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 […]
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 […]
40m delta loop – Cloud warmer?
It has been suggested that my 40m horizontal delta loop could be described as a ‘cloud warmer’ and to be fair that’s reasonable as it was designed and built for NVIS propagation. Last night I was very pleased to work two Brazilians on 40m during the IOTA contest, PR2P and PP5XX at 8551 km (5313 […]
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 […]
Days 197, 198 and 199 – The RSGB Convention
I started off on day #197 by working a few stations in some contest or other, I worked EC7DND, RM3Q, 4O3A, EA5GS and RY7Y on 20m followed by DQ60SAAR and DG1EA on 40m. After that I spoke to UT7Y, S53EO, RN3F and ER3CT back on 20m. Later in the day I had a nice chat […]
New best DX on 6m
There were some nice conditions on 6m yesterday evening and while tuning around I heard SV9GPV on Crete working a long string of stations. I joined in the throng but in half an hour of calling I didn’t manage to get through the pileup. In the end he QSYd to 4m so I tuned further […]
