Last Updated on March 16, 2011 by g6nhu It’s been a nice weekend on the radio with well over a page full of QSOs in the logbook. This is partly due to a big HF contest over the weekend and partly down to the fact that conditions have been good on VHF with a tropo […]
Month: January 2011
Days 26, 27, 28 and a minor “DX only” rant
Last Updated on March 16, 2011 by g6nhu On day #26 I decided to have another bash on 144MHz to see if it was as successful as when I’d called a week earlier. It took a few attempts and some beam tweaking but I had a nice chat with David, 2E0YUB up in Lincolnshire. Day […]
QRSS for the third time
Last Updated on December 30, 2015 by g6nhu As mentioned over the last two days, the G0PKT QRSS transmitter has now been spotted by a number of ‘grabbers’ around the world, the furthest away being just over 1400 miles away in Russia. Not bad for a transmitter and aerial that cost less than £20 to […]
Days 23, 24, 25 and more QRSS
Last Updated on December 30, 2015 by g6nhu On day #23 I wound the radio onto 18MHz again and had a tune around, I found UY5ZZ, Vlad calling CQ DX so I did the same thing I’ve done previously, turned the power down and asked he minded working a QRP station. He was good with […]
QRSS, woo!
Last Updated on December 30, 2015 by g6nhu I arrived at work this morning to an email from Mauro, IK1WVQ to tell me that he’d spotted the G0PKT QRSS beacon on 30m. This is the first time we’ve had a reported signal and looking at the trace he sent me, the signal really was quite […]
Days 20, 21 and 22 – More VHF and an old friend
Last Updated on March 16, 2011 by g6nhu I’ve noticed over the last week or so that conditions on HF have been really poor, I’ve called CQ on both 40m and 80m in the evenings with no replies at all and so my last QSO on day #19 was on VHF. When I turned the […]
New aerial plans
Last Updated on March 16, 2011 by g6nhu I mentioned in the blog last year that I needed a new aerial and that I had plans for a Carolina Windom. Although I’ve got the Windom I don’t think I’ll be putting it up. I’ve recently become a member of the Hadley Wood CG and have […]
QSL cards
Last Updated on March 16, 2011 by g6nhu I’m in the process of making some sticky labels for the back of my QSL cards and I’m planning on QSLing all the contacts in my QSO365 as far as is practical. I’ll fill out the cards as usual and they’ll have a sticker on with details […]
Days 17, 18 and 19
Last Updated on March 16, 2011 by g6nhu Week days are always going to be a little hectic and this week so far has been no different. I wasn’t at work on Monday but I had loads of things to get done so around mid morning I took a break and put the radio on. […]
Days 13, 14, 15 and 16 – Saudi Arabia!
Last Updated on March 16, 2011 by g6nhu It’s been a busy few days for me on both the wireless and in ‘real life’ but I’ve been able to keep the project going without too much trouble. On day #13 which was Thursday I was home from work and back out again very quickly with […]
