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.

ICOM IC-7110 revealed

It looks like ICOM have a competitor for the Yaesu FTX 1. It is a 100W radio with a separate head and covers HF, VHF and UHF. 

I have no idea about price and availability yet.  

It was announced at the Tokyo Ham Fair. 

In my view it could really compete with the Yaesu unit at the right price.  Even I am tempted. It looks like an IC-7100 successor, so expect 4m in the European version.

10m 200mW WSPR (Saturday)

My beacon was turned on just after breakfast.

UPDATE 1809z:  Spotted by 11 stations.