Rally this weekend

The following is the information I have .Please check if you are making a special trip.

Sunday May 12th - Retrotech UK (BVWS), Coventry, CV8 3FL.  Contact info@retrotech.com

Dark web - NOT amateur radio

 After all this time I have come to the conclusion that I am simple. They keep talking about the dark web, but I have no idea how to access it , even if I did.

Eurostar yesterday- NOT amateur radio

This was the meal on Eurostar under the English Channel yesterday. No delays at all.

Sunspots- Thursday May 9th

Solar flux is 227 and the SSN 142. A=7 and K=2.

Sunspots- Wednesday May 8th

 Solar flux is 204 and the SSN 144. A=7 and K=2.

630m QRP WSPR overnight

 My 10mW ERP 630m WSPR was spotted by 4 stations only.

Cambridge Botanic Garden - NOT amateur radio

These bluebells and forget me nots were at Cambridge Botanic Garden last week. 

10m 10mW WSPR (Tuesday)

My 10mW 10m  WSPR has been re-synced to internet time. No spots.

UPDATE 1432z:  Several spots by local G4KPX (14km). No DX.

UPDATE 1802z:  It is quite a surprise to find out I am struggling with 10mW 10m WSPR when on 6m with 2.5W FT8 I am being widely spotted. Once again EA8BFK (2880km) is spotting me. No Es spots.

6m QRP FT8 (Tuesday)

My 6m QRP (2.5W to the V2000 vertical) is on and 4 stations have spotted me at 0816z.

UPDATE 0838z:  7 stations have spotted me. All of these are in England.

UPDATE 1430z:  40 stations have spotted me. Plenty of Es.

UPDATE 1826z: 49 stations have spotted my QRP FT8 today.

sBitx V3

Steve G1KQH has reminded me of this low cost HF kit. Sadly, building it would be beyond my fine motor skills these days, but I see it has a built-in FT8 decoder, so no PC is needed. I am not sure if it can be bought ready built, but Ashar makes some great kit. His designs always use readily available parts.

See https://www.hfsignals.com/.