I started off day #219 by having a couple of QSOs on 20m, first I spoke to M0GYQ/P, Rob and then a bit later I was tuning around to hear someone asking if the frequency was in use. Predicting a CQ call I listened to hear the same station ask a further twice whether the […]
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Days 216, 217 and 218 – The “European HF Championship”
I had one contact on day #216, I spoke to I2BEO, Julio on 40m. I doubled that on day #217 when I had two QSOs, firstly I spoke to ER1SS, Vlad on 6m and then I had a quick word with Braco, E77DX on 10m. Day #218 saw a few more QSOs though. I started […]
Review – July
IOTA weekend gave my QSO count for July a big boost with over 150 of my contacts for the month occurring during that contest. My DXCC entity count continues to grow slowly and so does the number of stations confirmed on LoTW. I’ve not written out any QSL cards for July yet but will hit those over […]
Days 213, 214 and 215
One QSO on day #213, I worked 9A2YM, Steve on 12m. I’ve only had four QSOs on 24MHz so it was nice to use the band again and he was a mighty fine signal! On day #214 I started off on one of the other WARC bands and spoke to E77YZ, Adis in Sarajevo on […]
Days 209 to 212 – IOTA
I had one QSO on both days #209 and 210, I worked DL5MBY, Ulli on 20m RTTY and TP50CE, Francis on 40m respectively. Days #211 and #212 were the Islands On The Air (IOTA) contest and this is an annual event that is very popular. I had sort of hoped to be operating from GU […]
BT have finally fixed my phone line
After the lightning strike just over a month ago, BT Openreach came to my house and performed a ‘temporary’ repair to get my phone line working again. This consisted of bypassing a broken pair of conductors and using another pair within the same cable. The technician told me he wasn’t able to change the wire […]
Days 206, 207 and 208 – I’ve got data modes again
I’ve still got a lot of things happening at home and work. We’re ramping up towards a major event at work happening in a couple of weeks so there’s a lot of preparation going on. That’s not stopping me from keeping this project going though. On day #206 I worked two stations on 40m, SE6Y, […]
Days 203, 204 and 205 – A quiet few days
Weekends are normally busy on the wireless for me but this weekend was quite different. We all left home mid morning on the Saturday and returned home late evening on Sunday so I had no real time to play radio. I also had to strip everything out of my shack at the weekend in preparation […]
Days 200, 201 and 202 – Finding more damaged stuff
Not much to report for these three days, on day #200 I worked DL4FL, Henry on 40m followed by 9H4JX, Jason on 17m. On day #201 I spoke to DL9AKA on 40m and I had two QSOs on day #202, working S57S, Alex on 17m and then 9A3WL, Milan on 6m. Things are starting to […]
My insurance has paid out in full
I’m very pleased to be able to post this quick update to say that my insurance has paid out for everything I claimed. There was a very minor adjustment to one price I submitted where they’d found an item slightly cheaper but apart from that I’ve now had a full and complete settlement. It’s been […]
