This is the first month of the year where my QSO total is lower than the same month in 2011 and I put that largely down to the fact that I’ve been very busy at work this month and have had a number of late evenings and weekends where I’ve been working so my time […]
Data (RTTY/PSK) contesting – The anatomy of an ideal QSO
I like contesting. I like data contesting and I operate a lot in data contests. I don’t generally have the time to dedicate to making a winning entry although for the big events, I’ll try and make a good score and aim to finish high up in the table. I’ve done well enough though and […]
CQWW SSB weekend 2012
Last weekend was the biggest SSB contest of the year, CQWW SSB. I can’t believe that means it’s been over a year since my mast was put up as my aim was to get that completed in time for the contest in 2011. I had a couple of aims for this year. Firstly I wanted […]
GO6NHU QSL cards received
If you were one of the 2012 QSOs in my log during the time I operated as GO6NHU for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, you’ll be pleased to hear that my custom designed QSL cards have arrived. If you worked me then there are a number of ways to get this limited edition QSL […]
Statistics – October 2012
I’ve been a bit cheeky with my QSO count this month as I’ve included the contacts I made while operating as GP0PKT from Herm Island for a few days as part of the Martello Tower Group DXpedition but even without those, I managed a nice lot of QSOs and the DXCC entities worked only includes […]
Audio recordings
Recently I’ve been saving audio snippets from when I work DXpeditions. This started when I worked the 7O6T DXpedition back in May and I’ve tried to do it since then. I thought it would be good to keep all these audio clips online and so you’ll see there’s a new page on the site which […]
It was thirty years ago today…. Part 3
…. I received my licence. A poorly photocopied sheet, issued by the Home Office with my details hand written on in biro.
RSGB Convention 2012
Tomorrow I’m off to the RSGB Convention at Horwood House, Milton Keynes and will be there until Sunday afternoon. The programme of events is very varied and there’s plenty there to keep me interested all weekend, along with it being a major social event. If you go and you spot me, please be sure to […]
The Martello Tower Group are going to Herm
I suddenly realised that although I’ve been shouting about our upcoming DXpedition to Herm on Twitter and getting publicity in many other places that I’ve not blogged about it here. Myself and five other members of the Martello Tower Group are going to Herm which is part of the Channel Islands in just three days […]
Statistics – September 2012
I wound up my GO6NHU operations at the start of the month so whereas G6NHU didn’t get much use over the last two months, I’m back to that again. The design for my QSL cards for GO6NHU is nearly finished and will be ordered in the next week or so. My goal is to work […]
