I started off day #115 by working Roger, ON7TQ on 40m. He had a huge pileup going and was spending a couple of minutes talking to each person so it took a while to work him but it was a nice QSO once I did. Conditions seemed so nice on 40m that I decided to […]
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A day without the internet and an 80m QRSS transmitter
I woke up yesterday morning to find the worst possible scenario (except perhaps for a zombie apocalypse). The internet had failed! I tried rebooting my modem and even went as far as resetting it but not only was it not connecting to the internet, I couldn’t even connect to it. So I arranged to have […]
Days 112, 113 and 114 – getting ready to use GR6NHU
I’ve had three nicely busy days on the wireless and I’ve been getting things ready for the special callsign for the Royal Wedding later on this week. The NoV for GR6NHU has arrived, I’ve added it to my qrz.com profile, set up a QSL card design on eQSL.cc and requested a certificate on LoTW. I’ve […]
Days 109, 110 and 111 – Logbook online
Just one QSO on day #109, I worked N2HTT, Michael in New York State on 20m. On day #110 I had two contacts, UA1NAN, Eugene on 20m and then I had a QSO on the same band using PSK31 with R3WF, Alex. There were a few more contacts on day #111 and they were all […]
Days 106, 107 and 108
I started day #106 by having a QSO with RZ3DJ, Dmitry on 15m and then I worked two special event stations on the same band, both commemorating Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space. The stations were RG50D and RG50F. Later I worked RV3GS, Slav on the same band. After that I switched over to 10m […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
