17 May 2025

6m 6W FT8 (Saturday)

My gear was turned on at  0837z. Already spotted by 15 stations including one in Portugal. 

UPDATE 1612z : 116 stations have spotted me today. See map. 

10m WSPR (Saturday)

 My 500mW beacon was turned on at  0836z.

UPDATE 0906z: Spotted by 1 Austrian  station. It's interesting that this station has spotted me 10 times  but not a single spot  from central Europe on 6m FT8. 

UPDATE 1521z: 19 stations have spotted me today. 

Sunspots - Saturday May 17th

 Solar flux is 117 and the SSN 57. A=39 and K=3.

16 May 2025

10m 500mW WSPR ( Friday)

My little beacon has been on most of the day with no spots. Maybe something is wrong?

UPDATE 1550z:  As far as I can see everything is correct. Reset the time sync..

6m QRP FT8 (Friday)

My 6W FT8 has been on much of the day .

UPDATE 1616z: So far today spotted by 75 stations with the furthest Israel. See map. 

Lunch out - NOT amateur radio

 We had lunch out in Ely today. My wife had a healthy starter, but mine was less so 😉.

Sunspots - Friday May 16th

 Solar flux is 119 and the SSN 45. A=13 and  K=3.

15 May 2025

Human consciousness - NOT amateur radio

Death puzzles me. 

When we die we no longer have brain cells so whatever makes us who we are no longer exists . We really know so little. 

Indeed I cannot know if anyone really exists! To me,  time is real and  passes, but I have no way to tell if this is there for those  other than me! 

Maybe  the whole universe is just in my head and is unique to everyone. 

Do we really have memories or are we just programmed to think we have  memories?

Maybe I think too much!

Anglesey Abbey - NOT amateur radio

Yesterday we went to Anglesey Abbey near Cambridge for a walk around the grounds.  

This is the house. 

The grounds are extensive. 

10m QRP WSPR (Thursday)

 My 500mW beacon was turned on at 0800z. 

UPDATE 0814z: No spots. 


UPDATE 2206z: 15 stations have spotted me today.  Now QRT.