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 Hi folks, Well been a busy week working on my websites, and last Thursday (24th February 2022) I had a meeting with the deputy headteacher of a nearby school as we work on an ISS Contact. It's been a long time in the making too, I took it to the school a couple of years ago, then it all stopped because the teacher that was dealing with it left to work abroad, so we started over, then Covid stopped it once again. So here we are, Post teacher leaving, Post Covid, now hopefully we can move on, it certainly would be nice to get the application in sometime soon after all that has preceded up until now. I also intend to work on two radio video's showing the Yaesu FT 70DE and the Wouxun KG-UV8G the 2m and 4m handheld, so lots going on just getting the time to do them is another matter. So did you manage to work the ISS SSTV stream in December?  It was a great pass over London and I managed to get the image below, I must admit I was surprised to get such a good image considering I on...

 Welcome to 2022 from me 2E0IPK, let's hope it's a happy and safe one for all. So here we are with my second blog, still cannot quite get my head around this at present but hey ho I'll have a go (hey that rhymes).  So sunspots are starting to become a regular thing now and that's pushing up Solar Flux, the very thing we need for exceptional propagation. The SN and SFI at this specific moment in time are SN 38, SFI 99, but they are predicted to rise further this week so all is looking good. No matter where you live Get on the air on HF Bands and make a colossal effort, after all if people are calling and nobody answers people will find other ways to communicate and that's not good for HF that way. Take care all, another blog next month

 Okay well here we go, my very first blog (me doing a blog is like Mr Bean being in charge of the NASA space programme) So here we are, over halfway through November 2021 already. What has happened in 2021 for me, well done nothing of what I had planned to do for a start. Because of this rotten virus many things were cancelled so I had no choice in the matter.  I did manage to purchase two new handheld radio's though, Yaesu FT70DE a nice little 70cm/2M radio with C4FM, nice and clear audio. I also purchased the Wouxun KG-UV8G a 2M/4M handheld, the one band I couldn't operate on was 4M before I got this, the antenna is not next to useless on the Wouxun, it is completely useless, however connected to a 4M whip on the magmount it picks up very well, I will be adding video reviews to these radio's on YouTube very soon. Okay this has been a very short Blog to get me into the swing of things so hopefully soon I'll be back to add more