More earthmode experiments

 This was in 2011 when I was fitter and went out in the Fens to see to see where my 5W reached. 6km was reached but much further would be possible… then I had a stroke 🥴

Sunspots - Saturday August 16th

 Solar flux is 123 and the SSN 168. A=7 and K=2.

Sunspots - Friday August 15th

 Solar flux is 123 and the SSN 170 . A=8 and K=2 . 

Old QSL cards

Looking through some old photos I chanced on 79 old USA QSL cards. I must have downloaded these years ago. I can’t remember where they were from. This one dates from 1934 .

Unless I missed it, I can’t see the band? 🤔

Football mad?

Last year Liverpool FC were crowned champions in the UK. This is Anfield where they play their home matches.

Radio changing

 Already some countries have switched off Band II FM radio totally and there are far fewer shortwave stations with English language broadcasts. 

Many people do not receive realtime broadcasts preferring to select what they want to receive when they want from services such as iPlayer, Amazon Prime or Netflix. Much of what they want is via the internet rather than “over the air“. 

What is clear is that things are changing. 

Sunrise over Iraq

My  grandson took this shot out of an airplane window of the sunrise somewhere over Turkey or Iraq.

Sunspots- Thursday August 14th

 Solar flux is 140 and the SSN 157. A=15 and K=2.

Echolink

 I am not a great fan of EchoLink but chanced upon GB3HN-R which seems to link many repeaters (?) connected by Hublink. Every time I have connected it has been busy.

Sunspots - Wednesday August 13th

Solar flux is 140 and the SSN 152. A-=15 and K=3.