Endings

 Like many, I find endings hard: life goes on along without much change and suddenly something is different. It may be something small or big, but things are different and we have to adapt. In truth, we are always in a state of flux and are always having to adjust. This is life.

Sunspots- Friday October 30th

Solar  flux is 89 and the SSN 22. A=4 and K=1.

Broadstairs, Kent

 Our younger son drove us to Broadstairs in Kent. This is an old fashioned seaside town .  We were blessed with mild, sunny weather . Charles Dickens lived here at one time.

Sunspots - Thursday October 29th

 Solar flux is 93 and the SSN 12. A=7 and K=2.

Smart phones

 I often think what my father would have said about life today. He died in 1987 and had no knowledge of the internet or smartphones!  On a train journey now most people are on their phones!!

That season

 

It's that season when we see lots of fungi in the UK.

At last - 160m FT8 transatlantic

 As usual, I was on 160m FT8 RX last evening and overnight with the IC-705 and the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground.

UPDATE 0942z:  In all, 366 stations spotted including 3 from the USA. Best was  NE6I (8778km). See map of stations spotted here.

Sunspots - Wednesday October 28yth

 Solar flux is 89 and the SSN 25.  A=6 and K=2.

The world order

 We live in changing times. In many cases there is a backlash to the right wing parties.

POTA

In the USA, POTA is very popular. The video shows an operator on a POTA activation trying out a new antenna.