Not sure about you, but I am all mixed up over the days of the week! I thought yesterday was Tuesday.
Tonight is the first 2m activity contest organised by the RSGB. I usually stay on for less than an hour and enter the low power section with my ICOM IC-705 and big-wheel omni antenna.
See https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?contest=2mukac .
This is being written on my Asus Chromebook. It has been owned and used for over 3 years. It still has a good battery life, boots up in seconds and does most things I ever need.
When I first got it, I wondered if I was going to make a big mistake. Instead, it has been brilliant and I have no regrets at all.
Since just before lunch, I have been on 40.680 MHz FT8 with my 2.5W to the dipole.
UPDATE 1804z: No spots on TX or RX today. QRT soon.
Since just before lunch, I have been on 10m WSPR TX with my 500mW beacon. So far just local spots.
OFCOM has informed me that my T&I permit (and all similar) are not renewable, but I am free to apply for a new one.
My current permit expires in early April. As there seems little prospect of even a very tiny 8m amateur band, I guess I have little alternative but to pay £50 to do experiments that should be free.
Perhaps I should ask for 10kW from 1 kHz to 300 GHz, all modes, to show how utterly stupid this is.
Remember, no callsigns or locations are needed! How totally stupid! I could cause horrendous interference to vital services and be totally untraceable!!
My elder grandson is mad on bell ringing He as rung in over 80 towers now in London and East Anglia. He has a YouTube channel with some recordings of tower bells. He recently changed the channel name to StedmanTriples783.
I have been most of the morning on 8m 2.5W FT8, but no spots as of 1425z.
UPDATE 1425z: Now 8m FT8 RX only.
One of the pleasures of Cambridge is gliding along the back of the colleges on a punt on the river Cam. Many prefer others to do the punting...
