Yesterday's University of the Third Age lecture was by a Cambridge professor on the ethical reasons for a basic wage. It was very good.
Perhaps surprisingly, trials around the world have shown that this increases people willing to work and makes sound economic sense. The professor was Guy Standing, who is well respected across the world.
We are lucky to have a huge selection of courses in Cambridge.
Next week the speaker will be Jonathan Porritt.
8 stations spotted me today on 10m WSPR with my 500mW WSPR beacon by W5OLF.
Recently, I attended a University of the Third Age lecture on China. There is little doubt that China will once again become a major world power in the 21st century.
There is always a tendency to judge China by western standards. In many ways we question their records on human rights. At the same time it was the UK that started the opium wars, and gun crime and treatment of ex-slaves in the USA is hardly great!
We have to be very careful not to judge by our western standards: we have been, and still are, far from perfect. Culturally, China differs from us in many ways. The Chinese are far from perfect, but so are we in the west.
It would be good if we could all strive for a better world, but not preaching as if we are perfect, when we in the west are not.
My favourite website for solar data usually updates early in the month. The last I heard was the forecast for the next solar peak was slightly better than the last peak. We seem to be slightly ahead of predictions. Solar activity forecasting is becoming better as time goes by, but predictions vary wildly.
This is a band I have not tried with the Wellgood active RX loop, so I am giving it a try. It has been on about 15 minutes and so far 39 stations spotted on RX. As far as I can tell, it works well.
UPDATE 1107z: 124 stations spotted with the furthermost BG0CHC (6142km).
UPDATE 1927z: 605 stations spotted today om 17m FT8 RX with the Wellgood active loop.
As an experiment I was on 137kHz WSPR overnight with the Wellgood active loop RX antenna, but spotted nobody!!
Yet again, I am puzzled how they do this for the price. Just over £193 pays for a 5W all mode SDR transceiver. You pay a little more for sh...
