Winchester Cathedral

We have just got back from a few days in Winchester. It is a delightful place with beautiful buildings and a wonderful cathedral. 

At one time it was the capital of England.

10m 3W FT8 (Thursday)

 Since returning from a few days in Winchester, I turned on my 10m FT8 gear.

UPDATE 1935z:   Spotted by 6 stations all in the UK. Now QRT.

Sunspots - Thursday April 23rd

 Solar flux is 116 and the SSN 78. A=5 and K=2.

Winchester, UK

 A few days earlier in Winchester. It is a really nice small place .

Lyrids meteor shower

 This meteor shower peaks tonight. Hopefully there will be some VHF propagation by MS saw a result.

Sunspots - Wednesday April 22nd

 Solar  flux is 112 and the SSN 68. A=19 and K=1.

zBitx - v2

 Steve G1KQH has told me about a new version of the zBitx.

See https://www.hfsignals.com/index.php/zbitx-v2/

Sunspots - Tuesday April 21st

 Solar  flux is 105 and the SSN 44. A=24 and K=4.

Copper beech tree

 

This fine tree is in Soham which is about 8km by road. I walk past it most weeks.

Big VHF/UHF signal

When I first came to Cambridge in the early 1970s G8BBB (later G4BEL) was a massive signal from about 10km away. 

He had an excellent takeoff to the south and was very well known. He was the first station I ever copied on 23cm using my tiny indoor 4el yagi smaller than my hand!!

We miss you Roger.