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.

6m 1W FT8 (Sunday)

 My gear should be on at about 0915z.

UPDATE 1335z:  Gear turned on at 0936z.  14 stations spotting me.

Snapseed experiments

Snapseed is an app for photo editing. 

This is one of the effects on what (I think) is a cedar rose, a sort of fir cone.

See https::/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapseed

10m 200mW WSPR (Sunday)

At about 0900z, I expect to turn my beacon on. 

UPDATE  1815z:  Beacon turned on at 0636z. Spotted by 25 stations.

Sunspots - Sunday August 30th

 Solar flux is 111 and the SSN 73. A=17 and K=2.