10m QRP WSPR TX (Thursday)

 At the moment I am on 10m WSPR TX with 500mW from the W5OLF beacon. So far just G4KPX (14km) spotting me (44 spots by 0940z).

Stations spotting me today

UPDATE 2020z: QRT.

8m tests (Thursday)

My 8m station was turned on at about 0800z. Initially, I tried sending some Q65 for a test with a station in Bath without success. I am was on 8m FT8 with just a local spot.

UPDATE 0924z:  Currently monitoring 40.680 MHz USB dial FT8.

UPDATE 2025z:  QRT. Only local spots of me.  On RX the furthermost was EI9KP (649km).

2019 breakfast - NOT amateur radio

On his visit to us in 2019, our son cooked breakfast. 

Sunspots - Thursday April 14th 2022

Solar flux is 99 and the SSN 37. A=9 and K=3.

70cm activity contest (UKAC)

Last evening I took part in the 70cm activity contest with 10W and my 2m big-wheel omni. I did not stop on long as my voice was poor. 

In all, I made 3 contacts with the best G4CLA (105km). These UKAC sessions are good fun.

See https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?contest=70cmsukac .

Philosophy - NOT amateur radio

Every now and again, I get thinking about the deeper things in life. Human consciousness really confuses me. 

We think of time flowing ever forwards. We are a mere dot in history. We are a on a small planet in the universe. Some estimates are that there are 1 trillion planets! At the moment there are almost 8 billion people alive on our planet. I do not know how many humans have ever existed.

And yet we are self aware.

Religiously, I am agnostic not knowing what I believe. We may have our whole view of the universe turned on its head in the next 100 years. 

And, of course, this is just what I experience. For you, it might be completely different!

Life, consciousness, the universe and us are real puzzles!

See https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/planets-universe/.

Bellringing - NOT amateur radio

One of our grandsons is mad on bellringing. The very short video shows him ringing at Fulbourn, near Cambridge, recently. 

Rotten - NOT amateur radio

We saw this chair at Anglesey Abbey yesterday. Looks like it has been out too long! 

10m WSPR QRP TX (Wednesday)

Again, I am on 10m WSPR TX with 500mW from the W5OLF TX WSPR beacon.  Yesterday I was spotted by 7 stations including 2 in the USA.

UPDATE 1342z:  5 stations have spotted me today on 10m WSPR.

The table shows the stations spotting me on 10m WSPR on Tuesday.

8m tests (Wednesday)

 After a period on TX (2 local spots) , I am now on 8m FT8 RX only on 40.680 MHz USB dial.

UPDATE 1345z: A brief FT8 TX period just now resulted in 2 local spots. Now RX only on 40,680 MHz USB dial FT8. No spots.