Cambridge centre - NOT amateur radio

This is Great St Mary's church in central Cambridge. It is the university church and some famous people have preached here. 

In the foreground is Cambridge market and the statue to Snowy Farr MBE who was a well known local fundraiser.

See https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/snowy-farr-sculpture .

Tuesday plans

After breakfast I expect to be on 10m QRP WSPR and 6m QRP FT8 .

Sunspots - Tuesday November 26th

 Solar flux is 220 and the SSN 140. A=11 and K=2.

Cambridge Today - NOT amateur radio

One of the pleasures of Cambridge is gliding along the back of the colleges on a punt on the river Cam. 

Many prefer others to do the punting whilst  you just relax. Some punts even serve drinks to help you relax even more!  This was the River Cam earlier today.

10m 500mW WSPR ( Monday)

 16 stations have spotted me at 1116z.

UPDATE 2104z:  63 stations have spotted me today.

6m QRP FT8 (Monday)

 26 stations have spotted me at 1114z.

UPDATE  2055z:  64 stations have spotted me today.

Sunspots - Monday November 25th

 Solar flux is 203 and the SSN 164. A=7 and K=2.

Birthday girl - NOT amateur radio

 

Today is my wife's birthday. 

Before you ask, NO I am not pregnant and don't you be so darn cheeky! 😀😀

Faroes - NOT amateur radio

One of the things I like about 365project is seeing things and places from right across the world. 

Some places are much hotter whereas some (like the photo posted by a friend in the Faroe Is) are much colder. 

There was snow on the hills and temperatures of 4 degrees C in September! I expect they see the northern lights far more often up there. 

Exceptional E-W F2 MUF

In the last few weeks the F2 MUF has exceeded 50MHz "across the pond" on a few occasions. I would expect this at times at the height of a good(ish) solar cycle. It would reach 8m far more often. Indeed my 8m 2.5W FT8 to a dipole was regularly spotted in Canada, the USA and Caribbean in autumn 2023 as well as this autumn. 

In my view this is where 8m FT8 could score. Just occasionally for a short period, the MUF will be high enough. These openings are far less likely to be spotted on CW or SSB, whereas with 8m FT8 and PSKreporter it is far more likely these brief openings will be noticed.

As the sunspots decline the N-S MUF may support 8m FT8 to South Africa more often than we might think.