One well known Chinese supplier is selling 256G flash drives for a small fraction of the price charged by other suppliers. I am a bit suspicious as these are supposed to be made by a reputable manufacturer.
If things seem too good to be true then they usually are!
If these are genuine, I am at a loss to know how they do it. At this price I do not understand how they do it anyway!
My QRP FT8 to the V2000 omni antenna has been on since just after breakfast. One Far East station (I think genuine) has spotted me.
UPDATE 1443z: Spotted by 142 stations on 4 continents. I suspect the station in Canada was a transitory patch of multi hop Es. At a similar time another station in Newfoundland was spotted on 6m FT8 RX.
My 500mW 10m WSPR beacon has been on since just after breakfast. So far, just V51RS (8481km) spotting my QRP. There is no sign yet of Es.
UPDATE 1445z: Spotted by V51RS 18 times today! Lots of Es now on 10m WSPR.
UPDATE 2005z: 52 spots of me today, mostly Es. Now QRT.
Every day by email, I receive The Knowledge, which I find an easy, quick and unbiased read of the news. Every day they include a quote. Today's, by Benjamin Franklin, was excellent. How true.
Whilst taking a photo of this caterpillar I was photobombed by a ladybird! Can you see the ladybird?
My W5OLF beacon was turned on at 0550z today.
UPDATE 1119z: So far today 7 spots of me, presumably mostly Es.
Yesterday I wrote an article about my experiences on 6m. I have not decided where to send it yet.
It is designed to encourage people to have a go on the band. There is no doubt that high power and big beams help, but even a very modest station can achieve some amazing results.
UPDATE 1508z: It has been passed to the editor of RadCom Basics for consideration, although I think it would benefit a wider audience, proving that a simple 6m station works. See Bo's comment below.
At 137kHz I have only dabbled, but I was surprised and delighted at the performance of this little EFP RX antenna. It was mag-mounted on the...
