You have probably experienced this. Suddenly you realise that people you chance across on social media, or other means are not there. You often have no means of finding out if they have got new interests, are seriously ill or even dead.
Two people I have not heard from in while are Jay, W5OLF and Michael AA1TJ. Any news would be appreciated. In the past, both have been very kind to me.
Every few days I seem to get an email from Google Each seems more stupid than the last. Why use 3 words when 20 will do! This is especially true if you can make the reader seem totally daft. The last one is talking about something I do not understand.
Plain English please!
Many months ago I bought an SDR dongle that plugs in a USB socket on the PC. I have still not tried it out! One of the things I must do in the next few days is try it out! I also have a NanoVNA that I must try.
When you are retired there is always tomorrow....
My wife took this photo on the way to the dentist this morning.
OFCOM is proposing to make available 26 GHz and 40 GHz frequencies for 5G and other mobile services. It is consulting on this before auctioning frequencies. See the OFCOM website for details.
So far today, at 1205z, just local G4WSZ (12km) spottting me.
UPDATE 1406z: 3 stations spotting my 2.5W 8m FT8 today, including 2 in the Caribbean.
My 500mW 10m WSPR TX beacon has been on since about 0948z. So far today, spots by 2 stations.
Just taken part in the UKAC 2m activity contest organised by the RSGB. This evening my 10W pep to the omni was in 2 sessions as my son called. I also had to do a reset on the IC-705 as it locked up. With my poor voice and low ERP it is hard work nowadays!
These are some more images of Cambridge. The top picture is of the round church of which there are very few in the UK. When I first came t...
