For several months I have watched YouTube videos about the Iran war.
In all that time, despite looking, I have been unable to find any that support President Trump and the USA! Not even one!
Almost all these videos suggest a grave mistake has been made. Certainly from the outside, I fail to see any positives, just negatives.
The moral seems to be to listen to your experts.
These days, worldwide communication is easy using the internet. The advantages are families and friends can keep in touch wherever they are. The disadvantages are people can be more easily spammed and people abused online.
Sadly image manipulation is far easier these days. Every time an image is shared it can be abused.
In the UK people under 16 are to be banned from social media. This happened in Australia but many young people have found ways to get around the ban.
Personally, I think some means must be found to prevent young people from being harmed by accessing social media, even if using VPNs and other services. I am unsure how you do this, but the answer probably has to include biometric data and strong age verification, Maybe all people under 16 worldwide have restricted access time to social media?
It seems to me that a simple ban is not enough. I have a young granddaughter who needs to keep in touch with family and friends. At the same time I do not want her to come to any harm.
I am sure the big tech companies and phone manufacturers could and should do much more.
Yet again (more in hope than expectation) I am again on 40.680MHz FT8 RX.
UPDATE 0905z: Just EA7Y (1831km) spotted (on the wrong antenna at my end!). I am sure it is mainly lack of activity rather than poor conditions that prevents more stations being spotted. Despite that, I seem addicted to 8m!
UPDATE 1816z: Just EA7Y and EI2IP (605km) have been spotted.
My 6m gear was left on RX overnight in the hope I might spot some Far East stations on 6m FT8 around breakfast.
UPDATE 0820z: Just lots of Europeans on Es. Now QRT.
My gear was turned on at about 0800z.
UPDATE 0915z: Plenty of European stations (Es I presume) spotting me. Now QRT.
My beacon was turned on about 0800z.
UPDATE 0992z: Plenty of spots by EA8BFK (2880km). Now QRT.
It seems odd that the longest day is next weekend, then it starts to get shorter again! You would think by now I would be used to this cycle, but spring seems to get shorter every year 😞.
One consolation is that the shortest day will be here soon enough! Every time of year is good.
Just watched this video about the "memorandum of understanding" NOT a peace deal between the USA and Iran. It would appear Presid...
