QRP

A reminder from Oleg:

Dear Club 72 members and friends,

QRP Marathon "Look In the Horizon" started today.
To become a participant visit www.club72.su - "QRP Marathon" in menu -
click  "LITH"  knob  and  click  "Create  account" link. Add all your
data and click "Send". After you get the e-mail request click the link
in  message  to  activate your account. Add your QSOs in the Marathon
base and enjoy collecting"Luk's" (points)
You can connect to Marathon in any day in April. Good luck!

Also,  remind  about  Saturday's QRP Rendez-Vous at 9.00 UTC on 14060
(alt 10116 if contest QRMs).

72! Oleg RV3GM / KH6OB "Mr. 72"

Satellite collision

See http://www.amateurradio.com/ao-73-funcube-and-ao-85-fox-1-satellites-collide/#comment-156869

Note the date of this post.

Lunch out - NOT amateur radio

My cheese at The Packhorse Inn, Moulton, near Newmarket

We have our Best Man (nearly 45 years ago!) staying with us and he treated us to lunch out today. We went to the Packhorse Inn at Moulton near Newmarket. Yet again the food and service were excellent. We have now been there 4 times and not once been disappointed. I can highly recommend this place, which we found by accident as the pub in the next village was closed. Judging by the numbers of people at lunchtime, this place is on the up.

My XYL and I with medieval bridge behind

Moulton has a fine medieval packhorse bridge.

MLS deal on FT991

With a Yaesu cashback offer of £80 this "shack in a box" is available for £909.95 from MLS here in the UK including VAT. The Yaesu-ICOM price war has started.  Expect the IC7300 price to tumble soon.

See http://www.hamradio.co.uk/amateur-radio-main-equipment-base-station-radio-yaesu-base-station-radio/yaesu/yaesu-ft-991-only-909-95-after-cashback-pd-5621.php.

Aldi Mini Bench Grinder - NOT amateur radio

See https://www.aldi.co.uk/mini-bench-grinder/p/069369016930200.

Steve G1KQH has just bought a mini bench grinder from Aldi for £26.99. This is only available in their stores and not online. Aldi certainly have some low cost items.

FTSE 100 falling? - NOT amateur radio

I see that the UK share index, the FTSE 100, has fallen quite sharply this morning. The last time I looked it was 6093.16 down 1.32%.


UPDATE 1532z:  It seems to be recovering and stands at 6148.79 currently. This is still down but not as bad as earlier.

Upcoming UK Rally

We are entering the main season for radio rallies and I have received notification of this one:-

The following Radio Rallies are coming soon:

Sunday 3 APRIL : HACK GREEN BUNKER RALLY
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 8AL

Sale of electronic equipment, amateur gear, components, military radio sets and vehicle spares. Doors open 10am, There will be trade stands and catering is available on site.

Further details from Lucy on 01270 623 353 or by email to Lucy@hackgreen.co.uk. www.hackgreen.co.uk.

A list of rallies can be found at http://rsgb.org/main/news/rallies/.

OFCOM and the RSGB (via Southgate News)

Southgate News has a link to a recent meeting between the RSGB and OFCOM.

Southgate News usually has something of interest most days.

Return to 10m WSPR

We have a guest, so I was not active overnight, but I returned to 10m WSPR at 0915z this morning. Yesterday 10m was disappointing with just Gs spotted. I am not  too hopeful about 10m today. maybe there will be a little short skip and a few Gs?

UPDATE 0926z:  No 10m WSPR spots as yet.

UPDATE 1536z:  Apart from one spot by G7OKV (61km) earlier, there have been no 10m WSPR spots given or received all day here. Dire.

Sunspots and 10m - Fri April 1st 2016

No April Fools here...

Solar flux is 81 today and the sunspot number is just 11. K=0. The forecast for 10m propagation remains "poor" today. I think we are going to be struggling on 10m this autumn and winter.