As mentioned before, my beacon was already on.
UPDATE 0901z: So far today, 33 stations have spotted me. Good Es.
UPDATE 1127z: 10m opened to the USA again. 37 stations have spotted me today.
30 Jul 2026
6m 1W FT8 (Thursday)
My gear was turned on at about 0851z.
UPDATE 0856z: So far, 5 spots with some Es.
10m 200mW WSPR overnight
As an experiment, I left my beacon running (suitably supervised) overnight. Quite surprised to get several spots at daft times!
29 Jul 2026
Cities around the world by car (amazing)
Just now I found another great internet resource. It lets you see a driver's eye view of cities around the world. It is amazing.
Society-wide collapse?
At the back of my mind is a worry.
We depend increasingly on the internet. If that was hacked or to collapse we would be in real trouble.
Many in the West increasingly pay by card rather than cash. Many of our bills are paid by bank transfer, airlines take bookings over the internet. Probably our energy, water and sewers depend on the net. Most communication is by email. Banking depends increasingly on the internet. Financial trades depend on the internet.
And so it goes on.
It bothers me that all this could come tumbling down.
Now, humans are resourceful and given time we would find a way of managing, but this would be a shock.
6m 1W FT8 (Wednesday)
My gear was turned on after breakfast.
UPDATE 1333z: 37 stations have spotted me.
UPDATE 2129z: By chance I went back on 6m FT8 this evening. My 1W FT8 was spotted across the Atlantic by VO1SIX (3931km) and VO1NC (3755km). Now QRT on 6m.
UPDATE 2135z: 52 stations have spotted my 1W 6m FT8.
10m 200mW WSPR (Wednesday)
My beacon was turned on at about 0615z.
UPDATE 1335z: So far spotted by 18 stations with the best VE3HOA (5384km). Most were EUs via Es.
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