160m FT8 RX (Sunday)

 As usual, I am on 160m FT8  RX. 

UPDATE 2202z:  So far, 328 stations spotted. The best may be a pirate S6TRX (10732km) in Singapore.

G3OJV moving

Peter G3OJV of Waters and Stanton is downsizing and moving house. I am not sure if he is retired. He was first licenced in 1960.

He used to live the other side of Cambridge, but I am not sure where he is going.

Winter Colour

 

About now we plant winter flowering primroses to give a splash of colour. 

These get replaced in the spring. 

As the weather was good yesterday we did it.

10m 1W FT8 (Sunday)

My gear was turned on after breakfast.

UPDATE 1616z:  My 1W FT8 spotted by 137 stations (see map). 602 stations spotted here.

Autumn

Our ornamental cherry in our back garden has lost most of its leaves . It will be leafless until the spring.

160m FT8 overnight

 3 USA stations spotted overnight. Best was N0BUZ  (7147km). Overall 336 stations spotted in the last day and night.

Meshcore or Meshtastic?

As mentioned before, "off grid" mesh networking is becoming popular, but it is like the internet 30 years ago in that it is in its infancy.

It is my view that it will mature and one OS will dominate. I suspect the next 2 years will see which one dominates. 

Around here I think Meshcore is dominating in our radio club (CDARC), but I am not sure in general.

At the moment, I am watching from the sidelines.

It looks like solar powered repeaters high up would help coverage especially in rural areas. 

As time progresses, I expect mesh gaps will be filled in. I think it is almost exclusively messages as the data rate is low.

One advantage is it is licence-free.

Sunspots- Sunday November 15th

 Solar flux is 124 and the SSN 121.  A=4 and K=1.

160m FT8 RX (Saturday)

 My 160m FT8  receiver was turned on early evening. I hope to stay on overnight again.

 UPDATE 2220z:  So far I have spotted 205 stations with the best RW9LL (4058km) in Asiatic Russia.

London after the Romans

Some AI recreations are amazing. This is an attempt to recreate life in London in AD 450.  No doubt their are many errors but in many ways it is a good go.