After breakfast I expect to be on 10m QRP FT8 again. I run the IC-705 at 6W.
UPDATE 1047z: 7 stations have spotted me (all near - tropo or aircraft?) and I have spotted 6 stations.
UPDATE 1458z: Spotted by 20 stations and I have spotted 17 here with the furthermost Indonesia.
My 10m 6W FT8 was turned on late this afternoon. I think there was an issue getting spotted on PSKreporter earlier, so I gave up.
UPDATE 1621z: So far, 38 stations have spotted me.
Whatever our views on religion, Easter is a time for peace and kindness. So, I wish everyone a very happy Easter. There is an exhibition of knitted bible figures that is currently in our church. It is currently going around the country.
I have been experimenting with formats that show up on PSKreporter when I am beaconing.
The above format seems to work and does not show that I am actively seeking out stations for a QSO as "CQ de G3XBM JO02" does.
In future, when beaconing, I shall use this format on FT8.
"BCN de G3XBM" is another format that seems to work, but does not show my location.
To say I am amazed and frightened by AI is an understatement.
Recently I watched a video imagining a street scene in 1897. I have used AI every day to get the daily sunspot number. I put a few placenames in AI and got back huge amounts of accurate data. A friend said he used AI for most of his software coding.
A few years ago AI often produced rubbish and could not be trusted. Now there are far fewer occasions when it "goes rogue". Today I discovered a painting produced by a humanoid robot that sold at action for over £1M. As time goes by AI will get even better! Imagine AI in 40 years' time. It cannot be uninvented. There is little doubt that many jobs will be done in future by AI.
We have to adapt.
See Meet the AI robot whose artwork sold for over $1m - BBC News
