Meadow - NOT amateur radio

This 11 acre meadow was bought from the village many years ago. They were cutting the grass earlier. 

10m WSPR TX 500mW (Saturday)

As usual, I am on 10m WSPR TX with 500mW. It is now 0850z. So far, nobody has spotted me.

6m FT8 (Saturday) - mostly RX

 Apart from a very brief TX period with 2.5W (4 spots of me), I am RX only (6 spots after about 10 minutes at 0844z). Antenna is the usual V2000 vertical omni.

Devon 1942 - NOT amateur radio

This photo shows a farm in Devon in 1942. This was in the days of the land army when many women were asked to work on farms so farm workers could become soldiers.

Maths - NOT amateur radio

One of our grandchildren doing online maths. 

VLF 10 years ago

10 years ago I was totally fit and doing field work below 10kHz. 

Zoom advantages?

Since the start of the pandemic our local Cambridge Radio Club (CDARC) has been holding regular lectures via Zoom. We usually get between 20-30 people attending. 

The advantage is those watching and speaking can be anywhere in the world.  Last night the speaker was in Canada. It felt as if he was next door!

As I am unable to drive in the dark, these talks suit me fine.

Sunspots - Saturday August 14th 2021

 Solar flux is 73 and the SSN 0. A=6 and K=1. 

10m WSPR TX at 500mW

Since 0822z, I have been on 10m WSPR TX. As yet, nobody has spotted me.

UPDATE 0840z:  Already 4 spots from 2 unique stations. Looks like Es.

UPDATE 2056z:  26 unique stations spotted me today.

6m FT8 QRP (Friday)

Since 0822z I have been on 6m FT8. Apart from a very brief TX period at 2.5W to the V2000 vertical omni with the furthermost a spot by YO8SSB (1874km), I have been RX only. So far this morning, 4 stations spotted. Es is just starting I think.

UPDATE 2104z:  179 stations spotted on 6m FT8 RX today as the map shows.