That time of year - NOT amateur radio

At about this time we put winter plants 🪴 in the garden.  We try to choose flowers that give colour at this dull time of year.

We change them in the spring.

10m 500mW WSPR yesterday and today

Another good day with 2 spots in Antarctica yesterday.  Re-synced to internet time earlier. See table of stations spotting me in the last day on 10m QRP WSPR.

UPDATE 1416z:  60 spots of my 10m 500mW WSPR today.

UPDATE 1815z:  73 spots of my QRP 10m WSPR today.

Our garden yesterday - NOT amateur radio

 

This was one of our sons and grandsons in our garden yesterday.

Rallies

 The following rallies have been notified to me. Usual caveats about checking details apply.

• Saturday October 26th - Carrickfergus ARG Rally, Carrickfergus. No contact details given.
• Saturday October 26th - Essex CW Boot Camp. See essexcw.uk .
• Sunday  October 27th - British Vintage Wireless Society Swapmeet. Golborne. BVWS members only.
• Sunday October 27th - Galashiels Rally, TD1 3JX. Contact rallyqueries@galaradioclub.co.uk .

Oscar 100 narrowband transponder

The last time I looked was mid evening in Europe on a Thursday evening. Although activity was better than I feared, there was still plenty of space.

See https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/ .

Sunspots - Friday October 25th

 Solar flux is 197 and the SSN 138.  A=12 and K=0.

Yesterday on 10m 500mW WSPR

 Yesterday, 94 stations spotted me, which I think is a record. This included many in North and South America.

Someone else locally said he had been doing WSPR tests at 1mW and 2mW. Results were far easier at 2mW than 1mW.

Work reunion - NOT amateur radio

This morning I went to a reunion of old work colleagues some of whom I had not seen for years. It was a good gathering. Some had not changed a bit. Some had changed a lot.

Windose? - NOT amateur radio

 My “old “ PC that was running Windows 10 will no longer allow me to log in. I think Microsoft wants me to upgrade to Windows 11 even though this PC will not support Windows 11. 

Later I shall go to the newer Windows PC and upgrade to Windows 11 and reinstall WSJT-X and see what happens. 

I have still to make a Linux distro on a flash disk. Having family these last few days has prevented me.

Sunspots - Thursday October 24th

 Solar flux is 185 and the SSN 104.  A=9 and K=2.