15 Sept 2020

Sunspots - Tuesday September 15th 2020

 Solar flux is 69 and the SSN 0. A=11 and K =3.

14 Sept 2020

Old fashioned seaside holiday - NOT amateur radio


The photo shows the ice-cream my wife bought for just £1 in Cromer earlier. 

Cromer Crab Lunch - NOT amateur radio


Lunch today was Cromer crab as the photo shows. It was very good. 

Solar predictions

The forecasts for the next solar cycle maximum varies from smaller than the last cycle to a huge high! All we can say is no-one really knows. I hope it is a decent one. 

Narrow band TV

We have a very diverse hobby and there is only so much we can enjoy. One of my interests, although I have never tried it, is narrow band TV. This is how the first TV was sent with 30 lines on ordinary radio channels. These days there are digital scan converters to make NBTV from wideband signals. There certainly used to be a net on 80m where NBTV was sent. I suspect there are systems and software that allows NBTV to be watched on a PC. 

Warning! NOT amateur radio


This photo appeared as a FB memory today. It is 10 years old. I remember being amused at the time and thinking people at the time would be pleased they did not drink!! :-) 

Gnarled tree - NOT amateur radio

The photo shows a tree in Sheringham Country Park yesterday. The red berries are on a different plant. 

Still no sunspots!

For several weeks now we have had no sunspots. By now I was expecting a few. It is not uncommon for this to happen, but we have seen no significant unturn yet. 

Where I come from - NOT amateur radio

This aerial photo shows where I was brought up as a child - Salcombe, Devon. 

Sunspots - Monday September 14th 2020

 Solar flux is 70 and the SSN 0. A=6 and K=3.