Bike fun - NOT amateur radio

Our younger granddaughter riding her bike and having fun near her home yesterday.

137kHz transverter

Because of my poor health, it is some years since I have done any serious experimentation or building, so I hope some of the ideas on my main website inspire others to have a go. In many cases, the designs can be further optimised. If you can make a better circuit I shall be very pleased. Treat my ideas as starting points and don't be afraid to experiment!

See https://sites.google.com/site/g3xbmqrp3/mflf/137khz_tvrtr

Comments by "loan" - NOT amateur radio

It doesn't happen very often and as soon as I spot them, they get permanently deleted, but if you see a comment by "loan" let me know and then ignore it. These are irrelevant, off topic adverts. I hate them. Just go away.

Unless the comment has relevance to the post it will get deleted at the first opportunity. Such blatant ads have no place here.

Sunspots - Saturday August 31st 2019

Solar flux is 67 and the SSN is 0. A=10 and K=4.

Telford Hamfest - new location

Southgate News has a piece on the new venue for this Sunday's Telford Hamfest.

See http://southgatearc.org/news/2019/august/telford-hamfest-at-new-venue.htm

6m FT8 RX

14 stations in 7 countries spotted from across Europe this morning on 6m FT8  Still Es about.

UPDATE 1224z: Now 79 stations spotted this morning on 6m FT8 RX.

UPDATE 1934z:  224 stations spotted on 6m FT8 RX today with best DX being EK7DX (3590km) in Armenia.

UPDATE 2134z: Now QRT. A recent FT8 CQ was only spotted by a couple of Gs.

Very old photo - NOT amateur radio

We found this very old photo hand-tinted and on a metal plate whilst clearing my mum's house after she died many years ago. This lady (in mourning?) has family features and we think it dates from the mid 1800s. We think it could be a great great grandmother.

Sunspots - Friday August 30th 2019

Solar flux is 65 and the SSN is still zero.  A=5 and K=1.

Bury St Edmunds - NOT amateur radio

Earlier this week one of our sons went to Bury St Edmunds with my wife and his 2 children.

This is a photo of him with his children in the Abbey Gardens with St Edmundsbury Cathedral behind.

Rallies this weekend

Saturday 31 AUGUST : TELFORD HAMFEST BUILDATHON

Event to be held in the evening of 31 August in Telford. Details to follow. Contact Martyn on 01952 255 416.


1 SEPTEMBER 2019 (new venue) : TELFORD HAMFEST & G-QRP CONVENTION

Harper Adams University, near Telford, TF10 8NB. More information and e-mail details may be found on the Telford HamFest website www.telfordhamfest.org.uk or by contacting Martyn, G3UKV on 01952 255 416.

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