The form factor and price of the recently announced Xiegu G7250 transceiver could be a game changer. Its price is likely to be under £1000 in the UK.
As always, there are concerns about bugs with the initial releases from China. There were some I understand on the G90. Over time, the Chinese will get there and undercut the Japanese.
Today, I want to install free SDRconnect software and start using the receiver seriously.
As you know, I prefer experimenting but I think it’s fine for chatting.
All this brings into question exactly what is amateur radio? For some it is DXCC, others chatting, others ATV, others satellites etc. All we can say is it is very different things to different people
I have had an RSP SDR receiver for a long time . Apart from a brief test, it has hardly been used. Over the next few months I want to experiment with it with SDRconnect software that I have to download and install.
The UK Times newspaper, is pretty good and fairly neutral politically. As I always recommend, it is best to get news from several trusted sources so you see all points of view.
Also AI is so common now that you cannot even be sure if the person saying the words is real! Often AI creations have people saying things they never would!
The Joe Blogs videos are (I think) real and thought provoking.
Very shortly, I shall be on 6m 1W FT8.
UPDATE 1312z: Just 2 English stations spotting me.
The form factor and price of the recently announced Xiegu G7250 transceiver could be a game changer. Its price is likely to be under £1000 ...
