Last Updated on August 19, 2011 by g6nhu On Saturday morning at 09:00, myself, M1EAK (Colin) and G0MBA (Tony) met at the Martello Tower to activate it as part of the Castles and Stately Homes on the Air weekend. I’d managed to organise the special event callsign at short notice and we were all really […]
Month: May 2011
Days 145, 146 and 147 – A different radio in the shack
Last Updated on August 19, 2011 by g6nhu I had four contacts on day #145, I started off on 20m working HB9TWG, Beat and then had a QSO with Tony, S54E on 15m. After that I moved to 40m and worked MX0NCC, Chris and GB8C, Gary. Both of these were operating under the Castles and Stately Homes […]
GB4MTG – QRV tomorrow from the Martello Tower
Last Updated on August 19, 2011 by g6nhu Just a quick post – Members of the Martello Tower Group will be operating GB4MTG as part of the Castles and Stately Homes On The Air (CASHOTA) weekend tomorrow Saturday 28th May from the roof of the Martello Tower in Point Clear, Essex. Please look at our […]
Days 142, 143 and 144 – RTTY
Last Updated on December 30, 2015 by g6nhu Day #142 was quite a disappointment after the previous day. I’d planned to be up early and spend six hours operating on VHF in the same contest we worked the day before from the Martello Tower. I was up in plenty of time but once I started […]
Now it’s time to run QRSS on 80m
Last Updated on December 30, 2015 by g6nhu Having had lots of fun running QRSS on both 30m and 40m I decided to try another band so a few weeks ago I ordered the 80m QRSS kit from QRP Labs and it was almost completely assembled within an hour of me receiving it – I […]
Days 139, 140 and 141 – Fun on the Martello Tower
Last Updated on August 19, 2011 by g6nhu Day #139 was very nearly my downfall due to an unforeseen circumstance. I got home from work, had my tea and headed off to the Colchester Radio club with my lad to see a practical demonstration of the CW leg of the 80m CC contest. All was going well […]
Days 136, 137 and 138 – 40m ragchews
Last Updated on August 19, 2011 by g6nhu I’ve had three days where the majority of my operating has been on 40m SSB and almost all the QSOs I’ve had have been good proper chats. Don’t get me wrong, I love the quick fire operating style where one just works station after station in quick […]
Designing a QSL card for the Royal Wedding callsign
Last Updated on August 19, 2011 by g6nhu Blank page. *sigh* That’s as far as I’ve got, I’m not creative. I’ve got no idea. Help!
Days 133, 134 and 135 – I’ve got a new logbook
Last Updated on August 19, 2011 by g6nhu I had three QSOs on day #133, I worked KA1ERL, Russell in Rhode Island on 20m JT65 and then switched to SSB and spoke to IR0LJ, Emilio. Later I changed to 40m where I had a nice long chat with Steve, M1ACB in Ipswich. Steve is a […]
QRSS – G0PKT is back
Last Updated on December 30, 2015 by g6nhu Earlier this week I noticed that G0PKT was missing when I ran my occasional QRSS grabber on 30m so I asked around the QRSS community and it turned out that it hadn’t been heard for a few days. I contacted Tony, G0MBA who checked and found that […]
