Local walk

The photo was of the nearby village of Lode. 

We went there for a walk this morning. 

This used to be on the bus route, but it now bypasses it on the way to Cambridge.

The Es season

At the moment the Es season in the Northern Hemisphere is still good.  

In my experience it peaks May, June and July but continues with less force into August and even September. As time progresses the openings get fewer and fewer.

Usually Es means short skip on 10m, 6m and 4m, and even 2m at rare times. 

We also see far more distant E openings, but I am less sure about the mechanism: some may be multi-hop Es, but I am sure some must be some sort of chordal hop E layer. Maybe this is more common in the Es season?

Even better EVs?

 It looks like electric vehicles are getting better and better.

Trump running in 2028?

The USA constitution prevents a president running for office more than 2 times. Sadly, Trump and his friends could change this so this could happen.

10m 200mW WSPR (Thursday)

 As mentioned before, my beacon was already on.

UPDATE 0901z: So far today, 33 stations have spotted me. Good Es.

UPDATE 1127z: 10m opened to the USA again. 37 stations have spotted me today.

6m 1W FT8 (Thursday)

 My gear was turned on at about 0851z.

UPDATE  0856z: So far, 5 spots with some Es.

10m 200mW WSPR overnight

 As an experiment, I left my beacon running (suitably supervised) overnight. Quite surprised to get several spots at daft times!

Sunspots - Thursday July 30th

 Solar flux is 143 and the SSN 123. A=5 and 1.

Trump and his friends

 This was the latest Trump Report.

15m FT8 RX (Wednesday)

 For a change, I QSYed to 15m FT8 RX at about 1545z.