On day #172 I switched the wireless on to find it still on 20m from the last QSO of the previous night and so I tuned around to hear RA3PCI, Sergey calling CQ. It would have been rude not to answer so we had a chat and then I moved to 40m to work J48O, […]
Days 169, 170 and 171 – WSPR on 6m and Contestia
I started day #169 by working a couple of Special Event stations on 40m, I worked MU/EA1SA followed by GB0GCR and GB2MOF then I had a contact with EA3PT, Jordi on 15m. I then had RTTY QSOs on 20m with TF5B, Billi and PI65ALK. It was the 6m Trophy contest and so I gave away […]
Why do I get so few replies to CQ calls?
Over the last few months I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon. Why is it that I can call CQ on the HF bands and not get a reply for ages? I’ve noticed that I can call for ten minutes and finally have a reply from someone who gives me a good signal report, “Five and nine plus […]
Days 166, 167 and 168 – /p operation
On day #166 I started off after work by working DJ3HJ, SK7BQ/P, PC11AMBER and F/G3PGK/P on 40m SSB. It was a nice long chat with F/G3PGK/P, Colin who was on holiday in France. I learned that he has a cat called Bonzo and he learned a couple of things – One was that I don’t […]
40m WSPR on my new loop aerial
Last night I thought I’d see how well my 40m horizontal delta loop was performing by running some WSPR overnight with just five watts – I can’t go any lower with my radio, the lowest setting is five watts. After one transmit period this is where I’d been seen. That’s pretty good. I left the […]
Days 163, 164 and 165
Day #163 kicked off with a few QSOs in a 144MHz contest – Not as many as I’d have hoped but conditions were pretty dire and although I tuned around for nearly an hour, I only managed to work five stations who were G3NYY/P, TM7T, G0UTT/P, G2XV/P and MI0AYR/P. After that I worked DL0YLC, Connie […]
I’ve been certified – Formula 1 Valencia Award
Some would argue that I should have been certified years ago but this isn’t that kind of certification. I’ve worked six separate Special Event stations for the F1 Grand Prix in Valencia 2011 and for that I’ve been awarded this nice certificate. I’ve never applied for a radio related award before and it’s not something […]
Days 160, 161 and 162 – VK on 20m RTTY
Day #160 was another one where I only had a limited amount of time to play radio in the evening and so I had just two QSOs – I worked 9A8DX, Darko on 40m and then DF9DD, Eckhard using RTTY on the same band. Day #161 saw some good Sporadic E conditions on both 6m […]
IARU Region 1 VHF Contest 2010 results
The results of the IARU Region 1 VHF contest from September 2010 have finally been published. As an entrant to the RSGB 144MHz Trophy I was automatically entered to this one and I’ve been quite keen to see the results for some time as it was the first time I’ve done the full 24 hour […]
Days 157, 158 and 159 – QSL cards from the bureau
All three of these days were very busy for me and so I managed just two QSOs on each day but that’s one more than I’ve said I’ll do and I’m still very happy to be playing radio every day. On day #157 I decided to have a shout on 2m for a change and […]
