8m QRP FT8 (Tuesday)

Since just before lunch, I have been on 40.680 MHz FT8 with my 2.5W to the dipole. 

UPDATE 1804z:   No spots on TX or RX today. QRT soon.

10m QRP WSPR TX (Tuesday)

 Since just before lunch, I have been on 10m WSPR TX with my 500mW beacon. So far just local spots.

8m T&I permit

OFCOM has informed me that my T&I permit (and all similar) are not renewable, but I am free to apply for a new one. 

My current permit expires in early April. As there seems little prospect of even a very tiny 8m amateur band, I guess I have little alternative but to pay £50 to do experiments that should be free. 

Perhaps I should ask for 10kW from 1 kHz to 300 GHz, all modes, to show how utterly stupid this is. 

Remember, no callsigns or locations are needed!  How totally stupid!  I could cause horrendous interference to vital services and be totally untraceable!!

Fungus - NOT amateur radio

This was seen on our walk on New Year's Day. This was in a wood planted to celebrate the millennium. It is now a mature wood. 

Sunspots - Tuesday January 3rd 2023

Solar flux is 146 and the SSN 94. A=8 and K=0.

Bell ringing videos - NOT amateur radio

My elder grandson is mad on bell ringing He as rung in over 80 towers now in London and East Anglia. He has a YouTube channel with some recordings of tower bells. He recently changed the channel name to StedmanTriples783.

Reach walk - NOT amateur radio

It was very muddy under foot. There has been a fair here since the 1200s. It is a very sleepy village.

8m QRP FT8 (Monday)

I have been most of the morning on 8m 2.5W FT8, but no spots as of 1425z.

UPDATE 1425z:  Now 8m FT8 RX only.

10m QRP WSPR (Monday)

Been on 10m WSPR TX with 500mW most of the morning. Spotted by 7 unique stations at 1655z today.

Parsonage Farm - NOT amateur radio

We went for a walk around the village yesterday. This field is a picture with cow parsley in the spring although you would not know at this time of year.