me.
UPDATE 1407z: Just 93 spots of me by G4KPX (14km). No DX.
UPDATE 1725z: W4WLO/B11 (7271km) just copied me.
UPDATE 1755z: Now IW2NKE (1350km) spotting me.
UPDATE 2000z: QRT.
Today is my wife's birthday. Before you ask, NO I am not pregnant and don't you be so darn cheeky! 😀😀
