3 Mar 2022

Ely - NOT amateur radio


Ely is about 20 minutes from home by car. It has a wonderful cathedral, some very old buildings and a great waterfront. This photo was taken from the waterfront. 

Rallies

As far as I know, the following rallies are on, but always check with organisers first.

Sat March 5th - Lagen Valley ARS Rally. See www.lvars.uk .

Sun March 6th (or is it Sat 5th?) - Exeter Radio and Electronics Rally. Contact Peter  g3zvi@yahoo.co.uk .

Sun March 6th - Hack Green Radio Surplus Hangar SaleSecret Nuclear Bunker, Nantwich www.hackgreen.co.uk .







ZS6WAB 8m beacon copied in Europe and QSL received


The South African 8m beacon has been widely copied across Europe and Borat in Central Europe has a QSL card as shown. 

G3XIZ sub 10kHz


This photo was taken some years ago and shows the signal from G3XIZ on VLF at 45km. Notice the timescales - hours!! 

Australian beach? - NOT amateur radio


This photo was on 365project recently. I think it is Australia. 

Hot Iron archive

Some may like the archive of W4NPN to "Hot Iron",  which many builders will find very useful. Hot Iron is an online magazine for constructors. 

See https://www.w4npn.net/hot-iron-directory/

Online calculators

Every now and again, you need to work out something "radio" and a calculator can come in very handy. This site has some very useful calculators.

See https://www.66pacific.com/calculators/default.aspx .

Sunspots - Thursday March 3rd 2022

Solar flux is 110 and the SSN 66. A=4 and K=1. 

2 Mar 2022

2m FT8 activity contest

Starting at 1900z is the RSGB organised 2m FT8 activity contest. At the moment I am RX only, although I might try TX with 2.5W FT8 with the big-wheel omni later.  So far, 35 stations in 6 countries spotted after 7 minutes!

UPDATE 1940z: 74 stations in 7 countries spotted. 1 QSO just now. RX only again as it is too crowded!

UPDATE 2110z:   96 stations in 9 countries spotted on 2m FT8 RX this evening and 3 QSOs. My signal was spotted by F1FPL (345km). Now QRT. Quite pleased with just 2.5W and the omni antenna.

Summer Saturday - NOT amateur radio


This was Salcombe, where I come from in South Devon, on a summer day many years ago.