Anne Thathaway - NOT amateur radio

This was where Shakespeare’s wife lived before they married.

11 years ago

 Looking back I came across this photo from 2014 showing my loading coil for use at 472kHz.

Sunspots - Thursday June 12th

 Solar flux is 141 and the SSN 133. A=18 and K=3.

Sepura - NOT amateur radio

Before I retired in 2008 I was high up in the Development Department at Sepura and they have, unsurprisingly, managed very well without me!!😉

River Avon - NOT amateur radio

 

This is the River Avon in Stratford upon Avon,

Sunspots - Wednesday June 11th

 Solar flux is 129 and the SSN 105. A= 9 and K=2 . 

Declining sunspots

 Unless we have a sudden change, it looks like we are on the slow decline to the solar minimum. Numbers are dropping.

Shakespeare’s church

This is the church where he is buried in Stratford upon Avon, UK.

Shakespeare’s birthplace - NOT amateur radio

 This was where Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon .

Old QSL card

This dates from 2003 and shows me using the Miracle Whip antenna on the FT817. The best contact was Argentina on 10m SSB with QRP.  Especially on the higher HF bands it worked remarkably well.