It’s no secret that I’ve been meaning to do some aerial work for a while now and it’s just taken much longer than planned. My long wire starts just under the eves of the house and goes to an anchor point a mere five foot or so above the ground which really makes it very […]
What constitutes a QSO?
When you’re speaking to someone, a QSO is very easy to define. Generally an exchange of callsigns and signal reports is the accepted minimum required to complete a contact although I notice that signal reports aren’t even mentioned on the ARRLs Logbook of The World. During HF contests the signal report is always a 5-9 […]
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 […]
Fifty confirmed countries on eQSL
I’m not a great awards chaser although I am working towards DXCC using Logbook of the World and I noticed this evening that there’s a tab on eQSL marked ‘Awards’ which I’ve never been into before. I was quite surprised to see that I have over fifty confirmed countries on eQSL so I downloaded the […]
My 40m QRSS transmitter spotted warming up
I put my 40m QRSS transmitter on air over the weekend as I do sometimes and was most intrigued to be sent the following capture. Colin, G6AVK who’s in Rayleigh, Essex (not too far from me) had been monitoring at the time and spotted my transmission when it first came on air. You can clearly […]
The Kempton Park Rally
Today was the day of the Kempton Park Rally, this is a rally I’ve not been to before but I wanted to pick up a couple of bits so I thought it was worth while attending. I also hoped to meet up with a few people I’ve been twittering with for the last six months […]
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 […]
Special temporary call signs for the Royal Wedding
Special temporary call signs that Radio Amateurs may use subject to prior authorisation, from 29 April to 9 May 2011—signifying the marriage of H.R.H. Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton. Facilitating the use of special temporary Amateur call signs in respect of the Royal Wedding for Amateurs holding UK; Full Licences, Full (Reciprocal) […]
