70cm way back

 This has been on before. When first on the air I was a G8 and could only operate on 70cm and above unless operating another station under supervision. At university I became a G3.

My first forays on 70cm were with a version of this transverter. As most were crystal controlled it was fine. With a passive mixer it must have been deaf but worked some impressive DX with a tiny yagi on AM.

Sunday plans

 At the moment my plans are the same as yesterday i.e. 10m 500mW WSPR and 6m 5W FT8, although I may decide differently later!

Ukraine’s future

Today the president of Ukraine is meeting the US president at his estate in Florida. If President Zelenskyy does not accept what President Trump has agreed , the US president could just walk away. 

The future of democracy is at stake, although I don’t think President Trump appreciates this sadly.

Sunspots - Sunday December 28th

Solar  flux is 178 and the SSN 130.  A=7 and K=1.

Early frost

 

For the last few nights it’s been clear, so we had a frost last night. 

It went after a few hours.

Later in the day it clouded over.

6m 5W FT8 (Saturday)

My gear was turned on at about 1003z.

UPDATE  1019z:  Spotted by 5 English stations.

UPDATE 1938z:  Spotted by 16 stations including a GI and CT. See map. Now QRT.

10m 500mW WSPR TX (Saturday)

My beacon was turned on at about 1002z.

UPDATE 1015z:  So far spotted by 2 Finnish stations.

UPDATE 1935z:  Spotted by 12 stations. See table. QRT.

Amazing AI videos

In recent days I have been amazed by some AI videos on YouTube. 

These are produced by MajesticAIStudios. They use old prints as seeds and recreate places as they were hundreds of years ago in moving videos that are ultra realistic. 

Personally I am highly impressed.

See https://www.youtube.com/@MajesticAIStudio

Videos include Amsterdam, London, Paris and Liverpool centuries ago.

Sunspots - Saturday December 27th

 Solar flux is 166 and the SSN 131. A=8 and K=3.

10m 500mW WSPR (Friday)

My beacon was turned on just before 1000z.

UPDATE 1014z:  So far, just EA8BFK (2880km).

UPDATE 1534z:  18 stations have spotted me. See table.