23 stations spotted my 10mW ERP 630m WSPR overnight.
22 Feb 2024
Unsafe? - NOT amateur radio
Sunspots - Thursday February 22nd
Solar flux is 170 and the SSN just 45. Pretty sure this is the lowest for many years. A=4 and K=0. I seem to recall at the peak of the last cycle there were days with very few sunspots.
21 Feb 2024
630m QRP WSPR (Wednesday)
My 10mW ERP WSPR from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground has been on since about 2130z. So far, I have been spotted by 8 stations with the furthermost LA3EQ (769km).
Gaza- Israel conflict - NOT amateur radio
Enough is enough.
The fighting has to stop as too many innocent people are being killed, traumatised, injured or made homeless. Whilst I think it is entirely right for Israel to defend itself from Hamas, one could be forgiven for thinking this is now genocide.
I understand that Israel wants to prevent future incursions and massacres like October 7th, but is the fighting in Gaza the way to forge long-term peace? We now have generations that will grow up hating Israel. OK, Hamas might be weakened, but the cycle of violence will go on.
As I have said before, my friends include Jews and Muslims. We need a just peace.
See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-68358053
6m QRP FT8 (Wednesday)
My 2.5W FT8 to the V2000 vertical omni was turned on at about 1340z. So far, just one UK spot received.
New UK amateur radio conditions
From today, new UK amateur radio licence conditions come into effect.
Brain injury - NOT amateur radio
On the news yesterday was a piece about brain injury research at Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge. Two things stuck out to me.
One was brain overload which I experience especially when driving: it seems everything needs processing and this causes my brain to be overloaded. All the time whilst driving I am looking for possible hazards and it is really exhausting.
The second thing is profound tiredness or exhaustion. I want to sleep in the daytime far more.
My stroke was in 2013 and it is hard now to know what is old age (I am 75) and what was my stroke. My constant giddiness all my waking hours is exhausting and is a result of my stroke.
Weather - NOT amateur radio
We usually do housework every week on Mondays. My wife has a U3A course on Mondays. We decided to do it today instead as the weather is so foul!
Sucker for punishment? 10m QRPP WSPR (Wednesday)
Yet again I am on 10m WSPR with 500uW (0.5mW).
UPDATE 1431z: No spots. At the moment, I get spotted on this tiny power a few times a week.
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