OFCOM announces spectrum earmarked for the police in Northern Ireland - NOT amateur radio

 OFCOM has released some spectrum in the 700-900 MHz region for police use in Northern Ireland. 

Sunspots - Friday September 9th 2022

 Solar flux is 127 and the SSN 75.  A=19 and 4.

Sad news - NOT amateur radio

This cartoon was posted on FB earlier. Whatever your views on monarchy, the UK's Queen Elizabeth II was well respected across the world as a head of state. The new king will have a hard act to follow. 

Rembrandt's Night Watch - NOT amateur radio

Today we went to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam to see the famous Night Watch by Rembrandt. We first saw this priceless painting many years ago when my younger son commented that the colouring in was not very good! He was very young at the time! 

10m WISPY WSPR TX

It is hard to think that I first made this TX 10 years ago. It was copied across the world. I still have it somewhere. 

Upcoming rallies

The following rallies are due to take place this Sunday. As always, please check with the organisers before travelling any distance.

Sunday September 11th - Caistor Lifeboat Radio Rally. N3O 5DJ. Contact m1bfi@outlook.com.

Sunday September 11th - Ripon Radio Rally CANCELLED. 

Silly Jack - NOT amateur radio

This photo shows a tower in Amsterdam that was built in the 1500s. 

The clock tower was added about 100 years later. Its time keeping was terrible, hence the name. 

Pye PF8 on 70cm

These are hard to find these days. 

Some were put on to 70cm. 

They were 500mW transceivers with internal antennas. At the time they were novel and quite different from the usual PMR radio. 

There is a page about them on my main G3XBM website. 

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.