A quick roundup of snippets and one-liners I've been mentally dragging around with me this week that you may (or may not...) find interesting.
Firstly, I've just received the committee meeting minutes for the last two meets in 2025 (September and November) which I have posted to the members section. Go on, you know you want to.
Next, Bob N4XAT passed on to me a link to a Pennine Ham video (on a DXpedition to Penyeta del Moro) where he and Ken were 'caught' chatting - which was a good spot on his part. Link here: https://www.youtube.com/live/IP-2A8wLCks?si=bsxE1dnr90-_GUmi&t=12
Bob's doing OK by the way, given the freezing conditions in his part of the world. He reports that 'It has been extremely cold here. This morning at 8:00am local, the temperature was minus 15C or 5F'. And we thought we had it rough.
What's next. Oh yeah - for those of you that didn't make it to last Friday's club night, Gavin's SK sale went really well, with lots of people in attendance and it was a very respectful 'do'. In total it raised £870-odd and 10% did go to the club from the estate, which was nice. The rest of the gear will go onto Worthing if you want to get down there and have a rummage.
Video of the week for me was easy to select. It's this: W4USA Shack Tour 2026. Absolutely nuts. If you ever get the feeling that your friends or family think you have too much radio 'stuff', then reset their expectations by having a night in watching this together. I'm a gadget guy, but this is off-the-scale fruit-loopery. The only thing missing is a cat flap.
And finally, back in the safety of the artificial world, anyone interested in what reality will look like in a few short years from now would do well to watch two of the architects of that future here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3u_FAv33G0 and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqVbypvxDto
You have to keep in mind that these fellas ARE Google Deepmind, but get ready nonetheless. The industrial revolution in the rear view mirror has got nothing on what's in the front-facing Lidar sensor.
"Information being the most fundamental unit of the universe, not energy, not matter, but information." Demis Hassabis
Berni M0XYF.
