KONG51 Day Nine

There was a strong wind advisory for last night and early morning, and yes, it was windy first part of the night but nothing out of the ordinary for October - 15 m/s middle wind and gusting at 24 m/s. The temperature is quite stable at 3-4 Celsius, with occasional showers. So, this is as good as it gets this time of the year. And there's something soothing about falling asleep in a warm, cozy bed while the wind howls outside your bedroom window.

Blustery morning

Even more blustery morning

However, signal levels were low overnight, and the  weather-induced noise didn't make reception any better. Have a listen to this rain noise on 1450 (and all across the MW band) coming and going this morning. So, when the station of interest overnight is KGYM-IA 1600, there isn't much to brag about.

We went out early to alt-Loran to replace battery and SSD. It was dry when we were there, but huge ocean swells had developed during the night and I had a hard time keeping my eyes on the road instead of the nearby waves.

So, here's another photo from my living room window (same as the first one), with a low sun, taken at 13:30 local. Minutes later a hefty snow shower swept through the area.

Around that time another loaf of bread was done with satisfactory result.

Afternoon conditions towards Asia were poor as auroral conditions persist. The usual dominant on 1548, ABC Capricornia (AUS) has been demoted by a pirate unofficial station in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Nothing we can do, except make a good dinner! Today we chose a traditional Norwegian course from the Arctic coast, fried haddock loins with fried onions, potatoes, sour cream and shredded carrots, served with Kim Crawford white wine. For dessert: Chocolate pudding and custart. And.... Grappa.

Dinner!

This was in fact our last dinner at KONG51. Tomorrow Sunday we will drive into Berlevåg after collecting the alt-Loran beverage and treat ourselves in one of the best restaurants in this part of Norway.

We will definitely report back with pictures and a review. Having had serveral meals there before, I have no worries.

Final weather update today: Light winds, dry, 3 Celsius. Increasing wind and precipitation along with a bit cooler weather tomorrow afternoon.