Flowers

My wife likes having flowers in the house. 

She bought these earlier.

6m 1W FT8 (Tuesday)

My gear was turned on at about 0950z.

UPDATE 0938z: Spotted by just 1 English station so far. Outside of the Es season, many abandon 6m.

UPDATE 1742z:  Spotted by 8 stations. I suspect some are aircraft reflections? Some may be Es. QRT soon.

10m 200mW WSPR (Tuesday)

My beacon was turned on at about 0850z.

UPDATE 1812z:  Spotted by 12 stations. QRT soon.

Autumn

According to the Met Office, September 1st is treated as the first day of autumn. 

I agree with this. To me autumn is September, October and November, with winter December, January and February. All seasons have their own beauty, although autumn has come early this year.

Sunspots - Tuesday September 1st

 Solar flux is 107 and the SSN 81. A=12 and K=1.

6m 1W FT8 (Monday)

My gear was turned on before breakfast.

UPDATE 1906z:  Spotted by 27 stations across Europe. QRT soon.

10m 200mW WSPR (Monday)

My beacon has been on since before breakfast.

UPDATE 1904z:  Spotted by 22 stations across Europe. QRT soon.

Sunspots - Monday August 31st

 Solar flux is 107 and the SSN 74. A=15 and K=3.

Amazing EV batteries - NOT in China

It looks like Hyundai has created an amazing battery at a plant in Georgia (USA I think). It charges fast and has a much longer life and does not need lithium. It does not significantly degrade at low temperatures. Oh, by the way, it is cheaper!

More on the ICOM IC-7110 transceiver

Waters and Stanton has a video introducing the ICOM IC-7110 transceiver. 

It looks like a replacement for the IC-7100. 

The European version includes 4m I understand.