6m 5W FT8 (Sunday)

My gear was turned on at about 0910z.

UPDATE  2010z:  29 spots of me so far today.  See map.

The current station

Mostly I am active on 6m QRP FT8 and 10m QRP WSPR with my beacon (which is out of shot). The photo shows my current setup.

Sunspot predictions

We are now on the downward slope of the solar cycle. NOAA has a graph showing their predictions.

See https://www.noaa.gov/

Rooster transceiver

Kanga UK make a range of simple QRP transceiver kits for either 40, 30 or 20m CW. All the SMD parts are already fitted leaving about 20 parts to be added. They are very reasonably priced. I have no idea how they perform.

Sunspots - Sunday October 12th

 Solar flux is 131 and the SSN 108. A=17 and K=4.

Farm shop and cafe

This is about 10km from us. It was very busy this morning. I guess it is the weekend.  It is very expensive, but the quality is good. 

We haven't been there since January.

10m 500mW WSPR (Saturday)

 My beacon was turned on at about 1030z.

UPDATE 1625z:  So far spotted by 29 stations, most in the USA.

UPDATE 1748z:  Yet again I was spotted in Antarctica. 

6m 5W FT8 (Saturday)

My gear was turned on at 1034z.

UPDATE 1800z:  25 spots mostly GW and G. See map.

Saturday plans

 Later I expect to go on 6m 5W FT8 and 500mW 10m WSPR. 

Fenland pub and the restaurant

This has been a pub since 1620!! These days it’s mainly a restaurant.