Dahlia garden (less dahlias) - NOT amateur radio

The photo shows the dahlia garden at Anglesey Abbey, near Cambridge, UK. In a few months with all the dahlias in it will look amazing.

6m QRP FT8 (Thursday)

My IC-705 at 5W to the V2000 vertical omni was turned on just before breakfast.

UPDATE 0930z:  Spotted by 238 stations already. Es in the main.

UPDATE 1347z:  I decided to go back on 6m QRP FT8. Already 308 stations have spotted me in under an hour!

10m 500mW WSPR (Thursday)

Early Es today!  My beacon was turned on just before breakfast.

UPDATE 0932z:  Already spotted by 31 stations across Europe.

Sunspots - Thursday June 19th

 Solar flux is 137 and the SSN 120. A=13 and K=1.

Yesterday on 6m QRP FT8

 664 stations spotted me yesterday with my 5W to the vertical omni and 659 were spotted here.  Most were Es. At least one was someone fooling around. 

Reconciliation -NOT amateur radio

My brother has just been to hear a group of German singers in Coventry cathedral. During WW2 much of Coventry was destroyed (including the cathedral where they sang) by German 🇩🇪 bombs. Wonderful. Coventry - reconciliation in action.

Birmingham New Street station - NOT amateur radio

We have been through this UK railway station quite a few times in recent years.

I think it was modernised some years ago and I quite like it. 

The photo shows the entrance on the Moor Street station and bus stop side.

10m 500mW WSPR (Wednesday)

 Despite what I said earlier, I decided to go on 10m QRP WSPR after all.

UPDATE 0933z: So far, just a spot by EA1FAQ (1249km). There is some Es.

UPDATE 1245z:   23 stations have spotted me.

6m 5W FT8 (Wednesday)

My QRP gear was turned on at breakfast time. 

UPDATE 1515z: So far, 412 spots of me with the furthermost South Korea. 397 stations spotted here.  Judging by this station's other spots, I think this is genuine.

UPDATE 1935z:  When I first saw that I had been spotted again in the USA I was excited at first. Then I saw the call P5KY in North Korea, so I knew it was a pirate! Otherwise lots of European Es around.

Hope Cove, Devon webcam - NOT amateur radio

 

My family history can be traced continuously to Hope Cove, Devon in the mid 1500s. That is a generation before the Spanish Armada!

I check the weather there on the webcam at the Cottage Hotel in Hope Cove. The photo is a snapshot from the webcam. I have had lunch there and it was very good.

See https://hopecove.com.