Vegan mincepies - NOT amateur radio

 

The chef

Made entirely by our granddaughter. They tasted really good too.  

She did everything after a little instruction. They were every bit as good as the non-vegan ones made earlier. Actually they were at least as good, if not better. The secret is to roll the pastry very thin.

In future, I am sure she will be making them again, in her own home.

10m QRP WSPR TX (Thursday)

Whilst on 8m, the 10m antenna is free, so I shall again go on with my W5OLF 500mW WSPR beacon. I expect this will be about 1015z.

UPDATE 1645z:   QRT. Best DX today was a spot by FR1GZ (9724km).

10m WSPR QRP spots of me today

Promise - NOT amateur radio

We are now just past the shortest day, but we still have winter to get through. 

At least the days are getting longer although it will be some weeks before we really start to notice the changes. This photo was taken in March and keeps hope alive. Better times are ahead.  

These daffodils are on the path to our church. They are only like this for a few weeks, but bring such joy.

LED bulbs? - NOT amateur radio

Well I hope they have LED bulbs! Otherwise I hate to think of the electricity bill. They raise cash for charity. 

8m WSPR tests

Later this morning I will be on 8m WSPR doing a test with G8JNJ. Brief tests last evening were unsuccessful, but I want to monitor the web SDR to see if I can see any sign of the signal. 

UPDATE 1539z:  No spots of my 8m 2.5W WSPR today on the WessexSDR. Checking on the WessexSDR there was no sign at all of my signal, I was expecting a tiny trace at least. The WessexSDR is picking up EI1KNH and  G8JNJ.

See http://wessex.zapto.org:8060/#freq=40681500,mod=usb,secondary_mod=wspr,sql=-150

Sunspots - Thursday December 22nd 2022

 Solar flux is 139 and the SSN 103.  A=9 and K=0.

OTT? - NOT amateur radio

This is a place in nearby Soham, UK. It literally covered in Christmas lights. The electricity bill must be enormous. 

People come from miles around to look. They raise money for charity each year.

Christmas cheer? - NOT amateur radio

At this time of year, things are meant to be cheerful, but I have already had 2 pieces of sad news today. Everything always seems more poignant at this time of year.  This seems to always happen. Usually I am quite pleased when Christmas and New Year are over and things get back to normality.

10m QRP WSPR TX (Wednesday)

At the moment, I am on 10m WSPR TX (500mW) with the WSPR beacon. No spots yet.

UPDATE 1204z:  Just EA8BFK (2880km) spotting me.

Stations spotting me today om 10m QRP WSPR

UPDATE 1852z:   Just 4 unique stations have spotted me today. Nothing from the USA today, assuming things were working.

8m QRP FT8 (Wednesday)

 Yet again, my 2.5W 8m FT8 to the dipole is on air. As usual, I am on 40.680 MHz.

UPDATE 1333z:  No spots today.

UPDATE 1845z: Just G9PUV (158km) on the south coast of the UK spotted on 8m FT8 RX.

UPDATE 2053z:  Just tried some 8m WSPR tests.  Martin (G8JNJ) was monitoring on his web SDR, but sadly no spots.