Sunspots - Thursday September 8th 2022

Solar flux is 126 and the SSN 73. A=14 and K=3.

Delft for lunch - NOT amateur radio

 

Delft (famous for its plates) is about an hour from Amsterdam on the train. We had lunch there. Nice place. 

Amsterdam canals - NOT amateur radio

Amsterdam is a beautiful city with lots of canals and old buildings. It is a city of contrasts!! 

Sunspots - Wednesday September 7th 2022

Solar flux is 126 and the SSN 56. A=20 and K=2.

Hair once - NOT amateur radio

This photo shows my student union card in 1967 when I still had hair!! 

I looked young and innocent back then. 😁

6m

Outside of the Es season, the 6m band is sadly underused. This is a pity as it can be used for local chats.

One suitable rig is my Sixbox transceiver described on my main website and in my free PDF book.

Norway? - NOT amateur radio

This photo was on 365project a few days ago. I think it was northern Norway. 

V2000 vertical omni antenna

When operating on 6m (any mode) and for FM on 2m and 70cm I use the V2000 vertical omni antenna shown here. 

The 2m halo is now not there  and may be replaced with a 4m halo. 

Sunspots - Tuesday September 6th 2022

Solar flux is 130 and the SSN 79. A=32 and K=4.

What is this?

This dates from 2011 and I have not a clue what this is. There is an SBL mixer and it looks like some sort of direct conversion RX, but I have no idea what it is! I obviously was breadboarding something. I guess I could trace the circuit.