Edward Fitzball was a famous lyricist in the 1800s . He lived in this cottage in our village (Burwell).
30 Sept 2024
Fitzball’s house - NOT amateur radio
Edward Fitzball was a famous lyricist in the 1800s . He lived in this cottage in our village (Burwell).
29 Sept 2024
War and peace - NOT amateur radio
One thing I am certain about - wars rarely settle things, often resulting in long-term distrust and hatred.
In the Middle East this is true at the moment. For many years Israel has had people opposed to the very state of Israel. At the same time Israel has opposed the existence of the people of Palestine. There is much bitterness.
Surely, the only long-term solution, no matter the past history, is peaceful co-existence. Everyone on the planet has a right to peace.
8m QRP FT8 (Sunday)
My 2.5W 8m FT8 has been on since breakfast. So far, nobody has spotted me, but ZR1ADI (9777km) spotted on 8m FT8 RX.
UPDATE 1022z: My QRP 8m FT8 spotted by G4OGI (123km).
UPDATE 1805z: 3 stations have spotted me on 8m today. See map. Now QRT.
10m QRP WSPR TX (Sunday)
My stand-alone 10m WSPR TX has been on since breakfast.
UPDATE 1751z: 31 stations have spotted me today. See table. QRT shortly.
Valve QRP
This was several years ago at the QTH of G6ALB. Andrew did the building of this valve Sputnik TX and I did the operating. After about 10 minutes a CQ call on 15m resulted in a contact with a station in the USA. Present were G4NUA (SK), G6ALB and G3XBM (me). What fun we all had!
Tidy up - NOT amateur radio
Yesterday, many volunteers tidied up our local bowling green. I think they must have a match this weekend.
Amateur radio on the streets?
Around the world it seems harder to find radio magazines on the stands of newsagents. This is certainly true here in the UK, but I am wondering if it is different in other countries?
Yaesu FTX-1F
It is Yaesu's answer to the IC-705 and it also is the long awaited answer to the FT817/818 series.
It is not a hand portable, although I suspect Yaesu have done their homework in that most people will not use it pedestrian portable but in hotel rooms and on park benches. In this regard it may be an ideal choice with a large battery capacity.
So far, there is no indication of price, but I hope it is well under £1000. Also, we have only, so far, seen very preliminary specs. The IC-705 has things like Bluetooth and GPS. It will be interesting to see what appears in the full specs.
Often there are hardware and software bugs in very early models. This will be the first time that Yaesu will have made units in significant volumes, so they will be looking for feedback so they can "tweek" the design on the next production run. In some ways early adopters are guinea pigs.
Soldersmoke AI experiment
As an experiment, Soldersmoke did an experimental AI generated podcast. It is frightening.
If this is possible now, what will be possible in 2050? To me, it sounded incredible. You would never have known it was AI generated.
It is frightening how realistic this podcast sounds, making you wonder how AI could be used to distort truth in future e.g. in elections.
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