Emissions from a Beam Tetrode's cathode - The Wind

    We've had gale force winds with intermittent rain for most of the night. The noise has been horrendous, the sleep, little.
Surpriisnigly there's little timber been shed from the local trees. They're obviously all in good health. I've been up since about 5 o'clock. Read the e-mail, updated the web site, had brekkie and played with the dog. The wind has abated somewhat but it's still rather rather blustery.

    Weather permitting, I've got an antenna to construct this weekend. A 7 metre long folded dipole, vertically mounted, fed a third the way up from the bottom. Should be good for 7-30MHzish. It'll be supported on an 8 metre fishing pole. Got to get the portable gear ready for the upcoming camping season.

    Received a film scanner yesterday. Slightly late chrissy present from Cynda. Can go through a large folder of negatives and several boxes of slides for incriminating pictures for the web site. No telling who may appear in public in the near future.

    Postman's just called. Delivered a 2lb fruit cake from the mother-in-law in the US. Only 3780 calories (the cake, not the mother in law!), should go down a treat with a couple of pints of beer.   Thanks Connie.

Cynda  applied for a job yesterday. Part time receptionist at our local health trust offices. Let's hope not too many others apply for it.