The BBC reports that Russia has fined Google for spreading "fake news" about the "special operation" in Ukraine. Outside Russia it is called war, although by tight control of the media, most Russians are unaware.
I am puzzled why Russia is carrying out such aggression against people who (were) so close. It is clear that most in Ukraine hate Russia now and Mr Putin has even more countries now wanting to join NATO. Such aggression has no place in the 21st century.
Why?
For the last few minutes. I have been on 10m FT8 QRP with the FT817. It is like a different band. Already, I have been spotted by 19 stations. On RX several South Americans spotted.
UPDATE 1945z: Spotted by 24 stations so far on 10m FT8 QRP. All these were in Europe apart from 1 in Israel. No spots from South America. Although there is a "hard core" of 10m WSPR monitors, one gets the feeling most are now using FT8.
So far, just one station in Denmark spotting my 500mW QRP WSPR beacon. There are good days and bad days of Es. Up to now, today has been a bad day.
UPDATE 1243z: 5 unique stations have spotted me today with the furthermost EA8BFK (2880km).
I get the feeling that the 8m experiment is losing interest. There are still some monitors, but the Es season is coming to an end. There are still openings, but these seem less frequent. I have been on 40.680 MHz USB dial QRP FT8, but sadly no spots on TX or RX.
UPDATE 1514z: Still no spots today. I am beginning to think I can learn little more until a lot more stations are active.
It is still quite early, but I get the impression that Es will be infrequent today on 10m and 8m. Of course, things can rapidly change!
After nearly 40 years as a professional RF engineer you would think that I should know!!
Should there be a space after the number before the kHz, MHz or GHz or not? Can either be used? I should try to use the correct format.
One thing is clear. Most engineers don't care!
