Overnight on 630m QRP WSPR

In the last day 19 stations have spotted my 10mW ERP  from the almost invisible earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground (see table).

Sunspots- Thursday January 25th

 Solar flux is 172 and the SSN 108. A=10 and K=1.

My impression of speed - NOT amateur radio

Back in 2013, I had a stroke and was in hospital for 3.5 months. Apart from feeling giddy and my poor voice, I made a good recovery. In the car I drove hundreds of kilometers with no problem.

In the last few years, it is as if my concept of speed has changed.  Glancing down at the speedometer when I think I am going 60-70mph and see I am only going at about 46mph!! Everything on the roads seem to be going fast.  My wife says it is all in the mind, but I go at what think is the right speed, but actually it is slow. It also my worry that my reaction times are slower.

Now, this could just be old age or it could be a result of my stroke 10.5 years ago.

I am wondering others would are "old" also experience this?

Driving is no longer fun.

Anglesey Abbey - NOT amateur radio

We go for a walk in the grounds of this National Trust property near Cambridge every month probably. Parts of the house are very old. The gardens have something to see in every season. 

Being only a few kilometers away makes it very convenient. Should it ever be closed, there are some great walks in the village of Lode nearby.

See  https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill. 

10m 500uW WSPR (Wednesday)

For several weeks I have had spots of my QRPP 10m WSPR most days. Interestingly, there have been no spots of me this week. It looks as if conditions have to be really good to get spots at 500uW (0.5mW).

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.