Wednesday plans

 This evening is the 2m FT8 activity contest which I shall take part in. During the day I shall probably go on 6m QRP FT8 and 10m QRP WSPR.

Sunspots - Wednesday August 6th

 Solar flux is 157 and the SSN 120. A=10 and K=2.

Badger sett?

 This afternoon we went for a walk. This hole in the ground was about 40cm across, far too big to be a rabbit hole.Badger sett?

Out of touch?

The latest thing from Google Adsense is about a webinar. Now I have absolutely no idea what they are talking about! Perhaps it means something to people still in work.

It proudly states: 

Why accessibility is your next big UI/UX opportunity

10m 500mW WSPR (Tuesday)

 My beacon has been on since about 0845z.

UPDATE  1210z:  7 stations have spotted me, most presumably Es.

6m 2W FT8 (Tuesday)

My IC-705 at 2W FT8 to the V2000 vertical was turned on at about 0845z.

UPDATE 1730z:  So far, 116 stations have spotted me. Plenty of Es still.

Valve TX

 

This was a modern build of an old design that I saw on the internet. It was NOT my build!!

Sunspots - Tuesday August 5th

Solar  flux is 142 and the SSN 86. A=8 and K=2.

10m 1W FT8 (Monday)

My IC-705 is turned on at just 1W FT8. My antenna is still a low end-fed.

UPDATE 1322z:  So far, 157 stations have spotted me and I have spotted 201 stations. The map shows the stations that had spotted me at 1322z.

UPDATE  1426z: Doh!! Guess who forgot to turn on the PSU?  So actually I was running 500mW and not 1W. Now at 1W FT8. 174 stations have spotted me.

UPDATE  2047z:  380 stations have spotted my 1W or less 10m FT8 today on 4 continents. QRT. The map shows the stations spotting me today.

Bee

This  bee 🐝 was on the edge of one of our windows yesterday.