• SFI = 181 A = 20 K = 2
• Flare : M2.9 @ 0741z - will condx be poor today?
• Period 1 : 2000z
• 30m Beacon : IZ3DVW/B 10129.5 - peaking S3 on meter. Strong signal : 2020z
• Replied to a CQ call sent by DL4YHF - “CQ TESTING INDOOR ANTENNA PSE K” - Wolf - nr. Bieldefeld - “we have worked before from club DF0WD a long time ago” - BVc - ~RCh
• CQ 30m
  • RBN Spots
    • 10115.5: SE5E OH6BG TF3Y SM7IUN ES2RR DM6EE DL0PF G4HSO OE9GHV G4IRN S53WW DL8LAS DC8YZ CT7ANO G4ZFE DJ2BC TF4M HB9DCO IK4VET DR4W EA5WU RN4WA DF2CK DO4DXA ON6ZQ DM5GG HB9BXE (+ 20 more)
  • Called by UB3B - Alex - Moscow - BVp / BVc - RSt
  • Replied to a CQ call sent by M7NDB - SKh - was strong, S9, and he came back to me and then faded away to NIL during his first over. Copied “op John qth Man….” and gone, nil, nada!
• Listened on 40m and heard a lot of CQ TEST from (mainly?) Spanish stations (2120z) - what contest? There's nothing listed on the WA7BNM Contest Calendar - where do all these contests come from?
• QSY to 60m
• CQ 60m 5260kHz
  • called by G0GZN - Lindy - Poole - BVp - RCh - discussed the heavy rain today, I apologized in case my Bug sounded like “a bag of spanners” and was told it didn't (phew!), her holiday in Cornwall and the Shetland TV Detective series.
  • I get worried using a bug with people who aren't “bug people” - they can be an acquired taste and when the “swing” is exaggerated can be very difficult to read unless “it's your thing”. I try to make my sending as “neutral” as possible, without hiding the fact that it's not from an electronic keyer - bland and homogenous. It's a fine line between “a fist with personality” and “speech impediment”!
• QSY 30m
• 30m heard Bug-Bug QSO between IK4EWX and OH2EA - for FOC “Bug Day”
• IK4EWX called CQ BUG DAY and was answered by a Russian station….. I waited and then called him myself
  • QSO IK4EWX (FOC?)- Ian - nr Ferrara - BVc/BVp - RCh - would love a longer chat when more time/less QSB & QRN - lots of Rain Static during QSO. Bug CW was “Music to my ears” - You Tube video potential….
  • https://youtu.be/Yko8YRwc4O8

• SFI = 203 A = 7 K = 3
• Flare : C5.8 @ 0031z

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• SFI = 214 A = 8 K = 1
• All stations seem to be quite weak on 40m, and 30m
• Period 1 10:10z
  • CQ 40m / 100W / BVp / 7200
    • RBN Spots
      • 7033.0 : MM0ZBH SE5E OH6BG DM6EE TF4M DF2CK G4HSO DL1HWS OE9GHV SM7IUN TF3Y MM3NDH DL8LAS G4ZFE PA0MBO DK9IP1
  • Bands seem to be almost dead now….
  • Solarham shows M6.9 Solar Flare at 08:55z…
  • DK0WCY : 10.144,0MHz is audible, no S-meter reading.
  • HB4FV/B : 10.133,5MHz is audible, no S-meter reading. https://www.qrz.com/db/HB4FV?aliasFrom=HB4FV/B
  • SA6RR : 10.131,0MHz is audible, no S-meter reading https://www.radiorud.se/fyren.php
  • CQ 30m / 100W / BVp / 7200
    • RBN Spots
      • 10119.4 : OH6BG TF4M TF3Y DM6EE SE5E DL1HWS DR4W OE9GHV OK1FCJ DF7GB DK9IP1 G4HSO
    • Called by DK7ZB - Mart - nr Kassel. BVp. ~RCh. “Age 77 QRV 55 YRS” - Very deep QSB down to zero signal towards the end - band unstable!