Rip off?

One big UK dealer is asking for £274.99 for an ECO Worthy 100Ah LiFePO4 battery with charger. The same battery from Amazon (without charger) can be bought for £169.99.

Hmm.

Frosty cobweb - NOT amateur radio

 

Last night it was again cold and frosty here. 

At breakfast, we noticed this cobweb covered in frost just outside the kitchen window.

8m QRP FT8 (Sunday)

 My QMX+ was turned on 8m FT8 just before 1000z. No spots yet.

UPDATE  1955z:   No spots all day. QRT.

10m QRP WSPR (Sunday)

My 500mW WSPR TX beacon was turned on at 0942z.

UPDATE 1955z:   Spotted by 26 stations. QRT.

Sunspots - Sunday January 12th

 Solar flux is 156 and the SSN 82. A=7 and K=1.

More Lode walk - NOT amateur radio

As mentioned yesterday, we went for a walk around the nearby village of Lode. The photo shows another thatched cottage in the village.

Lode walk - NOT amateur radio

It has been cold and sunny for several days. We decided to go for a walk in the nearby village of Lode. 

It was too icy to go on our usual route.

Village cottage - NOT amateur radio

This is Church Lane in our village.

8m QRP FT8 (Saturday)

My QMX+ was turned on after breakfast. It gives about 2W out on 40.680 MHz.  No spots at 1120z.

UPDATE 1800z:  Just 2 European spots of me today. QRT soon.

10m QRP WSPR (Saturday)

My 500mW beacon was turned on after breakfast.

UPDATE 1120z:   9 spots of me so far.

UPDATE 1820z:  40 stations have spotted me today. QRT now.