The solar flux is 159 and the SSN 87 A=8 and K=2.
1 Jul 2023
30 Jun 2023
Rally this weekend
The following rally has been notified to me. I always advice contacting organisers to check the details are correct.
Sunday July 2nd - Barford Norfolk Radio Rally, Barford, NR9 4AB. Contact radio@dcpmicro.com
29 Jun 2023
8m QRP FT8 (Thursday)
My 8m 2.5W FT8 was turned on this morning. At 1728z, just spotted by S50B (1220km) and EA3ERE (1153km).
10m QRP WSPR TX (Thursday)
My 500mW 10m WSPR TX beacon was turned on this morning. So far (at 1719z) 23 unique stations have spotted me.
Faulty BNC plugs
A couple of my antenna leads with BNC plugs have become intermittent or broken. I first noticed one last night in the 2m CDARC 2m FM net when the SWR was very high. Years ago, this would have been a trivial task. These days it is far more taxing sadly.
Riga, Latvia - NOT amateur radio
I don't think this photo has been on this blog recently. It shows a seaside resort close to Riga in Latvia. We went there several years ago and were expecting a dump. Actually Riga was a lovely city that was once a Hanseatic League city with many fine buildings.
28 Jun 2023
Fossils - NOT amateur radio
How can we live here for so many years and not see these?!! I bet if we missed these, many others have too.
I think this is an ammonite millions of years old.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonoidea .
Es poor?
Sporadic-E is, well, sporadic! Some days can be very good and others poor. Certainly up to now (1132z) the Es has been poor here. Most Es seems to be in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Even that seems poor. In the northern hemisphere, the best months are usually May, June and July, although Es can occur at any time.
So far, this season has been disappointing for me. There have been some good openings, but my overall impression that this is not a great Es season so far. To get a quick"snapshot" of European Es I now take a quick peek at https://www.tvcomm.co.uk/g7izu/radio-propagation-maps/europe-sporadic-e/ .
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