What I do know is that I enjoy pasties. One of my favourites used to be Ivor Dewdney pasties that one could buy in Plymouth.
You can buy them by post but they are very expensive. They also make vegetarian and vegan pasties these days. I suppose beef is now very expensive.
Some have phobias about spiders. To me they are just fun.
My gear was turned on at about 0930z.
UPDATE 1805z: 642 stations have spotted me across the planet. At one point this afternoon I noticed the number of stations spotting me had not gone up. Then I noticed that I had not turned the PSU on at the mains. So all reports up to about 1500z were at 1W and not 2W.
UPDATE 2025z: 647 stations have spotted me. Now QRT.
These are made in Turkey and designed by Hans Summers G0UPL.
The QDX is a digital only, 5W, transceiver about the size of a pack of cards.
They also do a simpler radio (the same size) covering just one band (2200m - 10m) called the QDX-M which is shown in the photo.
See https://qrp-labs.com/ .
The cynic in me says this is all about making more money, but the kids enjoy the fun.
Our grandchildren loved it, but they are now too old: they enjoyed carving a pumpkin and playing silly games.
This was the decoration outside a house locally.
