Yesterday on VHF

Stations spotting my 6m QRP FT8 yesterday 

On 6m FT8 987 stations including one in the Caribbean spotted my 5W FT8 to the vertical omni antenna and the Es reached 2m with the furthest on 2m FT8 (sadly RX only) being IT9.

Blue Remembered Hills - NOT amateur radio

“A Shropshire Lad XL” is one of the most profound poems ever written in the English language. 

It speaks of our continual struggle to find memories of times past that can never ever be experienced again. 

See https://poets.org/

Sunspots - Friday June 20th

 Solar flux is 136 and the SSN 113. A=14 and K=2.

2m 5W FT8 Es (Thursday)

It looks like there is a 2m Es event, so I have QSYed to 144.174 MHz FT8.  

Although my 5W to the V2000 has not been spotted by Es, on RX the best so far is an IT9STG (1894km) at +11dB S/N i.e. very strong indeed.

Spots of my 2m 5W FT8 tat 1221z

UPDATE 1221z: 46 stations in 6 countries have spotted my 2m 5W FT8 so far.

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.