You may have to click on the image to see the bridges more clearly.
9 Mar 2022
Cambridge bridges - NOT amateur radio
15m FT8 RX with the indoor loop
At just after 0900z, I turned on 15m FT8 RX using just the tiny indoor loop antenna used yesterday on 17m. So far, 20 stations spotted in just a few minutes.
UPDATE 0933z: 51 stations spotted with several in Japan.
UPDATE 1706z: 491 stations spotted on the tiny loop antenna on 15m FT8 RX today.
UPDATE 1835z: 526 stations spotted. QRT soon.
Cambridge Bridge of Sighs - NOT amateur radio
Yesterday, we walked over the Bridge of Sighs in St John's College, Cambridge. The photo shows the view.
160m FT8 RX overnight
Overnight I stayed on 160m FT8 RX with the untuned 10m antenna. In all, 285 stations were spotted with several from across the Atlantic.
8 Mar 2022
160m FT8 RX
This evening I am on 160m FT8 RX with the untuned 10m antenna. So far, 161 stations spotted on RX.
Lightbeam communication
This was much easier than I thought.
Although my "thing" is NLOS (non line of sight) over the horizon digital comms, I have tried line of sight speech communications. People have managed much further than I have.
One of the beauties is the gear is all homemade. Even the test gear was homemade and simple.
See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/optical-nanowaves/line-of-sight .
Cambridge sun - NOT amateur radio
It is all too easy just to accept this view that people come halfway around the world to see.
The punts were on the River Cam outside King's. It is quiet now, but much busier in the summer.
Plenty of cider - NOT amateur radio
This photo shows an event in Devon about 100 years ago. Not sure what they were celebrating, but plenty of cider ready! Cider was made locally on farms and was a popular drink.
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