Sunspots - Thursday August 21st

 Solar flux is 120 and the SSN 59. A=13 and K=2.

End of Es season?

Today was very quiet here on 10m WSPR and 6m FT8 with very few Europeans spotting me. 

The impression is we are coming to the end of the Es "season". There may still be good days but these will become less often and less widespread. Es is always fun whilst it lasts.

Gmail issues?

Both my wife and I are well within our space allocations of 100G for Google. 

These last few days my wife has had issues with sub-mailboxes of Gmail either appearing very briefly or having nothing in them. 

Some years ago I have a similar issue. In my case these sub-folders came back quite quickly. It is the same on 3 PCs so is definitely NOT a local problem at our end.

I am wondering if others have ever experienced this? 

It is a bit worrying when these mail folders contain some vital information that cannot be seen.

Sunspots - Wednesday August 20th

 Solar flux is 116 and the SSN 36. A=19 and K=4.

10m 500mW WSPR (Tuesday)

 My beacon was turned on late this morning. So far just spotted by one station in Switzerland.

UPDATE 1353z: As we get later in the summer any Es gets more patchy and less extensive. Yesterday was good, whereas today I have had only one spot that might have been Es. V51RS (8481km) often spots me. I guess this is F2/TEP.

6m 5W FT8 (Tuesday)

My 5W was turned on late morning. 20 stations have spotted me.

Neighbour's roses

 

These are just outside our neighbour’s front door.

10m 500mW WSPR yesterday

 In all, 69 stations spotted me yesterday. Most look like Es. This was one of my best days on 10m Es.

6m QRP FT8 yesterday

My 5W 6m FT8 to the V2000 vertical omni antenna was heard all over Europe and in North and South America. In all, 566 stations spotted me.

Sunspots - Tuesday August 19th

 Solar flux is 114 and the SSN 73. A=7 and K=3.