A station in the adjoining county has applied for an 8m TX permit. I hope he is in range.
9 Mar 2024
10m QRPP WSPR (Saturday)
My 500uW (0.5mW) WSPR is on, but no spots. It is sync'd to internet time daily (at least).
UPDATE 1703z: No spots.
630m QRP WSPR recently
Despite 10mW ERP on 630m, I seem to be widely copied.
6m QRP FT8 (Saturday)
My 2.5W FT8 to the vertical omni V2000 antenna was turned on at about 0945z. So far, 3 English stations have spotted me.
UPDATE 2150z: Several 6m FT8 spots of my QRP including several in Scandinavia.
Yaesu cashback - last hurrah?
MLS is again offering cashback on some Yaesu products. When they get it right, Yaesu create some great products, but I get the distinct impression they have lost their way in recent years. They now follow others whereas a while back they were clear leaders.
It is my contention that manufacturers and dealers are only really interested in profits. Once the amateur market ceases to deliver profits, they will move on or close.
In my view, MLS will be around longer than most, but both Japanese manufacturers and dealers will be questioning their options. The amateur market is OK now, but for how many years?
I hope I am very wrong.
Naming of policeman murderer
A judge has allowed an accused policeman to be named. He is not due to be tried for several months. According to UK law a person is innocent until proven guilty. There have been several cases of people being named before trial.
In my view nobody should be named until they are proven guilty.
630m QRP WSPR overnight
Overnight, my 10mW ERP 630m WSPR was spotted by 20 stations. As usual, my "antenna" was the earth-electrodes in the ground. Best were 3 spots by OHLSQ (1733km) again.
Alstroemeria - NOT amateur radio
OFCOM
A reminder that OFCOM publishes and updates the data it holds regularly. It also has a number of publications. See the OFCOM website for details.
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