11 Nov 2026

Guilty or not?

Some crimes are despicable. 

However I hate the "trial by media" in which people are named BEFORE they are found guilty. If they are innocent, it is already too late as their name/career is stained forever. In my view, names should only be revealed AFTER people have been found guilty by a court of law.

It seems the media goes into a "feeding frenzy" if a name is revealed, often months before guilt is proven.

Whilst I understand that power should never be used as a weapon against  lesser people, justice must be done.

POTA with the Pebble at 1W

 VK3YE takes the PebbleHF for a POTA activation powered by a mobile phone at 1W on 40m.

10m 1W FT8 (Wednesday)

 My gear was turned at about  0845z.

UPDATE 0857x: So far, 18 stations (mostly Europe at F2 single hop distance) have spotted me. I have spotted 35 with some Japanese stations.

160m FT8 overnight

 Although plenty of European stations spotted, nothing from further afield.

Sunspots - Wednesday November 11th

 Solar flux is 132 and the SSN 91. A=11 and K=0.

10 Nov 2026

160m FT8 RX overnight

At  about teatime I turned on my 160m FT8 RX.

UPDATE 2158z:  112 stations spotted.

6m 5W FT8 (Tuesday)

At about 1450z, I turned to 6m FT8  for a change.  

UPDATE 1454z:  Already 5 stations have spotted me. Is there some Es to Spain?

UPDATE 1654z: 16 stations have spotted me. See map.

Steve Rosenburg

 Steve is the BBC's Moscow correspondent.  He gives a YouTube commentary each day. This is very good.


10m 1W FT8 (Tuesday)

 My gear was turned on at about 0935z.

UPDATE  1406z: So far, 212 stations spotted here. 498 stations spotted here.

Sunspots- Tuesday November 10th

 Solar flux is 129 and the SSN 94. A=12 and K=3.