Something different

On Sunday, our local museum is holding its hugely popular classic car and bike day. This year they also have a tracked vehicle from the British Antarctic Survey.

See https://burwellmuseum.org.uk/ .

10m 200mW WSPR (Friday)

 My beacon has been on most of the morning.

UPDATE 1316z:  Spotted by just 1 PD station in the Netherlands. It looks like days on end of good 10m Es are drawing to a close. The usual pattern in that Es openings become far less frequent as the months progress. There is (for some reason) a small peak around New Year.

UPDATE 1628z:  Spotted by 3 stations. Not Es I think.

Sunspots - Friday August 14th

 Solar flux is 108 and the SSN 101. A=7 and K=2.

Eclipse

Yesterday evening we had a partial solar eclipse. In some places it was full, whereas here it was about 96%, which was quite a lot. 

I was very underwhelmed. 

In the full eclipse in 1999, it was very noticeable that it got darker. It went a bit darker, but not very dark. As we had no eclipse glasses, I used a kitchen colander. After all the hype, a bit of a damp squib.  

Cash or mobile internet?

In Russia there has been a move away from the digital economy to cash. 

My concern has always been that we rely on the internet more and more so that an internet outage here could cause real issues in the West too. Just imagine if we had no internet!

The issue in Russia is one of lack of trust.

10m 200mW WSPR (Thursday)

My beacon is on.

UPDATE 0917z:  17 stations have spotted me in the last hour - all in Europe.

Prior assumptions?

 This video is mainly about the UK,, but probably applies across the world. It argues that every politician should be asked about the assumptions they are making and are there alternatives.

10m 200mW through the night

 I left my beacon intentionally on again overnight. Plenty of spots again from Europe. 

Sunspots - Thursday August 13th

 Solar flux is 100 and the SSN=82. A=8 and K=2.

Is the USA failing these days?

In the world at large, the USA has, sadly, become the butt of jokes. It once was a super-power and envy of the world. At home in the USA gas prices remain high. I must admit that every USA person I have ever met has been kind and generous.