A bit older - NOT amateur radio

This photo was taken in 1968. We have aged a bit and someone had hair!! 

Rally this Sunday

The following rally is due tomorrow Sunday July 17th. Check with organisers before any significant travel.

McMichael Amateur Radio Rally

https://mcmichaelrally.org.uk

Sunspots - Saturday July 16th 2022

Solar flux is 171 and the SSN 141.  A=5 and K=2.

UK fuel prices - NOT amateur radio

Since the start of the Ukraine war ("special operation"? Who is he kidding?) wholesale oil prices have dropped back about 20% to close to $100 a barrel. Whilst exchange rates have got worse, the price at the pumps has hardly changed. It is still hovering close to £2.00 a litre for diesel.

It would be good if UK fuel prices dropped a bit too, as fast as they go up. I know oil company profits vary widely, but big profits right now seem immoral.

10m QRP FT8 TX

As 8m wasn't looking very promising here this afternoon, I have QSYed to 10m FT8. My QRP TX signal has been widely copied in Europe and on RX I am copying the stations shown on the map.  

Restored Constable - NOT amateur radio

The photo shows a Constable painting at Anglesey Abbey. It has been cleaned so that details hitherto hidden are visible. It hangs in the very cosy library there. 

8m experiment (Monday)

Today I returned to 8m FT8 QRP TX on 40.680 MHz USB dial. This resulted in my first report from Denmark. 

UPDATE 1543z:  Now QSYed to 10m FT8.

When I could build and experiment

The photo was taken in 2012 at the back of the garage in our old house and shows me breadboarding my 472 kHz transverter. I cannot do this these days. 

Sunspots - Friday July 15th 2022

 Solar flux is 169 and the SSN 133. A=4 and K=2.

Burgh Island - NOT amateur radio

The photo shows the view looking towards Burgh Island in Devon.