Blackberry picking

For months, I have picked blackberries for breakfast. 

Today, I took a look and found just a few. 

I could not resist taking this photo of this beetle. 

With luck I might pick a few more this autumn.

10m 1W FT8 Saturday

Stations spotting my 10m, 1W, FT8 today

 In a few moments I shall switch on my 10m 1W FT8 gear. It will probably be on until teatime.

UPDATE 1012z:  26 stations have spotted me, all at F2 single hop range.

UPDATE 1448z: 160 stations have spotted me from all over the place. See map.

Sunspots - Saturday November 7th

 Solar flux is 125 and the SSN 91. A=9 and K=3.

160m FT8 overnight

Once again, stations in the USA spotted overnight in the 243 stations received in the last day.  Best DX was NY1V (6425km) in Indiana. See map.

160m vs FT8 RX (Friday)

Very shortly I will be going on 160m FT8 RX for the evening and night.

UPDATE  1923z:  Already 34 stations spotted with the best RV0AR (5577km) in Asiatic Russia. Promising.

Orchard Street, Cambridge, UK

 

We see this street (Orchard Street) from the bus when we go into Cambridge.

Pebble-HF kit in the UK?

It would appear the Pebble-HF 40m or 20m rig will be available in the UK. This is a very low cost transceiver for SSB or CW.

See https://shop.g7ufo.radio/products/pebble-hf-20m-all-mode-qrp-radio?variant=54825522594130

10m 1W FT8 (Friday)

 My gear was turned on at about 1330z.

UPDATE  1452z:  69 spots including several in the USA.

Fossils

The Grand Arcade in Cambridge, UK has tiles on the floor. What few people realise is that these  contain fossils. Most people don’t realise that these are there! Until last year I had not noticed them!!

There are lots of ammonites as well as this fossil ,which I don’t know what it is.

Sunspots - Friday November 6th

 Solar flux is 124 and the SSN 89. A=6 and K=2..