This famous ICOM transceiver has now sold over 100k units since it was introduced in 2016 according to the ICOM Japan website and EI7GL's blog. I wonder if a new version is coming ..read more

  These flowers were seen last Wednesday at the Cambridge Botanic Garden ..read more

This is not far from here. Good to hear cuckoos and once again . They like reed warbler nests ..read more

 Today, my plan is to go on 10m WSPR with 10mW to see how it goes. If there is some Es, I am hopeful ..read more

Our last bird table blew over and was damaged beyond repair in a storm. Being quite big, we had pigeons and other large birds dominating. As an experiment we now have 2 smaller bird tables hung from the tree. Hopefully, pigeons will be too big ..read more

This was the best session for a while with my 10mW ERP being spotted by 8 stations. "Not dead yet" seems to be the message ..read more

 Solar flux is 156 and the SSN 121. A=10 and K=1 ..read more

Russia invading Ukraine was clearly wrong.  What I am unsure about is Russia's intentions afterwards. In the end I suspect some of Ukraine will, in effect, be ceded to Russia or become "independent". Several questions are begged: Why did the West do very little when Russia annexed Crimea about 10 years ago? Why did the West not intervene when Ukraine territories in the East were being fought over years ago? One outcome I can see is: Crimea and disputed Ukraine eastern territories are made neutral states with UN protection. The people of eastern Ukraine territories and Crimea are offere ..read more

  This photo was taken at the Botanic Garden on Wednesday ..read more

My 2.5W FT8  to the V2000 vertical omni antenna is on. So far, spotted widely across Europe (see map) by 20 stations ..read more