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 […]
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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) […]
40m QRSS overnight, 01/04/11 to 02/04/11
Last night was a good night for me on 40m QRSS, I was spotted by four grabbers that I’m aware of, they were, in alphabetical order. IV3ONZ, Italy at 1114 kilometres, 692 miles ON5EX, Belgium at 199 kilometres, 123 miles VE1VDM, Canada at 4634 kilometres, 2879 miles W4HBK, USA at 7288 kilometres, 4528 miles […]
Days 88, 89 and 90 – Quiet
After the hectic last weekend, these three days have been very quiet with just one QSO each day. Part of the reason for this is that I also spent quite a while writing out the QSL cards for March, here’s just a few of them all written out and ready to go to the bureau. […]
