49MHz

In many countries the 49MHz band is allocated to low power devices such as baby alarms and toy walkie-talkies licence-free as long as they are 10mW or below.

Next door's lilac

Like many things in gardens, this is ephemeral. At the moment it looks great, but the flowers will soon be gone. 

Our ornamental cherry was in blossom for about 2 weeks. Now it has gone until next year.

10m 200mW WSPR (Tuesday)

My beacon has been on since before breakfast. 

UPDATE 0900z:  Just TA4/G8SCU (3010km) spotting me.

UPDATE  0953z:  Spotted by 2 stations with the best 4X1DA (3592km).

Yesterday on 10m FT8 RX

 

In all, 112 stations on 5 continents were spotted yesterday. See map.

Sunspots - Tuesday April 28th

Solar flux is 142 and the SSN 122. A=7 and K=0. 

Weather in April

April is an odd month in the UK. Some days can be hot and sunny, whereas other days can be cold and wet. 

No wonder we like to talk about the weather in the UK! This was this day some years ago, whereas today it is very sunny.

10m 3W FT8 (Monday)

Currently I am on 10m 3W FT8 since breakfast.

UPDATE 1133z:  Spotted by 4 stations. Currently RX only with 34 stations spotted in 4 continents. 

UPDATE 1557z: 67 stations spotted here on RX. See map.

VLF earth mode

Many years ago I did quite a bit of experimenting below 10kHz. This was reception of G6ALB at 3km on 8.97kHz. I think he was running about 40W. This was 2011.

See https://sites.google.com/site/sub9khz/vlf-using-earth-mode.

Windmill next door

Several times I have mentioned that we live right next door to a fully restored windmill. It is usually open (along with the museum it is next to) from Easter to late October at weekends and bank holidays. It is well worth a visit. 

Our hedge is at the front of the photo. That's how close we are!

See https://burwellmuseum.org.uk/

Sunspots - Monday April 27th

 Solar flux is 156 and the SSN 137. A=14 and K=3.