Enduring peace is clearly the aim of both the USA and Ukraine. Ukraine is worried about Russia taking a pause, regrouping and attacking again. They do not trust Russia and at the moment it appears the USA does trust them. At the same time Russia is paranoid about being attacked!
I hope this can be overcome, so this needless war ends and everyone feels secure.
After breakfast I intend to turn on my QDX transceiver running about 2-3W on 10m.
UPDATE 1005z: 15 stations have spotted me (I guess by F2 as most are in eastern Europe) and 133 stations have been spotted around the world on 10m FT8 RX.
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| Stations spotted on 10m FT8 today with the QDX |
If you don't want to buy a Chinese radio, it is probably one of the lowest cost new HF/6m 100W radios on the market.
UPDATE 1027z: 6 spots of me. Pretty sure conditions are more disturbed. On 10m FT8 RX, 70 stations spotted.
Probably most have seen the very public spat between Presidents Trump and Zelensky .
Clearly the USA 🇺🇸 wants to stand proud in the world with trade on a fair playing field with other nations around the world. The majority in the USA voted for President Trump.
What I fail to understand is why the President is falling out with so many in other countries. Surely if you want world peace you don’t want public rows with your allies!
We all want to see the world is a fairer, more peaceful, place.
I wonder what Russia and China make of it?
I have amended the posting in the light of the comment - quite correct. Thank you for putting me right!
The last I heard was a rumour that the worldwide release of the Yaesu FTX-1F was waiting on the FCC approval.
Despite this, I am puzzled by the lack of more detailed specs.. Has anyone seen any more detailed specs than those released last summer and any idea of the price?
There is far more competition than when the FT817 was first released.
Tomorrow is the first day of meteorological spring.
I always look forward to the first swallows returning from Africa on migration. They usually arrive here in mid April, although they are a bit earlier in Devon. Swifts, that we see more of, arrive about mid-May. These are often heard screaming before being seen.
Google Adsense amazes me. The phrase that they have come up with to say they are ending something is "sunsetting" which is a way of saying stopping! They always use a turn of phrase that disguises the real meaning, making it sound something good.
So, if you want to say something is stopping, it is "sunsetting"
Today, I am concluding my experiment with very low power on 10m. Today, I am running 10mW 10m WSPR. Conditions are more disturbed than yesterday.
UPDATE 1654z: 14 spots of me so far today. I think my experiment has demonstrated that very low power digital modes really do work on 10m. WSPR is better than FT8, but even 10mW of FT8 can be enough, although you need a clear frequency! Back to QRO (3W HI) tomorrow!
This is an outlet for Chinese (only?) companies. I find some of their prices remarkable. Often the goods come by air in just a few days. On some items I guess you might have to pay some duty. Even so, their prices are unbelievable.
I suppose the downside is that this kills western manufacturing that cannot compete with labour costs. Making in Europe or the USA we would not be able to compete on price. Making consumer goods more locally would stoke inflation.
