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Enigin.com - CQDX, CQDX any Hams Out There?

Working for Enigin, one of my hobbies is Amateur radio.   It wont be long now and if you are an Amateur Radio or Short wave listener you will able to get involved in the Annual RNLI SOS charity Radio Event.

What is SOS Radio Week all about?

SOS Radio Week is nine days of fun, non-competitive, operating and fund raising by Radio Amateurs for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). It takes place at the end of January to co-incide with the RNLI’s own SOS fund raising day.

How to get involved

Getting involved is simple, regardless of whether you can operate all week, for one one day, or just a couple of hours each day - every penny raised makes a big difference to the RNLI.   As soon as it’s 00:00 (UTC) on the start of the event you start making as many contacts as you can, promoting SOS Radio Week to everyone you speak to. Remember, though, you cannot ask for donations over the air - you can, however, direct them to this web site for further information.

The last day of the event is the Sunday following the RNLI’s own SOS fund raising day.

Last year saw several special event stations on the air during the event, some from local stations.

I will be operating on all of the HF bands and doing my bit.  Why not listen out for me, my callsign is M3XTM and I will be operating a QRP (Low Power Output) station.  If you are not interested in amateur radio you can still make a donation to the RNLI, click the links above.  I am sure all those at Enigin will be supporting me.

Best 73s Terry M3XTM

Enigin.com – T’is the season to be jolly!!!!

The holiday season or Christmas time see’s an increase in electricity usage throughout the world. Here in the UK more people take time off from work and spend more time at home and because of this the home fuel bills tend to rise because the TV is on more, homes are decorated with coloured lights, Christmas tree’s and lastly because of the dark nights we tend to use our lights for longer periods. Normally, you can’t see, evaluate or compare the energy consumed by the equipment you use. There’s one monthly – or even quarterly – bill for everything, so any changes you make are based upon your best guess. At this time of year I think we all tend to say that we will worry about the bill in the new-year. To be honest I think I fall into this category as well and I work for Enigin.

I tend to do quite a lot of entertaining over the Christmas period and my ovens tend to be on most evenings in the run up to the big day. The mixer comes out as do other electrical gadgets in an effort to make the whole process of food preparation that little easier. The key issues are getting those dishes that can be prepared in advance out of the way and into the fridges or freezer. Other things we need to get done are those food items we intend to give as presents to out “Foody” friends. It’s a busy time but also very pleasurable.

Just now at Enigin, the Training Team are in the middle of yet another training course, the last before the Christmas break. It’s a hectic week for those involved and it’s during this period that we at Enigin have to be a little more flexible than normal supporting the team as and when we can.

So its almost the end of another year and we can now wonder what will 2010 bring?

So How’s about a nice “Stollen” recipe!!

STOLLEN

Makes: 12 thick slices

Ingredients

75g raisins
75g sultanas
25g mixed peel
50g glacé cherries, chopped
50g blanched almonds, chopped
Finely grated zest of 2 unwaxed lemons
10 cardamon pods, crushed and shells removed
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
1 tbsp vanilla extract
375g strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting
1 sachet dried yeast
50g caster sugar
1 medium egg, beaten
65g unsalted butter, melted
150ml warm milk, plus 1-2 tbsp, if needed
200g white marzipan
Icing sugar, for dusting

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Enigin.com – A Major Family Feast Involves Teamwork

It’s the same the world over for those of us that celebrate major festivals…the family appears out of the woodwork including those that have not been seen since the ice age.   They suddenly turn up and descend on a single household who are then expected to pull out all the stops and feed and entertain the masses!    It’s a little like working at Enigin, only this happens every month when we have an open day for potential Enigin Partners and Distributors followed by a weeklong residential training course at our training centre located in the beautiful County of Cornwall for those that have recently joined the Enigin family. 

During the run up to this monthly event one of the key issues for me is that of ensuring that sufficient stocks of product are available through the Enigin Electronic Catalogue Ordering System (ECOS) so that any new requests for products or merchandise can be met.   It’s a little like getting the ingredients for a recipe together.     Just now its just gone 4pm and the Enigin Business Managers are still enthusiastically talking to interested parties in various parts of the world…  The Development team is busy as always answering questions and giving advise to Enigin Distributors and partners and overall the office is buzzing with excitement.   The Enigin soup is made up from input/ingredients from the various teams and that goes to make the Company the great team that Enigin is.

This weeks recipe is a nice little fish  starter for 4 persons:

Monkfish with Serrano and Sage Skewers (Starter)

Serves 4

Ingredients

For the Salmoriglio:

Juice of 1 1/2 Lemons

Cut 4 wedges from the remaining half lemon.

8 tbsp extra virgin Olive oil

1 tbsp dried Oregano

2 cloves Garlic, crushed

Black pepper

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Enigin - A recipe for success or “Fowl Play!”

Hi There and Welcome to the first entry to my Blogg.

What can you expect from me, well I’m going to try and do something totally different but keeping in mind the need to save energy.  Its one thing being responsible for the stock holding in Enigin but do you really want to hear about the mundane and routine in’s and out’s of stock control…I don’t think so.  However there will be occasions when I may have some important issues to tell you about.

To start this journey I thought that what might be quite fun would be to introduce the world to Enigin energy saving by the way of easy quick meals that can be healthy, carbon friendly and only take a short time to cook.  I can hear it now…”I can’t cook!!”….  Well I don’t believe you.

There are some important issues to reducing the carbon footprint of your food.  Firstly you must try to purchase locally produced food where possible.  There will always be ingredients that by their nature can not be produced locally.   Use seasonal items where you can and check labels for the country of origin. More