At the chancel door: read the words! - NOT amateur radio

This gravestone is at the door of St Edmunds church in Kingsbridge, Devon. 

It is important to read the words, not just glance at the photo.

In death wealth does not matter.

10m 500mW WSPR in the last day

My 10m WSPR beacon was re-synced to internet time a few moments ago. In the last day 7 different stations have spotted my beacon with quite a few already this morning.

UPDATE 1328z:  after a break of several hours, I am back on TX. No recent spots.

UPDATE 1700z:   10 stations have spotted me in the last day.

Sunspots - Wednesday July 3rd

 Solar flux is 164 and the SSN 192. A=5 and K=1.

2m activity contest this evening

After 5 QSOs with 10W SSB to my big-wheel omni, my voice had had enough, so I went QRT. 

Battling with repeating my callsign is no longer fun. In fact it is hard work. As my voice is now poor, I really struggle in SSB contests. It used to be fun whereas now it is far harder.

Servicing the gas fire - NOT amateur radio

 

Annually, we have our gas boiler and gas fire serviced. It was that time of year! 

The photo shows our gas fire being serviced.

Radio France International antennas

 These are the antennas at Radio France International. It looks like they have directional antennas so the ERP in the chosen direction must be huge.

10m QRP WSPR (Tuesday)

My 10m 500mW WSPR beacon is on again, but no spots so far.

8m QRP FT8 (Tuesday)

My 2.5W 8m FT8 is currently on. 

UPDATE 1347z:  QRT. No spots.

South Devon - NOT amateur radio

 

This was my brother last Sunday looking at the view.

European Es

According to the past, the European Es season should soon go "off the boil" and subside. 

In my experience the Es season still goes on for a while longer. I have worked Scandinavians on 6m QRP SSB as late as September.  With FT8 it should be even better.  Es can occur at any time of the year, but the peak months are in the spring and early summer.

See https://www.tvcomm.co.uk/g7izu/radio-propagation-maps/europe-sporadic-e/