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=3.

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.

Paddy’s wigwam

 

This is the name given to the Roman Catholic cathedral in Liverpool. From the outside it is a fairly boring round concrete building (hence the name) but inside the light and colour are amazing.

Perseid meteor shower

This peaks tonight I think. Often meteor showers are linked to good VHF propagation due to their ionised trails . Often signals are brief but strong.

Liverpool Lime Street railway station

 Most years we spend a few days with our best man (1971!!) who lives near  Liverpool. The photo is Liverpool Lime Street station . I 

Anglesey Abbey near Cambridge

 We go here for a walk every few weeks.