630m WSPR RX (Wednesday)

 My RX was turned on at about 1720z.  

UPDATE 1921z:   4 stations spotted. I think signals are weaker - is that because we had rain and the effective "loop in the ground" is smaller?

Ham Radio Shack video about the G7250

This looks like a very critical review of this new Chinese transceiver from Xiegu. 

The thrust of the video is that Japanese quality is good, whereas this has often not been the case with Chinese products. 

My advice is never buy early products as they often have bugs in the hardware and software that get corrected on later models.

10m 1W FT8 (Wednesday)

 At about 1310z I changed to 10m 1W FT8.

UPDATE 1317z:  So far, 4 stations have spotted my 1W including 2 in the Caribbean.

Tear-down of the Chinese G7250 transceiver

 This is the first video I have seen tearing down the G7250. It looks well made. This was a prototype from Radio Oddity.

10m 200mW WSPR (Wednesday)

My beacon was turned on at about 0650z.

UPDATE  1712z:  4 stations spotted me.

6m 1W FT8 (Wednesday)

 My gear was turned on at about 0650z.

UPDATE  1047z:  So far, just 5 English stations spotting me.

Human life

In my view every human life of whatever colour or creed has equal value. It matters not whether you are rich or poor or where you live. 

Which is why I am puzzled by settler violence in the West Bank. Although I never believe in violence, I can understand why some people conflate Israel with the current government of Israel and have a hatred of the violence being committed.

I heard today that oil reserves off the Falkland Islands are being explored by private companies in Britain and Israel. Personally I think this is all about human greed and why the UK is so anxious to hang on to the Falkland Islands. The cynicism in me says we would not have been so bothered if there were no oil reserves. Yes the folks there have every right to self-determination but I am skeptical of the UK’s real motives.

630m WSPR last night

 Yet again I went on 630m WSPR last evening and overnight . In all, 8 stations were spotted with the best a German station near Berlin and a station in Norway. All the stations were received before midnight.

Sunspots - Wednesday September 30th

 Solar flux is 92 and the SSN 28. A=4 and K=1.

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

As John Keats (the famous poet) once said, this is the season of ripe fruits in the UK. 

Conkers are plentiful. See photo.