Round Church, Cambridge - NOT amateur radio

The Round Church in Cambridge is very old.  It is one  of just a few in England.

See https://roundchurchcambridge.org/ .

630m QRP WSPR overnight

 

22 stations spotted my 10mw ERP WSPR in the last day.

Family history - NOT amateur radio

My father's genealogy can be traced continuously to the mid 1500s in South Devon.  I have an isolated record in an adjoining parish from the mid 1400s.

What I did not realise is if you go back 22 generations our ancestors number more than the entire population of the entire British Isles!

This means we are probably related to everyone alive today if we go back far enough. So, we are probably all related to the English royal family. Some of our ancestors may have moved here from abroad and almost certainly some of our distant ancestors married people who were distantly related.

This is quite humbling.

Sunspots - Wednesday January 24th

 Solar flux is 180 and the SSN 123. A=7 and K=3.

630m QRP WSPR (Tuesday)

 My 10mW ERP 630m WSPR was turned on about 2130z. At 2200z I have been spotted by 6 stations.

Granddaughters - NOT amateur radio

 

The photo shows our granddaughters at Christmas.

Confused - G4KPZ

For years my old work mate Richard lived in Ely. I thought his call was G4KPZ. Now I see this is issued to someone called Vernon, who lives in Ramsey. Unless the callsign has been re-issued, or I wrongly remember it, I am confused.

UPDATE  1928z:   Richard is G4KPX. Yes, I am going gaga.

Angry sky - NOT amateur radio

 

The photo shows the view from our kitchen window last night. It is now wet and windy.

10m QRPP WSPR (Tuesday)

My 500uW10m WSPR is on again, but no spots now for the last couple of days. 

Pretty sure conditions have to be very good and the RX noise floor low.

6m QRP FT8 (Tuesday)

My 2.5W FT8 to the vertical V2000 antenna was turned on about 1300z. So far, just UK spots of me.

UPDATE 1948z:  Some spots from Portugal of my 2.5W QRP 6m FT8 today.