A few months ago I heard about a new data mode from Joe Taylor, K1JT called JT9. I looked into it and even tried calling CQ a few times on 40m using it but with no replies and no sign of any activity. I quickly gave it up as a bad job but before long […]
Category: Amateur radio
Statistics – April 2013
Looking back over my records for the past three years, April is always one of the quieter months of the year and it’s no exception in 2013. I was hoping for a few more QSOs over the months but over 700 is still a good total. In April I worked five new entities, these were […]
A productive radio day
Today has been a day for doing things. I’ve only had one QSO on the wireless but I’ve spent a lot of time doing radio related stuff. I started off this morning by getting all the bits together for my set of 5B4AGN bandpass filters. My first attempt to wind one of the toroids was […]
Part time entry in the EA RTTY contest
I’ve just completed a part time entry in the EA RTTY contest – It runs from 16:00z to 16:00z over the weekend so I did a few hours yesterday evening on 20m and then put the wireless back on again much later in the night and was surprised to work quite a few Ws and […]
Fixing the Hexbeam … again
I posted about three weeks ago about my Hexbeam failing again and you can read that by scrolling down the page a little or by clicking here. I spoke to the manufacturer directly after and he sent me a set of his new custom made PTFE spacers. There was a contest the following weekend so […]
Statistics – March 2013
Conditions throughout March have been generally poor with moments of brilliance mixed in! I’ve taken part in some contests this month and it’s been a struggle, the most recent was this past weekend where the bands started off in terrible condition and that really caused me to lose interest. Three new ones this month, Clipperton Island, Malawi […]
Operating QRP. Seriously, me running QRP!
As far as I was aware, this weekend was going to be pretty much contest free and I planned to do some work on my aerials. I received some new spacers for the Hexbeam and although I fitted the 15m ones before the BARTG RTTY bash, I didn’t have time to do the other bands. This weekend […]
15m + 400w + snow/rain + Hexbeam = *sigh*
It’s the EA PSK63 contest. I had a decent run yesterday and this morning I was up nice and early to carry on my 15m single band entry. It snowed overnight, it’s raining now and very damp outside. After twenty minutes I was working a run of Japanese stations and my IMD meter started beeping […]
Sometimes it’s nice to have an unexpected day off
Due to unexpected circumstances, I ended up being at home today and once the reason for that was being dealt with, I decided to play radio for a while. I’ve been looking to work the TX5K DXpedition to Clipperton Island since the weekend. I tried on Sunday but the pileups were absolutely massive and I […]
Open Ukraine RTTY Championship 2013
This contest has changed from last year – The new rules can be seen here and if I’m honest, I found some aspects to be a little confusing so I emailed the adjudicator to get some clarification. My entry was in the “High Band” rounds and I made just 157 QSOs on 15m with nothing […]
