Iran war latest

To me, it would appear that the USA is looking to exit the Iran war believing it has won. Clearly in this asymmetric war Iran has emerged stronger than many expected. The damage to the world is immense. 

10m 3W FT8 (Sunday)

My gear was turned on at 0540z.

UPDATE 0922z: 10 spots of me and I have spotted 23. Clear signs of Es now. Currently RX only.

Sunspots - Sunday May 3rd

 Solar flux is 159 and the SSN 133. A=7 and K=3..

Joe Blogs video

These are mainly about economic matters. They are always informative.

Bedroom view

This was the view of the garden from the bedroom window yesterday. 

There are signs of new life everywhere.

10m 200mW WSPR (Saturday)

My beacon was turned on just after breakfast.

UPDATE 1942z: No spots of me today. Now QRT.

Sunspots - Saturday May 2nd

 Solar flux is 145 and the SSN 158. A=14 and K=2.

MLS prices

 Just now I opened the MLS email. Even a second hand FTX1-field was £1099!!! It's  amazing how expensive some gear now is. 

Now, each to their own and it is up to you to decide how you spend your money. It is worth remembering that lots of fun can be had for far less!

End-fed antennas

These are very popular antennas as they cover many bands and are fed from the end making them ideal for /P operation. 

As the end of the wire is often a very high impedance a transformer is needed to reduce this to closer to 50 ohms. 

I see there is a new video about an end fed long wire on the DX Explorer video channel.

10m 200mW WSPR (Friday)

My beacon was turned on just before breakfast.

UPDATE 0957z: Lots of spots of me by EA8BFK (2880km). Some are very strong with 19dB variation between the strongest and weakest report. Even the weakest has about 13dB in hand.