Mating? - NOT amateur radio

 

These look like they are holding hands, but I suspect they are mating.

160m antenna

There is a misconception that 160m antennas and grounds have to be big. This antenna fitted in a small attic and results suggest it does very well. 

Most people have high noise levels on the LF and MF bands these days, but I find FT8, with its effective 50Hz bandwidth, is still effective. 

You may be surprised by results. I was.

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/antennas/160m-loft-vertical .

10m FT8 RX (Tuesday)

At 0718z, I turned on 10m FT8 RX using the tiny indoor loop. So far, 3 spots at 0822z.

UPDATE 1305z: 71 stations spotted so far with the furthermost VO1CH (3737km).

UPDATE 1810z:  96 stations spotted so far today.

10m FT8 RX yesterday

425 stations spotted yesterday on 10m FT8 RX with the indoor loop antenna including both the USA and South America. Lots of EUs by Es of course! 

Optical link changed

 A reminder that if you find any errors or omissions on my new web pages, please let me know so I can address them. Mike pointed out an old link that I have (hopefully!) corrected. I am sure there are others.

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/optical-nanowaves/over-the-horizon .

Sunspots - Tuesday Jun 22nd 2021

 Solar flux is 79 and the SSN 11. A=4 and K=3.

Family outing? - NOT amateur radio

 

These swans and cygnets were seen at Anglesey Abbey this afternoon.

Millionaire - NOT amateur radio

 If some of the SPAM emails I get (filtered out) were true I would be a millionaire many times over. Every day I get told there is nearly £300k coming to my account if I just share my details. As for Bitcoin, I get told every day I am due for so much! 

I do not share my details!!

All of these are, of course, scams.

Oh, and how to get a 15 inch penis......😁

10m FT8 grabber

 One of the new features that is possible on the new Google Sites is embedding. Some browsers do not support this for fear of viruses or malware on the embedded sites. I have embedded PSKreporter maps on my new web pages  which normally points to what I see on 10m FT8 RX.  So you can see what I am spotting here.

Just occasionally I may be looking at something else.

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/hf-mf-and-lf/10m-ft8-grabber  .

Storms

Amateur radio gear can be badly affected by nearby storms. Often, when there are storms nearby, there can be damaging power surges. I am always nervous with nearby storms. My normal practice is to disconnect everything until the storms have well passed. At the moment, the immediate risk seems to have passed.

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/other-amateur-radio/lightning-maps  .