Sunspots - Sunday August 9th

 Solar flux is 94 and the SSN 62. A=27 and K=2.

10m antenna

For 10m I use an EFHW at about 3m off the ground. It also has a low SWR on 17m , 15m, and 12m. 

It seems to work well.

You do NOT need big towers, high power or beams.

10m 200mW WSPR (Saturday)

 My beacon was turned on early this morning.

UPDATE 1550z: Spotted by 23 stations. Good Es.  Best is a spot from Israel.

Remote Scottish Islands

For some reason, remote islands have always fascinated me. This video describes 8 remote Scottish islands. 

Roswell - 1947

Call me a born skeptic, but I do not believe many of the sightings of UFOs are evidence of alien life. 

There have been many theories about what happened at Roswell, USA in the summer of 1947. Many conspiracy theories have emerged. This video may just be another.

What I do think is that there is very likely to be some form of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, although I am surprised that in over 60 years of looking (via SETI) we have found no evidence.

Ely for coffee

This morning we went to Ely. We had brunch in a cafe overlooking Ely Cathedral.

The photo shows the walk up to the cathedral.

10m 200mW WSPR yesterday

In all,  32 stations spotted me with 30 from the Canary Islands.

Sunspots - Saturday August 8th

 Solar flux is 97 and the SSN 72.  A=4 and K=0.

Neighbourhood Watch

In the UK we have a number of neighbourhood watch groups. 

Basically a community co-ordinator is told about any suspicious activity in the area and he circulates the information to neighbours. We have a good set of neighbours.

We had an informal gathering earlier this week.

10m 200mW WSPR (Friday)

My beacon was turned on at 0613z.

UPDATE 1533z:  So far, spotted by 47 European stations.