It appears to me that Ukraine is "between a rock and a hard place".
It looks like they are being offered a very poor deal over their heads by Russia and the USA.
If they do not accept the USA is likely to stop intelligence sharing and just walk away.
The world seems to be run by selfish individuals who are more interested in their own enrichment rather than that of their citizens.
Where are the leaders who put the interests of the common person ahead of rich billionaires?
My gear was turned on at about 1010z.
UPDATE 1014z: So far, 6 English stations have spotted me.
Today will probably be a repeat of late yesterday with 500mW 10m WSPR and 5W 6m FT8, but I have not decided yet.
UPDATE 2200z: Spotted by 6 stations. Now QRT.
UPDATE 2150z: 19 stations have spotted me. QRT. See map.
My gear was turned on just before breakfast.
UPDATE 1520z: 249 stations have spotted me in 5 continents. Now QSYed to 6m FT8.
We live in a world where of space and time where time seems to flow from the past into the future. What if time is an illusion and everything we have ever experienced is always there? We have a lot to learn!!
UPDATE 1825z: 18 stations have spotted me. The furthest is ZS4TX/6 (8766km). See map.
UPDATE 1646z: 8 stations spotting me with several in the USA.
As were in London much of the day, I was not on the radio today, but hope to be tomorrow. Probably 6m 5W FT8 and 10m 500mW WSPR.
There is a famous quote by the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard about life. It is pretty profound.
"Life can only be understood backwards. But must be lived forwards."
As many know, I had a stroke in 2013 that left me with a totally poor voice that many find hard to understand. Before my stroke I made quite a few YouTube videos, so I have quite a few samples of what I used to sound like.
My wife has suggested I use these to create an AI voice of me as I once sounded. I have never tried AI for this, but it sounds a good idea. The first stage will be to collect some audio samples from YouTube and then recreate my old voice using an AI tool.
If you know of suitable (preferably free) tools, please let me know as soon as possible.
This video was on YouTube earlier. It includes a piece about the disappearance of Sergei Lavrov who is the Russia Foreign Minister who seems to have "dropped off the radar" in recent weeks. Apparently he is very bright and has been a real supporter of President Putin of Russia.
Have you noticed that when you search for something often the site at the top of the search (which many people click first) is NOT the main site you are looking for?
Unless you are very careful, you are linked to some other site. I noticed this recently when I tried to donate to a charity. The first site was nothing at all to do with the site I was after.
Today, I was looking for another site and the first link (presumably paid for) was nothing at all to do with the site I was after. Personally I find this morally wrong and sneaky.
There is no doubt that AI consumes hugs amounts of power. We have some way to go to match the memory and processing power of the human brain. I am sure this will get better with time although we are a long way away at present.
So far I have been very impressed with Gemini AI that renders old black and white photos in colour in just seconds.
This creates a moral dilemma: we all want the benefits of AI without its power-hungry nature.
UPDATE 1832z: So far, spotted by 354 stations. See map.
Both rigs cover up to 70MHz. I know the FT710 can be widebanded without uncasing. I am not sure about the IC7300mk2.
The Yaesu radio is considerably less expensive in the UK and comes with a Yaesu cashback. I think Yaesu offers a 3 year warranty.
I am sure both are good radios.
As I was in Cambridge most of the day, I decided not to go on the radio today.
VK3YE is a real experimenter. This is a recent video describing the use of a tin can as a VHF loop antenna.
Most days I try to watch TimesRadio on YouTube. I find watching these most informative. They tend to interview lots of different people who have views on the international affairs.
This morning we went shopping and our son and grandson came for lunch, so I am having a day off the radio.
At about 1645z, I QSYed to 6m QRP FT8.
UPDATE 1650z: Spotted by 3 English stations.
UPDATE 1653z: So far, spotted by 519 stations today. See map. Now QSYed to 6m.
This is a YouTube channel I look at quite often for world news. They frequently interview some important people on the world stage.
As I often say, it is important to get your news from multiple sources to minimise bias.
It is a while since I listened on 11m CB, but in the past the CB band was busy when the 10m amateur band appeared to be dead.
It is my view that at some point in the future there will be a merging of amateur radio and CB. I have come across an online SDR which monitors the CB band from the UK.
