British Summer Time

This is 1 hour ahead of GMT meaning we get lighter evenings. It changed last night. I think it was first created in WW2 so farmers had light in the evenings to grow food. It always takes me a few weeks to get used to BST rather than GMT .

Sunspots- Sunday March 29th

Solar flux is 162 and the SSN 116. A=10 and K=3.

10m 200mW WSPR (Saturday)

My beacon is on.

UPDATE 1318z:  Spotted by 5 stations.

Trump Report

These videos are on most days I think. Usually some high profile people are interviewed. 

Does he know his plan?

One could be forgiven for thinking the US President does not fully appreciate the implications of the war in Iran. 

Maybe I am totally wrong and there is some incredible plan being enacted. After all, I am a minion not privy to intelligence and security briefs.

These facts are clear already:

1.  Inflation is likely to rise across the world including in the USA.

2.  Many (most?) face shortages of fuel and many other things.

3.  This is an asymmetric war between those with power and those with certain levers.

4.  Many innocent people will suffer.

10m 200mW WSPR to Antarctica (Thursday)

Yesterday my tiny WSPR beacon was copied in Antarctica 11 times in 12 hours. I think this is a record.

Sunspots - Saturday March 28th

 Solar flux is 156 and the SSN 152. A=6 and K=2.

Joe Blogs videos

 

These videos are on YouTube and are very informative.

Sibling reunions

My wife's elder brother died last November and we have her remaining brother staying with us with his wife for a few days. 

He is 80 in a few weeks so my wife made him a present of photos from our sibling reunions which we managed to hold every year for 22 years.

The photo shows my wife's brother holding the photo with my wife and I.

Wood spurge?

Most definitely I am not a plant expert. When it comes to trees, I am even worse! 

This plant, about 2cms across each flower head, was seen at Anglesey Abbey earlier. I think it is called wood spurge.