Cambridge - NOT amateur radio

 

We live quite close to the university town (or is it a city?) of Cambridge. Usually visitors come from all over the world to see what we can see every day for nothing. It is all too easy to take it for granted.

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/non-amateur-radio/cambridge .

10m WSPR TX with 500mW (Wednesday)

It is now 0835z and I have been active for about 20 minutes. Much to my surprise, spotted by OH6BG and a couple of Germans already, presumably Es.

UPDATE 1020z: 26 spots of me so far today on 10m WSPR.

UPDATE 1252z: 33 spots of me so far today.

6m FT8 RX (Wednesday)

It  is now 0830z. I have been active (V2000 omni antenna) for about 15 minutes. So far just a couple of Gs spotted. No Es evident yet.

UPDATE 1025z:  153 stations spotted with the furthermost 4X1TI (3633km).

UPDATE 1255z:  313 stations spotted today. Most by Es.

OFCOM mobile licences

OFCOM has proposed some changes to mobile licences at 800MHz. See the OFCOM website for more details.

Sunspots - Wednesday July 14th 2021

 Solar flux is 72 and the SSN 11. A=5 and K=1.

UK Home Secretary under fire

UK Home Secretary, Pity Patel, is under fire for her views on race. I have seen better Home Secretaries. The UK Prime Minister seems determined to keep her. I could not possibly comment.

See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57778668 . 

10m WSPR TX with 500mW (Tuesday)

For about 10 minutes (it is now 0753z) I have been on 10m WSPR. 2 spots of me already by OH6BG (1718km). 

UPDATE 0902z: This stations has now spotted me 13 times. It is interesting how my slight drift (4Hz) drops to 0Hz after about 20 minutes as the frequency settles. No other spots today so far.

UPDATE 1043z:  OH6BG has spotted me 27 times this morning, although nobody else has.

6m FT8 (Tuesday)

Apart from a very brief period on TX (with the V2000 omni vertical and 2.5W) - furthermost northern Sweden, I have been on RX only. So far (at 0748z) I have spotted 9 stations across Europe, presumably by Es.

UPDATE 0812z:  20 stations so far spotted here on 6m FT8 RX with the furthermost EB8AC (2930km).

UPDATE 1029z:  53 spots on RX so far with furthermost 4Z1UF (3580km). The latter looks like 2 hop Es.

UPDATE 1046z:  58 stations in 3 continents spotted so far today on 6m FT8 RX.

UPDATE 2047z:  293 stations spotted on 6m in the last day including the USA and the Caribbean.

Church path - NOT amateur radio

We have 5 paths up to the church. This is one of them. I see that I am on the photo too! Only just noticed. 

Windmill 2018 - NOT amateur radio

This photo was taken in 2018. It shows the windmill next door in July at 10.10pm. The evenings have already started to get darker.