Today was the day of the Kempton Park Rally, this is a rally I’ve not been to before but I wanted to pick up a couple of bits so I thought it was worth while attending. I also hoped to meet up with a few people I’ve been twittering with for the last six months […]
Month: April 2011
Days 103, 104 and 105
On day #103 there was a talk at the Harwich Amateur Radio Interest Group (HARIG) that I really wanted to go to. It was also the night of the 80m Club Championship contest. And it was my XYLs birthday! So we went out for a lovely meal, the two of us and our kids and […]
Days 100, 101 and 102 – My first QSOs on 10MHz
Day #100 started off when I had a contact with KC2ULY, Jeff in New York State on 40m followed by a QSO with UX2SB in the Ukraine. I’d arranged to have a sked on 10MHz later in the day but prior to that I set up my JT65 on that band and called CQ. I […]
Special temporary call signs for the Royal Wedding
Special temporary call signs that Radio Amateurs may use subject to prior authorisation, from 29 April to 9 May 2011—signifying the marriage of H.R.H. Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton. Facilitating the use of special temporary Amateur call signs in respect of the Royal Wedding for Amateurs holding UK; Full Licences, Full (Reciprocal) […]
Days 97, 98 and 99 – A trip to JO22jl
I said in my last entry that I’d been preparing for a trip away and it so happened that at 07:00 on day #97, I flew out of London Stansted bound for Amsterdam. I live about an hour away from the airport and I planned to be there by 06:00. That meant leaving here at […]
Days 94, 95 and 96 – 144MHz UKAC
Day #94 started with a QSO with Nick, RV3EFR who replied to my CQ call on 15m and then I had JT65 QSOs with RU3KS, Andrey, W3BI, Rick and F1MWV, Jean-Pierre before I switched over to 20m and worked R5AO, Evgeny and OM3CFR, Pavol On day #95 I started off by working RX3AIS, Mikhail and […]
G6NHU’s occasional QRSS grabber
I am running a QRSS grabber. It’s not going to be active all the time so I’ve called it “G6NHU’s occasional QRSS grabber” It will be on when I’m not using the radio, generally during the day and overnight with the band changing between 30m and 40m depending on how I feel. If there are […]
Wanted: 30m (10MHz) JT65-HF sked
I’ve tried to work people on 30m, I’ve called CQ using both PSK31 and JT65-HF but there never seems to be anyone around. I know that my vertical seems to both transmit and receive at least reasonably well on 30m but I’m still waiting to have my first QSO on the band. It’s the only […]
Days 91, 92 and 93 – Rotating PostCodes (RoPoCo)
There were just two QSOs on day #91, the first was on 18MHz (17m) which is a band I feel I should use more with Tony, IT9PQO in Sicily and then I worked EA2DCF on 40m JT65. Day #92 saw contacts on 28MHz with Norman, 5B4AIF in Cyprus and RN4AZ, Peter in Russia followed by […]
Intermediate exam, the community is split. What do you think?
I was in the local radio shop yesterday and had a flick through the Intermediate licence training book and one of the sample exam questions jumped out at me. The question was: When referring to soldering, the term ‘dry joint’ means: (a) A form of soldering using dry paste (b) A good solder joint (c) […]
