Quantum theory and life - NOT amateur radio

One of the counter intuitive aspects of quantum mechanics is that things may be described as a wave function that exists in all space and all time. Things most probably exist in the here and now. Our usual interpretation is that we are here "now". 

Oddly tunnel diodes only work because of quantum mechanical tunnelling. There is a finite probability that some electrons exist where they would not with Newtonian mechanics.

It occurs to me that this also applies to life. We may exist in all space and all time. This is definitely counter-intuitive! We may be aware of us being here, now.   But perhaps we are everywhere, for ever.

Whatever, we really understand so very little.

Sunspots- Monday July 7th

 Solar flux is 118 and the SSN 81. A=26 and K=4..

10m QRP WSPR (Sunday)

My beacon was turned on at about 1635z.

UPDATE 1911z: 6 stations have spotted me.

6m QRP FT8 (Sunday)

As the storms seem far away I have turned on my IC-705 at 5W at about 1635z.

UPDATE 1910z:  178 spots of my QRP so far. 

Receiving SAQ CW on 17.2 kHz VLF

This is a video about receiving the 100th anniversary transmission message in eastern Europe from SAQ in Sweden.

I did this some years ago and have a QSL card from them (see photo).

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/vlf/vlf-converter .

Blog views - NOT amateur radio

According to Google I have had huge numbers of visits to this blog. The trouble is I am sure this is total piffle! 

If I got a tenth of these I would be amazed.  

Perhaps they have a new way of calculating. Maybe it is just an error, again.

Coastal train - NOT amateur radio

Last week I went by train to see my brother in Devon. For several miles, the track hugs the coast near Dawlish and Teignmouth and the views are spectacular. 

In the next 100 years this will probably be washed away. The line to Plymouth and Cornwall will probably have to go inland, north of Dartmoor at great expense.  Stations like Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot and Totnes could well suffer.

Thunder and lightning?

At 1111z today

As storms are forecast for later, I have decided not to go on the radio today. I shall keep an eye on the lightning maps (see photo).

At the moment, they are tracking further south and east.

Rabbit hole? - NOT amateur radio

 

On our walk on Friday we saw this hole. It is too small for a badger so I assume it’s a rabbit hole. 

I could see it extended at least 25cm underground although I could not see further.

Hamsphere

Virtual amateur radio has never really attracted me. 

If people cannot erect outside antennas or just want to keep in contact with others, this may be the answer. Also, at the bottom of the solar cycle it may appeal to me more.

Hamsphere uses the internet as the communications medium rather than the ionosphere. To my mind it is not sufficient. I prefer experimenting.

See https://hs50.hamsphere.com/ .