Monthly Archives: March 2011

10MHz QRSS and WSPR

Posted on March 30, 2011 by g6nhu

I’ve blogged previously about my total lack of success running QRSS on the 30 metre (10MHz) band and I’ve always blamed my aerial.  I ran my home made QRSS kit into my long wire for a few days and nobody … Continue reading →

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Days 85, 86 and 87 – CQ WPX and more DXCCs than you can shake a stick at

Posted on March 29, 2011 by g6nhu

I was awake at midnight on day #85 as I’d been working a few stations just before in the build up to the CQ World-Wide WPX Contest which is one of the big HF contests of the year.  I had … Continue reading →

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RSGB General Manager

Posted on March 28, 2011 by g6nhu

This blog isn’t normally used to report general news articles but I think it’s worth posting this. RSGB General Manager The Board of the RSGB has today released the following announcement: Peter Kirby, RSGB General Manager, has left the Society’s … Continue reading →

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Club Log – A great tool for analysing your log

Posted on March 27, 2011 by g6nhu

I was pointed towards Club Log a few weeks ago and I signed up for it out of interest to see what it can do. The “About” info says: Club Log is a web-based application that analyses log files from … Continue reading →

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G6NHU ‘grabbed’ in Pensacola again

Posted on March 27, 2011 by g6nhu

I totally forgot on Friday night to switch the QRSS transmitter on but remembered just before I went to bed last night to tune the aerial for 40m and connect up the kit. This morning I had a hunt through … Continue reading →

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Days 82, 83 and 84 – 80m was better this month (oh, and Cape Verde)

Posted on March 26, 2011 by g6nhu

I blogged a couple of days ago about my displeasure with the behaviour of a particular station who was calling D44AC in Cape Verde on 10m.  I gave up trying to get through the pileup on day #82 and a … Continue reading →

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Ignorant and rude operating – A rant

Posted on March 23, 2011 by g6nhu

I got home from work this evening and within about thirty seconds of getting in, the phone rang.  It was Tony, G0MBA so I put the wireless on and we had a chat on 28MHz.  Tony was on the outskirts … Continue reading →

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