Wednesday 17th Dec 2025

 Space Weather
SFI = 118
K index = 3

Turned the radio on just after 0000 UTC (10am my time) and the only band working at the time was 15m. Heard a couple of JA's talking and then a Korean station calling CQ. I tried calling back but he didn't hear me. Later I tried again at around 0515 UTC on 20m and could just hear Gerard (VK2IO/P) working WWFF/ POTA down in NSW. He was right in the noise. Grabbing the paddle, I gave a quick answer and thanks goodness I got him.
Switching back up to 15m the band was quiet, so I gave a quick CQ to see if the RBN would pick me up and suddenly I got into a small pileup. Toshikiyo (JA0RUG)  came back followed by Karunya (YD2UWF) and then finally Yutaka (JH4PUS). 
Thanks for the Card Tosh.
That was fun for a few minutes. The QRP streak continues