Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

This was the sunset last night taken through the windscreen of a moving car.

Although the winter solstice is before Christmas, it is early January before the mornings start to get lighter here. Evenings are already ab...

Although the mornings get a little darker here until later next week, the evenings are already a little lighter. According to  https://www....

The sunset in the west last night in Devon. The island is Burgh Island, made famous by Agatha Christie. King Edward VIII and Wallace Sim...

As we drove back from Ely we were treated to a great sunset. This photo was taken from our moving car. It is quite flat in the Fens, but w...

In the UK we are blessed with seasons. In mid-winter it is dark at 4pm, but in mid-summer it is light until 10pm. Every season has somethi...

Although mornings get darker until early January the sunset gets later from December 18th here. Winter Solstice is Dec 21st. At first the...

The sun setting in the west last night. Note the reflection in the museum window. We are very lucky to have a windmill literally "ove...

We are at the "pits" end of the year as far as sunlight is concerned, but the evenings start to get lighter from mid December eve...

Today's sunspot number is a respectable 154 and 10m propagation is expected to be "good". Already, my 500mW 10m WSPR-AXE-CW be...

 See  http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunrise.html  . If you are like me, you want to know when the sun rises and sets locally. Thi...