10m QRP WSPR TX (Wednesday)

 I have been on 10m WSPR TX with 500mW from my W5OLF beacon. No spots this morning.

UPDATE 1352z: Local G4KPX (14km) spotting me.

Where I come from in South Devon - NOT amateur radio

This is where I come from in South Devon - Salcombe. I lived here until I was 9. We moved about 6 miles! 

20m FT8 RX with the Miracle Whip

Overnight I left my FT817ND on FT8 RX using the Miracle Whip on the shack windowsill on 20m. 

UPDATE 0731z:  218 stations spotted on the Miracle Whip since yesterday,

8m experiment (Wednesday)

As I am out much of the morning I hope to be on 8m TX on 40.680 MHz USB dial FT8 early.

UPDATE 0625z:  Gear turned on at 0555z. Now off. No Spots.

UPDATE 1405z:  EI9KP (649km) has spotted me. Back on TX again.

VLF experiments

This photo is probably about 10 years old and shows me experimenting around 17 kHz with earth-mode communication through the ground. 

Early 2000s?

My XYL found this photo of me in what was probably the early 2000s. It shows me with the FT817 and a Miracle Whip at the operating table in the bedroom. 

Sunspots - Wednesday August 10th 2022

Solar flux is 109 and the SSN 58. A=19 and K=2.

Thatched cottage - NOT amateur radio

 

This is about 12km away from where we live.

Revolution? - NOT amateur radio

Certainly here in the UK, some people are worried sick over the horrendous rise in energy costs. Some are thinking is it food or heating? This is in a wealthy western country!  I cannot see how some people will be able to manage. Many more people will be dragged into poverty.

My personal view is some people will be unable to pay and we therefore risk revolution.  We are in for a difficult period.

Mystery rigs

My son went into our loft and brought down some rigs I had not seen for 9 years! One was a 2m to 10m QRP transverter and one looks like a Micro 80, although I have no recollection of building it!! Funny what you forget.