Sunspots - Thursday July 11th 2019

Solar flux is 67 today and the SSN 0.  A=4 and K=0.

St Malo, Brittany - NOT amateur radio

The picture shows some of the boats in the harbour this morning.

Sunspots - Wednesday July 10th 2019

Solar flux is 67 and the SSN 0. A=4 and K =0.

Brittany - NOT amateur radio

This is the house where we are staying for a few days with our son's in-laws.

70cm UKAC

A reminder that the 70cm UKAC activity contest is on now.

Sunspots - Tuesday July 9th 2019

Solar flux is 67 and the SSN 0.  A=9 and K=3.

6m FT8 today

Yet again, I am on 6m FT8 RX at the moment. There are lots of EU stations being spotted by Es. As yet, no "real DX"  being spotted here. At the moment, my small system is not copying as much (30 stations) as I did with JT65. My antenna is just the V2000 omni vertical fed with CB coax.

UPDATE 1709z: Now 101 stations spotted on 6m FT8 RX today.

Micronations - NOT amateur radio

Yesterday I discovered the Savage Islands.  Today I have discovered that there is a Wiki about small nations. Some appear to have been created by cranks. Fun to read!

See https://micronations/wiki

Sunspots - Monday July 8th 2019

Solar flux is 67 and the SSN 12.  A=5 and K=3.

Savage Islands - NOT amateur radio

Until a chance finding on Google I never know these islands existed! I am not sure if these are the Dry Salvages (the English name) in T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets". I had always thought these were off the N.E. USA.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Islands

Later, I consulted Wikipedia and confirmed that T.S.Eliot was referring to a rock formation off Cape Ann, Massachusetts.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dry_Salvages