Allegedly, President Trump has called off the latest strikes against Iran as they are desperate for a deal. We have heard this before.
As an outsider, it appears Iran has the USA "over a barrel" with a stranglehold on Western oil trade amongst other things.
President Trump likes to be a powerful winner and he does not like small countries that appear to have got the better of him.
On Sunday August 16th they are holding their annual Classic Car Day. It is always very popular and attracts lots of old cars, motorbikes and people.
DX Explorer appeals to me.
He is a real experimenter and learns through doing. One of his videos shows his experiments with an ATU for his end fed antenna trying to use it on other bands.
BYD (allegedly) has just filed some new patents. BYD is working towards a future electric car that is designed for the mass markets (i.e. low cost, fast charging and decent range). I am sure other car manufacturers are racing to achieve this.
My beacon was turned on at breakfast.
UPDATE 2036z: 55 stations have spotted me with lots of Es. Best is 5Z4ZO (7269km).
I am operating portable from my mother's garden in Devon on 10m SSB with 1W to a vertical mag-mount on the grass. It worked very well.
Italian radio amateurs have again been granted access to the 8m band. It is a real pity that in the UK the RSGB (or parts of it?) seem so against 8m when all we need is a 5kHz sliver, non-interference, narrow digital only, when several EU administrations have granted access. Also, judging by the I&T licences, I do not think OFCOM is anti, just the RSGB.
Petition the RSGB - 5kHz wide only, narrow digital only, strictly non-interference, NoV required.
My beacon has been on since about 0530z.
UPDATE 0806z: So far 34 stations have spotted me.
