ZP4KPX (S. America) has been spotted in Portugal and the UK on 8m weakly on WSPR. If he gets an official permit someone will contact him for a first 8m 2-way, either from Europe or the USA. No idea about his gear.
29 Jun 2022
28 Jun 2022
8m DX QSOs
Both EI2IP and G9PUV have managed USA 8m FT8 QSOs. This was after a lot of hard work and patience.
En Route - NOT amateur radio
For the first time since 2019 I am off to Devon by coach to see my brother. I usually go by train, but industrial action is making this hard at the moment. The photo shows the coach. I prefer the train, but have little choice.
27 Jun 2022
10m QRP WSPR TX (Monday)
Most of the morning, I have been on 10m WSPR TX with my 500mW beacon. After a promising start, just spots by 3 unique stations so far.
UPDATE 1808z: 22 spots of my 500mW 10m WSPR today.
8m experiment (Monday)
After 2 sessions on QRP FT8 TX on 40.680 MHz USB dial, I have been spotted just by EA3ERE (1153km) so far.
Oldest human in a photo? - NOT amateur radio
Oscar 100 commercial gear
Apart from the DX-patrol offering diplayed at Friedrichshafen, I am unaware of any complete turnkey solutions to operating on Oscar 100.
In particular not one of the Japanese manufacturers has offered anything. To me, this speaks volumes, literally. They cannot see volumes and hence profits.
If DX-patrol can do it for €650 surely the Japanese will have considered it. There is no home market or market in the USA, so they are not interested.
In my view the Japanese amateur manufacturers will be looking hard at the amateur radio market and asking if the effort is worth it in the coming years.
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