Last Updated on January 28, 2013 by g6nhu Day #64 dawned and with it the fact that it was a Saturday morning with contests throughout the day on both HF and 144MHz. Before I did any contest operating though I had two PSK31 QSOs on 40m with DC2QT, Heinrich in Germany and G6UWK, Jon who […]
Month: March 2011
Replacing the Schottky diodes in my FT-847
Last Updated on March 19, 2011 by g6nhu Some time ago I blogged about Radio improvements and tweaking things to make them better, specifically a number of modifications that I’d had made to my Yaesu FT-847. I talked in that entry about swapping the cheap switching diodes out for low noise Schottky diodes to reduce […]
Working VK for the first time – For real
Last Updated on April 1, 2011 by g6nhu A short while ago I was calling CQ using JT65-HF on 40m when I noticed a trace right at the edge of my screen – VK6BN was calling CQ. I tried to call him but he was right on the edge of my passband and started working […]
VK land – Signal heard
Last Updated on March 19, 2011 by g6nhu On day #63 as I went to bed I put my station on the Weak Signal Propagation Reporter Network running just 5 watts on 28MHz. I’d jokingly said that I expected to be heard in Australia with a signal strength of +20dB. Well, it’s easy to confuse […]
Days 61, 62 and 63 – Data, data everywhere
Last Updated on March 19, 2011 by g6nhu Three days absolutely stuffed full of data contacts. Don’t worry though, I do pick up the microphone on day #64 and that will be in the next blog entry. Day #61 was another of my long days out, I left home at around half six in the […]
Days 58, 59 and 60 – Lots more data
Last Updated on March 19, 2011 by g6nhu I’ve not picked up the microphone at all over the last few days and am really having a good time working the data modes, almost exclusively JT65. I explained how JT65 works in my last blog post and I’m getting more interested by the mode every time […]
Review – February
Last Updated on June 11, 2011 by g6nhu February was a very enjoyable month, things have settled into a regular pattern and I’m still going strong in my quest to have a QSO per day. I’ve had less contacts in February which I put down to me operating in less contest situations which isn’t a […]
