WISPY RX

This was originally designed as a WSPR receiver but it works equally well as an FT8 receiver with a suitable crystal. It is extremely simple yet works very well. It allows the main rig to be freed for something else.

Lunch

Yesterday, someone put a photo of their lunch on 365project.

It was a lobster roll with chips and coleslaw - delicious 😉.

Time

We are aware of time flowing from the past into the future, but this may be a human illusion. 

As the poet T. S. Eliot said maybe time past, time present and time future are all present now. See the poem Burnt Norton in his Four Quartets.

This ties in to some extent with quantum mechanics.

6m QRP FT8 yesterday

With 103 stations spotting me yesterday I think we can safely say that the Es season is still with us. 6m was filled with European stations . 

The season will end …but not yet!!

Sunspots - Tuesday August 26th

 Solar flux is 175 and the SSN 136. A=8 and K=1.

TX-500MP

The original TX-500 (I think) had a Russian pedigree. I think production was shifted to the Middle East to avoid sanctions. I may be totally wrong on this. If I am wrong, my sincere apologies.

They have produced the TX-500MP which is a handheld with built-in ATU. There is a video about it. I have no idea about price. It looks like a useful product.

Beetles

Yesterday I posted a photo of the display cabinet of butterflies at the Zoology museum in Cambridge. This is the display of beetles.

10m QRP WSPR TX (Monday)

My 500mW  10m W5OLF beacon was turned at about 0815z.  

UPDATE 1902z:  Spotted by 32 stations with the furthest EA8BFK (2880km).

6m 5W FT8 (Monday)

My gear was turned on at about 0815z. 

UPDATE 1921z:  So far, 89 spots of me.  

Monday plans

As 6m QRP FT8 was good yesterday I shall try again today, as well as 10m QRP WSPR.