Solar flux is 90 and the SSN 36. A=10 and K=3.
31 Oct 2026
30 Oct 2026
The Iran war
It would appear the current US administration is threatening to ramp up the Iran war after the midterms.
If this is correct, I fear the outcome for the USA and the world would not be good.
Allegedly, stocks of weapons have been depleted and Iran is likely to retaliate, dragging the USA in even deeper.
I am no military strategist but I cannot see any good resulting.
Changing habits
SSB seems less popular on HF with modes like FT8 becoming far more popular.
In the long term people like me years ago would not accidentally find amateur radio. My first experience of amateur radio was accidentally coming across local amateurs on 160m AM on a crystal set .
In future, potential radio amateurs will come to the hobby by different routes … or not at all!!
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.
29 Oct 2026
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.
28 Oct 2026
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!!
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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.
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