We had been told it was a dump, but our impression was different.
There are some fine old houses and the area by the docks looks quite good these days. People on the train and in Ipswich were kind and friendly. In all, a good day out.
The photo shows The Ancient House.
Very briefly I was on 6m FT8 TX with 2.5W and the vertical omni V2000 antenna and was spotted by GB0SNB/SDR (65km). I am now QRT on 6m.
At the moment I am on 10m WSPR with the W5OLF 500mW beacon. So far, at 0857z, 7 local spots only by G4KPX (14km).
Independent shops seem rarer. This one in Cambridge is there and I hope it stays. It is not far from St John's College.
It is not often I say nice things about OFCOM.
However, since submitting my application form for an Innovation and Research licence, I have nothing but praise. The person at the other end of my emails responds quickly and he seems to be genuinely as helpful as possible. Thank you.
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.
