Category Archives: Data

An unexpected QRP entry into the DMC RTTY 2018 contest

Posted on July 22, 2018 by g6nhu

I keep a regular eye on the contest calendars as although I don’t have a lot of time for serious entries, it’s nice to be able to give away a few points.  For example – I worked around one hundred … Continue reading →

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Statistics for the second quarter of 2018

Posted on July 1, 2018 by g6nhu

Although this blog hasn’t been very active over the last few months, I’m still operating the radio regularly.  The warmer weather has appeared in the UK and I’m spending a lot of time outside walking, riding my bike, eating ice-cream … Continue reading →

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The return of GR6NHU

Posted on May 26, 2018 by g6nhu

Last weekend saw the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle which wasn’t an event I was particularly interested in but all UK radio amateurs were given the opportunity to use a special prefix to celebrate.  The last time … Continue reading →

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Updated guide to setting up an APRS RX only iGate using a Raspberry Pi, RTL-SDR dongle and a pre-built image

Posted on April 13, 2018 by g6nhu

** image has been updated as of 21/04/2018 to resolve the problems some people had booting their Pi ** This post is an updated version of the original article I wrote in February 2017.  It’s using Raspbian Stretch rather than … Continue reading →

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Statistics for the first quarter of 2018

Posted on April 2, 2018 by g6nhu

I’ve had a good first quarter of 2018, partly helped because I dropped the legs of my OCFD towards the end of last year, cable tied my smartuner to the bottom of the mast and put up an inverted L … Continue reading →

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17m FT8 DXCC challenge is complete

Posted on March 4, 2018 by g6nhu

My 17m challenge to work 100 separate DXCC entities using only FT8 is complete.  I expected it to take a lot longer than a mere seven months.  I don’t have them all confirmed but that wasn’t part of the challenge … Continue reading →

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Update on my 17m FT8 DXCC challenge

Posted on January 28, 2018 by g6nhu

My last update on this challenge was back in October and I did very little towards it until the New Year.  Since the last time I posted about this, I’ve worked an extra 27 DXCC entities on 17m using just … Continue reading →

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