My beacon was turned on at about 1635z.
UPDATE 1911z: 6 stations have spotted me.
6 Jul 2025
6m QRP FT8 (Sunday)
As the storms seem far away I have turned on my IC-705 at 5W at about 1635z.
UPDATE 1910z: 178 spots of my QRP so far.
Receiving SAQ CW on 17.2 kHz VLF
This is a video about receiving the 100th anniversary transmission message in eastern Europe from SAQ in Sweden.
I did this some years ago and have a QSL card from them (see photo).
See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/vlf/vlf-converter .
Blog views - NOT amateur radio
According to Google I have had huge numbers of visits to this blog. The trouble is I am sure this is total piffle!
If I got a tenth of these I would be amazed.
Perhaps they have a new way of calculating. Maybe it is just an error, again.
Coastal train - NOT amateur radio
Last week I went by train to see my brother in Devon. For several miles, the track hugs the coast near Dawlish and Teignmouth and the views are spectacular.
In the next 100 years this will probably be washed away. The line to Plymouth and Cornwall will probably have to go inland, north of Dartmoor at great expense. Stations like Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot and Totnes could well suffer.
Thunder and lightning?
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| At 1111z today |
As storms are forecast for later, I have decided not to go on the radio today. I shall keep an eye on the lightning maps (see photo).
At the moment, they are tracking further south and east.
Rabbit hole? - NOT amateur radio
I could see it extended at least 25cm underground although I could not see further.
Hamsphere
Virtual amateur radio has never really attracted me.
If people cannot erect outside antennas or just want to keep in contact with others, this may be the answer. Also, at the bottom of the solar cycle it may appeal to me more.
Hamsphere uses the internet as the communications medium rather than the ionosphere. To my mind it is not sufficient. I prefer experimenting.
5 Jul 2025
IDF - NOT amateur radio
“In a revealing written parliamentary answer dated 11 June 2025, the Ministry of Defence confirmed that British forces are currently training personnel from the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on UK soil. The response, delivered by Labour MP Luke Pollard, stated this is part of “routine Defence engagement with Israel”.”
Many of my best friends are Jewish but I didn’t know this was allegedly happening.
Whilst the October 7th massacre was utterly wrong, so is destroying Gaza and very many innocent people and children.
Everyone has the right to live in peace and nobody has the right to bully others. After all, we are all human beings.
In my view we should not sell any arms to Israel or train any IDF troops until there is a just peace.
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