My beacon was turned on at 1248z.
UPDATE 1318z: So far, no spots.
UPDATE 1328z: It helps if there is power connected. Being suspicious I noticed the power wire had become disconnected!
UPDATE 1353z: Spots from the Canary Isles only.
UPDATE 1827z: 4 stations have spotted me including 2 in the USA. Now QRT.
According to this video, around 60% of people in the USA believe the USA should be standing behind (my understanding) Ukraine to counter the Russians whereas the peace plan put forward by President Trump appears to favour Russia and not what the majority in the USA want.
We all want peace, but it would appear we don't want a sell-out to President Putin. In my view simply appeasing Putin is not the answer.
From an outsider's perspective, President Trump seems more focused on making deals to make himself even richer than safeguarding democracy? This is how it appears, although I accept I may be wrong.
In recent days I have been watching a series of programmes on the history of the British Empire. What comes across is how evil Britain was. I cannot believe how bad we were.
The real purpose of the British Empire seems to have been exploitation. We are in no way able to dictate how other countries should behave when we have been so bad in the past, and even quite recently.
Back in the 1970s I still had hair! This is me using my 2m AM Fredbox to make contacts in Cambridge. It worked really well.
My stand-alone W5OLF (SK) 10m WSPR beacon has been on since about 0930z.
People have different ways of remembering . When I am awake at night one strategy I use is to travel from A to B using the map in my head. I am surprised how many places are in my head!! For example places where I have lived or worked.
In the latest SPRAT (205) Chris Page (page 38) reported my QRPP FT8 experiments as using the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) whereas for FT8 I ...
