Minehead - NOT amateur radio

Ten years ago were on holiday in North Devon and went to Minehead in Somerset where we saw lots of steam trains. 

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.