Sunspots - Monday June 2nd

 Solar flux is 140 and the SSN 97.  A=69 and K=5.

Gathering storm? - NOT amateur radio

In many ways we have been the fortunate generation. Certainly in the UK and USA we have avoided war, although we did live under a constant threat of nuclear war.

Now, we seem to be returning to the cycles of wars , that really serve no purpose at all. Yet again, greed comes to the fore. In many nations we seem to be ruled by idiots who have their eyes on other nations. Sadly, it appears human nature is to fight and not live in peace.

Most wars seem to be the result of some childhood trauma in the leaders.  It is a great pity that we cannot live in peace with our neighbours and put our efforts collectively for the benefit of the planet rather than weapons.

It is likely future world wars could be different from those in the 20th century. War is likely to involve cyber warfare and possibly biological warfare. Perhaps these will be countered by the MAD (mutually assured destruction) definition meaning "if you do it to us we can do it to you".

8m TX permit expired

Even though it wasn’t issued to me until far later, OFCOM said it had to run from when I applied!! Really “switched on” logic 😢.  £50 for far less than 12 months! OFCOM or OFCON?

I have now given up on 8m.

Delph End - NOT amateur radio

This property is one of the older ones in our village. I have no idea when it dates from. 

There is a mix of old and new properties in Burwell, UK.

Solar activity

At the start of each month I like to take stock of solar activity by looking at my favourite site for solar data. 

It still looks like were on the start of the slow decline, although we can expect HF conditions on the higher bands to be good for some time.

See https://www.solen.info/solar/ .

10m QRP WSPR (Sunday)

My 500mW beacon was turned on before breakfast.

UPDATE 1906z:  11 spots of me. All are probably via Es.

My impression is there are fewer people using WSPR these days. Even though I am using 10dB more power on 6m FT8, I am getting about 10 times more spots than on 10m WSPR.

Birthday - NOT amateur radio

 

Last week was our granddaughter’s birthday. We had some cake 🎂 in the garden.

6m QRP FT8 (Sunday)

 

My 5W was turned on before breakfast. So far, 19 stations have spotted me, many I guess via Es. See map created at 0830z.

UPDATE 1900z: 139 spots of me. I have spotted 186 here.

Sunspots - Sunday June 1st

 Solar flux is 150 and the SSN 96. A=126 and K=7.

AI and circuit design

For some time now software engineers have being using AI to generate code. It would appear that hardware designers could also use AI to design circuits. It would appear that AI is capable of doing everything as well as humans (and more?) , if trained.

The future is indeed scary. When we eventually meet intelligent life in outer space how do we know if it is conscious? 

Where will AI be on Earth in 50 years' time?