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It is hard to convey just how tiny it is, so I have put it next to an A5 sized SPRAT for comparison.
It really is incredibly small and at less than £20 delivered is remarkable value.
It is better than a communications receiver of 50 years ago with more features, modes and bands.
At about 1300z my little WSPR beacon was turned on.
UPDATE 1312z: Several spots of me already from the USA.
My beacon was turned on at 1000z.
UPDATE 1010z: Yesterday was good with a couple of spots of me in Antarctica as well as lots of other spots of my 200mW.
My gear was turned on at breakfast. With a 12V supply it produces 3.4W so with my diodes in the supply line I think (at most ) my output is 2.5W FT8 on 10m. Today I am mostly on RX.
UPDATE 0950z: Spotted by 36 stations on TX and I have spotted 390 stations here on RX with the best ZL1HD (18360km). There seems to be far more activity on FT8 than WSPR on 10m.
Just now I watched a 15 second video clip. It shows a fight between Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Nothing special, except this was entirely created using AI from a 2 second prompt.
I am sure there will be many good things about AI. At the same time AI could be used in the media to, for example, re-create dead people. It could revolutionise movies.... and create a dearth in jobs.
This is not amateur radio so QSOs certainly with radio amateurs in the USA and, probably overseas too, are not permitted. Probably FT8 and WSPR reports are fine.
Remember this is not amateur radio.
I hope the FCC sees fit to issue more.
My tiny radio came yesterday from China over a month before I was expecting it. It is hard to convey just how tiny it is, so I have put it...
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