Blackberry and apple crumble - NOT amateur radio

 

For lunch, we had homemade blackberry and apple crumble with ice cream. All the fruits were wild. It tasted great.

Cornwall beacon

I understand that the people who run the GB3MCB beacon have (at last) been granted permission to install 8m and 5m beacons. These will run 24/7 and they should really help with transatlantic propagation research. 

It is a pity this approval by OFCOM took such an age. Still, I suppose they had to be woken up first, then trained to understand something about RF, told where Cornwall is.....

Me sarcastic?

8m FT8 QRP TX

Since getting home just before lunch, I have been on 8m QRP FT8 TX on 40.680 MHz USB dial. No spots yet at 1425z.

UPDATE 1456z: Just spotted by S50B (1220km). Thank you Borut. Also spotted by HC02 (1808km) in Portugal. Thanks Hugh. Still not being copied outside Europe apart from the Canary Is. In a way, I am surprised not to have had even a single spot from the USA. Maybe later by F2? My dipole should be optimised for the USA.

UPDATE 1613z:   3 stations have now spotted me today on 8m QRP FT8 TX. Last one was EI9KP (649km). I called 9A2Y (1567km), but he could not copy me.

UPDATE 1927z:    4 stations have spotted my 8m QRP FT8 today.

10m WSPR QRP TX

 As I am on 8m FT8 QRP TX, I am again on 10m WSPR with my 500mW W5OLF beacon. 4 spots by so far today. Many look like Es.

UPDATE 1447z:  6 unique stations have spotted me today so far. Furthermost remains EA1FAQ (1249km).

UPDATE 1908z:   25 stations have spotted me today (see table).

UPDATE 2014z:  28 stations have spotted me today.

Shetland sun - NOT amateur radio

This photo was posted on 365project recently. It shows a rare nice day. 

10m FT8 QRP

At 0840z, my 10m QRP FT8 gear was turned on. Lots of EU stations suggesting Es. I shall probably be on 8m FT8 TX on 40.680 MHz USB dial later. 

Sunspots - Friday August 5th 2022

Solar flux is 109 and the SSN 52. A=6 and K=2. 

Rallies

 The following have been notified to me. As always, check first with the organisers before going far.

August 7th - BATC Convention, Midland Air Museum, Coventry CV3 4FR. No contact details given.

August 7th - King's Lynn ARC, Gallywood community Centre PE30 4EL. rally.klarc@gmail.com .

Southgate News

This is an online amateur radio news service that I regularly visit. I see they have an item about my free PDF G3XBM Project Scrapbook today.

See http://www.southgatearc.org/ .

10m QRP WSPR TX (Thursday)

As usual when on 8m, I am on 10m WSPR TX with my 500mW beacon. Just several spots of me by EA1FAQ (1249km) at 0926z. I presume this is Es.

UPDATE 1540z: 13 spots by EA1FAQ today. Nobody else!