Autumn

Our ornamental cherry in our back garden has lost most of its leaves . It will be leafless until the spring.

160m FT8 overnight

 3 USA stations spotted overnight. Best was N0BUZ  (7147km). Overall 336 stations spotted in the last day and night.

Meshcore or Meshtastic?

As mentioned before "off grid" mesh networking is becoming popular, but is like the internet 30 years ago in that it is in its infancy.

It is my view that it will mature and one OS will dominate. I suspect the next 2 years will see which one dominates. 

Around here I think Meshcore is dominating in our radio club (CDARC), but I am not sure in general.

At the moment, I am watching from the sidelines.

Sunspots- Sunday November 15th

 Solar flux is 124 and the SSN 121.  A=4 and K=1.

160m FT8 RX (Saturday)

 My 160m FT8  receiver was turned on early evening. I hope to stay on overnight again.

 UPDATE 2220z:  So far I have spotted 205 stations with the best RW9LL (4058km) in Asiatic Russia.

London after the Romans

Some AI recreations are amazing. This is an attempt to recreate life in London in AD 450.  No doubt their are many errors but in many ways it is a good go.

160m FT8 RX overnight

Overnight I monitored 160m FT8 RX.  In all, 264 stations were spotted with the best RV0AR (5577km) in Asiatic Russia.

10m 1W FT8 (Saturday)

 My gear was turned on just before breakfast.

UPDATE 0930z: So far, spotted by  17 stations. Most look like F2 propagation.

10m AM natterbox

About 14 years ago I was developing a natterbox for local QSOs on 10m . The receiver was bread-boarded and there is a video showing this.

Then my stroke got in the way and development stopped.

Sunspots - Saturday November 14th

 Solar flux is 119 and the SSN 118. A=4 and K=0.