My QRPP 10m WSPR beacon has been on all morning.
UPDATE 1139z: No spots.
UPDATE 1917z: EA8BFK (2880km) spotted me (again) early afternoon.
8 Jan 2024
Quiet village lane - NOT amateur radio
Our village is a mix of old and new houses.
2012 optical experiments
The photo shows some initial tests along the road at the old QTH.
Later, some tests were done "over the horizon" non line-of-sight. I was astounded by the results.
630m QRP WSPR overnight - brilliant!
In all, 17 stations spotted my 10mW ERP 630m WSPR overnight with the furthermost OH1LSQ (1733km). As usual, on this band I use the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground, which I think behaves like a loop.
7 Jan 2024
January walk - NOT amateur radio
There are signs of better weather ahead with snowdrops snd hellebores out.
At the moment it feels very "January" i.e. dull, cold and dreary!
630m QRP WSPR (Sunday)
My 10mW ERP 630m WSPR was turned on about an hour ago. So far, 11 stations have spotted me this evening.
8m - should I apply for a new TX permit from April?
To continue my 8m TX permit, I have (stupidly in my view) to pay OFCOM £50 a year!! As I have worked just about all the stations on 8m TX currently, I am having second thoughts. Views?
Personally, I think OFCOM (plus the RSGB) and the FCC have totally stupid and blinkered views about genuine experimentation at 8m. Talk about dinosours .....
Instead, I may TX WSPR in the 8m ISM band at 10mW ERP using the call 8M3ISM during the Es season. With this ERP in the UK it is my view anyone may legally beacon in the 8m ISM band without a licence as long as they meet the interface requirements.
UK Post Office Scandal - NOT amateur radio
Yesterday, I mentioned this unbelievable scandal.
Please may I urge all UK blog readers to write to their MPs so they are in no doubt that the general public want this resolved quickly and we are not at all impressed by the inactions so far.
Weekend treat - NOT amateur radio
6m FT8 (Sunday)
10m 500uW WSPR TX (Sunday)
My QRPP 10m WSPR beacon is again on and, yet again, I have been spotted in the Canary Islands by EA8BFK (2880km).
6 Jan 2024
Rick Andersen KE3IJ
In case you missed it, it appears that Rick is SK. The good news is that much of his work is archived on the Wayback Machine. His memory lives on.
See https://web.archive.org/20210430124905/http://www.ke3ij.com/radios.htm
630m QRP WSPR (Saturday)
As 8m was pathetic, I QSYed to 630m QRP WSPR early. At 1615z, 3 stations have spotted me.
Time and parallel lives - NOT amateur radio
We experience time as flowing from the past into the future. We are also aware of one life in one place. However, it is possible that time is an illusion created by human brains. It is also possible all possibilities exist and every "fork in the road" is followed, but were are only aware of one. Life is a mystery and our human brains are limited.
UK sub-postmaster/mistress scandal - NOT amateur radio
Usually I try to be a peace loving and reasonable person, but this makes my blood boil and I am absolutely fuming!!
For over 20 years, UK sub-postmen and women have been trying to get justice for wrongs done when money went missing due to an IT software bug. Now, in all my professional life I have rarely, if ever, come across software that is totally bug free. The more complex the software, the more likely that it will contain rare bugs. In this case the software was called Horizon and designed by Fujitsu.
When over 700 people had issues with tallying up the money what did the PO do? Fail to investigate and LIE that nobody else had the problem. People at the PO and Fujitsu knew but covered it up. Instead, some went to prison, some were driven to suicide, some were disgraced in the papers and lost their livelihoods. These people were deeply wronged. This is a scandal of epic scale. In my view this is the worst scandal in recent UK history.
Recently, a TV drama has brought the gross injustice these poor people have suffered for many years to the forefront. The people who knew the truth have never, yet, been brought to justice. The woman in charge of the Post Office at the time was even made a CBE (a very high honour in the UK) in 2019. Those responsible must find it hard to sleep at night.
Thankfully, there are several petitions doing the rounds and this is now headline news.
I hope all affected are given very generous payments for all the wrong done to these people and their families and I very much hope all those who knew about this injustice are given long jail sentences. If they are declared bankrupt, so be it.
See https://www.change.org/p/biztradegovuk-post-office-scandal-full-compensation-and-accountability .
If you feel able, please sign both petitions so this is headline news and justice is done.
See also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67899189 .
Where I come from - NOT amateur radio
The photo shows where I come from in South Devon. As mentioned before we can trace our family history here continuously back to the mid 1500s. We were probably in this area 1000s of years ago.
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