Updated the Club Log gateway (the power tool for real time uploads, with edits/deletes and satellite link efficiency built in). Squashed some TCP deadlocks and also improved the debug mode to make failures easy to debug. Also sorted kHz/MHz units from N1MM clublog.freshdesk.com/support/solu...

A spot of moonlight - indistinguishable from sunlight it seems to me. Except the stars give it away!

Tried a simple light pollution filter. It claims to reduce wavelengths that give a muddy beige cast. I'd say the result ooks pretty good - the glow is from the nearest town. Handy when conditions and location are less than ideal, but about a stop darker than the lens 24mm/f1.4 500ISO 8s

2025-10-17 → 2025-11-01: ░░░░░░▓░░░░░░░░ SSB 41.8% ░░░░░░▓░░░░░░░░ FT8 41.5% ░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ CW 7.8% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ FT4 6.4% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ RTTY 2.0% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Other 0.5%

HF DX band conditions and 24h forecast powered by AI, always on https://grafana.gafner.net/goto/xBW9YOWDg?orgId=1 #hamradio #HFPropagation

Weekly DX report updated: https://clublog.org/dxreport.html

Getting ready for the cqww cw. Here is the view of the pj4a antennas from one of the rx antenna sites.

Club Log Most Wanted list updated: https://clublog.org/mostwanted.php

Just ported @ryanfeigenbaum.com's amazing color logic into a standalone, MIT-licensed library. Perceptually uniform palettes for your next generative art or design project. 🎨 meodai.github.io/pro-color-ha...

Weekly DX report updated: https://clublog.org/dxreport.html

Cloudlog 2.8.0 is now available with multi-user logbook sharing, improved dx cluster tools and other minor fixes read the release info at github.com/magicbug/Clo...

10m band DX today and tomorrow's forecast #hamradio #hfpropagation

GOES-18 setup, software/hardware. The basic gear is from @Nooelec: antenna, cabling, LNA, SDR. Raspberry Pi computer running GOEStools (in the green box) handles decoding and processing. The two black windows show signal quality monitoring (L) and image processing (R). Filezilla for file transfers.

Two views of the church, very different lighting ☀️🌒

2025-10-01 → 2025-10-16: ░░░░░░░░░▓░░░░░ FT8 64.3% ░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ SSB 13.3% ░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ CW 12.3% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ FT4 6.6% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ RTTY 2.5% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Other 1.0%

Hey! Did you know that I'm beta-testing a new app for ham radio operators? It has call sign lookup, live spots, band conditions, and handy references. You can join the beta for free here: testflight.apple.com/join/4K2TBGSx #QRV #amateurRadio #hamradio

Club Log Most Wanted list updated: https://clublog.org/mostwanted.php

Wanna be a ham (radio operator)? You can - now with a new ARRL 2-day online course, which will take place December 20 - 21, 2025. www.arrl.org/news/arrl-in...

Autumn coming to its peak here - beautiful sunshine for November in the UK

Standing next to the Thomas Tompion clock (c. 1690) in the Fitzwilliam Museum. He is known as the 'father of English clockmaking'. It has a complex astrolab and a 24 hour chapter ring. A milestone object in the history of time keeping - simply priceless.

Installing HamClock... HamClock is an amazing piece of software. And it is free. It works best, and most reliably, on a Raspberry Pi. However, the Pi installation is a bit of a hurdle for some. Here's one of the best step-by-step guides for installing HamClock. qso365.co.uk/2024/05/how-...

2025-09-17 → 2025-10-02: ░░░░░░░▓░░░░░░░ FT8 52.6% ░░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░ RTTY 14.7% ░░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░ CW 13.4% ░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ SSB 11.3% ░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ FT4 7.2% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Other 0.8%

Common buzzard seen today - beautiful birds, getting pretty numerous

HD8G -Galapagos has now uploaded to LOTW from their April adventures.

Not too many meteors, but a nice image of the Milky Way and I see Andromeda in there, too (taken with a 14mm f1.8 + Sony A7R, for those interested!)

Accidental comet capture in this 14mm view...it's bright! I'll be hoping for clear skies tonight for the Orionids.

I created an interactive Grafana dashboard showing the (in)operational Status of worldwide Ionosondes. Updated twice a day grafana.gafner.net/d/bf1mba4zm0... #hamradio #spacewx #hfpropagation

Ella, my beautiful beagle (also known as Club Dog) finally left us today, after nearly 16 amazing years. She was one of the most charming and loving hounds you could ever hope to meet. I shall miss her terribly. She enriched my life every day as my constant companion. Good bye, little one. ❤️

FW5K expedition/special call added to Club Log https://clublog.org/charts/?c=FW5K

OPENING THE LOGBOOK - OCTOBER 1971 A new series, looking at shortwave radio activities from the past. Today, we go back in time 54 years to October 1971. medxr.blogspot.com/2025/10/open...

New blog post about all the changes made to Club Log in the last few months: g7vjr.org/2025/10/club...

PSK31✊PSK31✊PSK31✊ It has history, and culture and even big ole physical teletype machines which are way cool. Back 2010 before licenced, i eventually got my Dragon 32 decoding the German WX RTTY. My First Iceland and Costa Rica QSO were RTTY with 10w. I still don't love RTTY.

2025-08-31 → 2025-09-15: ░░░░░░░░░░▓░░░░ FT8 67.6% ░░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░ SSB 14.0% ░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ CW 9.5% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ FT4 6.0% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ RTTY 1.8% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Other 1.1%

NEWS: Launched an ADIF → Cabrillo Converter, a lightweight, single-file HTML/JS/CSS tool that runs 100% in your browser. Drag & drop (or browse) your ADIF file, click “Process,” then preview and download a Cabrillo log — no installations, no servers, no data leaks. 👉 github.com/OH6BG/OH6BG-...

M8/M9 now available for intermediate licence holders…

Weekly DX report updated: https://clublog.org/dxreport.html

wow this is pretty cool @clublog.org !!

5K0UA expedition/special call added to Club Log https://clublog.org/charts/?c=5K0UA

2025-08-17 → 2025-09-01: ░░░░░░░░░░▓░░░░ FT8 67.4% ░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ CW 11.0% ░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ SSB 10.7% ░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ FT4 8.3% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ RTTY 1.2% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Other 1.4%

One more enhancement (for the most popular livestreams) - some live graphs of what's going in. clublog.org/livestreams....

TX9W expedition/special call added to Club Log https://clublog.org/charts/?c=TX9W

⚠️ Club Log account sign-ups now require an invitation from an existing user. You can get invite codes from the 'Settings' page to help a friend who is just signing up for the first time. This change prevents automation abuse and bots with no association with the hobby affecting the site

VP2MAA expedition/special call added to Club Log https://clublog.org/charts/?c=VP2MAA

PJ6Y expedition/special call added to Club Log https://clublog.org/charts/?c=PJ6Y

Refactoring PHP to Go is always so satisfying. Feels like a 1000x leap every time 😎

E51MWA expedition/special call added to Club Log https://clublog.org/charts/?c=E51MWA

ADIF Spec 3.1.6 has been approved. You can read about the changes at adif.org.uk/316/ADIF_316... The next Cloudlog release will have full support for it.

Added a neat little client connections counter to livestreams:

2025-08-01 → 2025-08-16: ░░░░░░░░░▓░░░░░ FT8 64.6% ░░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░ CW 17.4% ░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ SSB 11.0% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ FT4 5.6% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Other 1.4%

Looking into protobuf as a new client/server backbone for the Club Log realtime gateway, and maybe livestreams