Rotten tree

 

This was seen yesterday at nearby Anglesey Abbey. 

It was obviously in danger of falling down.

6m 3W FT8 (Saturday)

My gear was turned on at about 0815z.

UPDATE 0953z:  Spotted by 17 English stations. No Es yet.

Busy bee

 

This bee was seen at nearby Anglesey Abbey yesterday. 

It was busy collecting nectar. 

10m 200mW WSPR (Saturday)

My Zachtek beacon was turned on just after breakfast.

UPDATE 1835z:  43 stations have spotted me today. See table.

Granddaughter

This was taken some years ago and shows one of my granddaughters.

I think she was looking for a recipe on the iPad. At one time she loved cooking.

Ukraine war

We hope the war in Ukraine will end soon and lives stop being needlessly lost. 

Most ordinary folk in Russia and Ukraine (and in Gaza and Iran) just want to live in peace. 

It seems that rich and stupid people want to conquer the world.

Sunspots - Saturday June 5th

 Solar flux is 141 and the SSN 145.  A=36 and  K=3. 

Vaccine created partly with AI

There was news today of a vaccine partly created using AI.  All being well this technique could be used to create a flu vaccine and Covid 19 vaccine that protects even when the virus mutates. On the face of it this is a good thing. 

It is also ominous. I think that it means a rogue state could produce a virus that is harmful to certain individuals or certain racial groups.  

Welcome to the brave new world! 😒

See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crrpggegwe0o .

2m activity contest (UKAC) last Tuesday

Nearly forgot to submit my (poor!!) score. 

4 stations worked in 30 minutes with 10W, a big-wheel omni and a poor voice! 

All good fun, but FT8 is much easier for me.

8m FT8 RX (Friday)

At the moment I am monitoring 8m FT8. As there are far fewer stations active than 6m, this is harder going. 

UPDATE 1400z:   Just spots of EA3ERE in Catalonia. I think I'm going back to 6m FT8.