As the 10m antenna is again free, I am on 10m WSPR TX with 500mW from my W5OLF beacon. It is now 0933z and I have been on for about 30 minutes. So far, just spots of me by OE3XOE (1233km).
6 Jun 2022
8m experiment (Monday)
As we are going out later, my QRP TX operations today may be limited. The last 2 days there has been lots of Es around and I have been spotted by 6 unique stations on 8m QRP FT8. Just spotted by EA3ERE (1133km) in Spain and HC02 (1808km) SWL in Portugal so far.
How it all started
Way back in 1961, my dad bought me a Heathkit Electronics Workshop for Christmas. Little did I know then that this would later become my career and lifetime hobby.
See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/hf-mf-and-lf/commercial-rigs/heathkit-electronics-workshop
Grandson and their cat - NOT amateur radio
Jubilee celebrations - NOT amateur radio
As readers in the UK will know, this was a special weekend to celebrate the queen being on the throne for 70 years. This was the entrance to the churchyard.
Jubilee weekend - NOT amateur radio
A royalist I am not, and I abhor status and wealth simply because of who you or your ancestors are/were. However, I have great respect for the UK queen, who has been on the throne for 70 long years. She has been a symbol of stability all that time. In all my years, I cannot remember anyone else. I think Charles will have a hard act to follow.
If the UK was to become a republic, I cannot think who would be president! Nobody comes to mind as a really well respected person.
Maybe the future is a reformed monarchy with less stuffiness and fewer "hangers on"?
FT819?
From the outset let me say this does not exist and is probably not even in the minds of Yaesu designers. I cannot believe that I originally posted my ideas as long ago as 2010!! This is a Photoshop mock up.
Actually I think Yaesu has totally "missed the boat" and we will never see a proper successor to the FT817ND and FT818. Most were totally underwhelmed when the actual FT818 came out. What a missed opportunity! We are again on the solar up-slopes, this time towards solar peak 25.
These were the specs I was hoping for 12 years ago!
Yaesu already has an SDR architecture in their FTDX10. They could reuse the FT817ND mechanics. Instead they have let ICOM have the market with the IC-705. I cannot see Yaesu making a fortune now, sadly.
I give Yaesu 5 years to leave the market or go bust.
Let us hope I am wrong.
5 Jun 2022
Where I come from in South Devon - NOT amateur radio
This photo shows where I was brought up as a child. I have no idea when this was taken.
Lunch guest - NOT amateur radio
We had lunch in our Garden Room and were joined by an uninvited guest, namely what I have always known as a wood wasp. I tried to take a photo, but it had already gone behind the radiator. It is about an inch long (25mm).
I think it is actually something else as the images of a wood wasp look different. It has a body which is separated from its head. If I can find what it is, I shall post a photo and link.
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