Christmas cheer - NOT amateur radio

 

We have our main Christmas tree in the garden room at the back of the house. This is in our lounge.

8m QRP FT8 (Friday)

My 2.5W FT8 was turned on at about 1415z. 

UPDATE 1620z:  No spots. F2 conditions seemed to have gone down a bit. Maybe we'll see a bit of winter Es at the turn of the year on 8m?

They are going

 This came from a local friend yesterday.

"Your crystal ball is working well. I rang the telephone number on the Waters & Stanton website and was told by Mr Fortune that Nevada Radio and Waters & Stanton had now combined and were trading under the Moonraker name and from the same W&S place near Woburn Sands."

I think we could all read the runes. In the future we can expect fewer dealers and fewer ads in magazines and probably fewer mags or smaller mags.  

In the last 20 years look at what has happened to radio mags on sale!

500uW 10m WSPR experiment - last day?

For a couple of weeks I have tried 10m WSPR at 500uW (0.5mW).

After this, I have proved to myself that this power is enough when conditions are good. 

My inclination is to stop now.

UPDATE 1510z:  Once again, my 500uW (0.5mW) has been spotted in the Canary Is.

Christmas meal - NOT amateur radio

Every month a group of old work colleagues meet up for a meal in a different pub in the area. 

The photo shows the December meeting.

630m QRP WSPR overnight

 

Only 7 stations spotted me last night. I think people are losing interest in 630m WSPR or are they trying new modes?

Sunspots- Friday December 15th 2023

 Solar flux is 155 and the SSN 126. A=16 and K=3.

Geminid Meteor Shower

This evening this meteor shower peaks.  Meteor showers often result in radio enhancements on VHF bands.

See https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/geminid-meteor-shower-uk-dates-how-to-see.

630m QRP WSPR (Thursday)

 My 10mW ERP was turned on about 1730z. So far (at 1753z),  3 stations have spotted me.

Christmas shopping break - NOT amateur radio

This was my break in Cambridge this morning.