I’m in the process of making some sticky labels for the back of my QSL cards and I’m planning on QSLing all the contacts in my QSO365 as far as is practical. I’ll fill out the cards as usual and they’ll have a sticker on with details of the project and the URL of this […]
Days 17, 18 and 19
Week days are always going to be a little hectic and this week so far has been no different. I wasn’t at work on Monday but I had loads of things to get done so around mid morning I took a break and put the radio on. I was expecting the bands to be busier […]
Days 13, 14, 15 and 16 – Saudi Arabia!
It’s been a busy few days for me on both the wireless and in ‘real life’ but I’ve been able to keep the project going without too much trouble. On day #13 which was Thursday I was home from work and back out again very quickly with my daughter to visit my mum. This is […]
When do I get a chance to operate?
I’ve been asked via Twitter to post the times I get a chance to operate the radio and make my QSOs. During the week, the time I have available to operate the wireless is limited, I’m normally up at around quarter to six and out of the house just after half past six to head […]
Days 10, 11 and 12
This three day update seems to work well, it’s a format that I may well stick with throughout the year. Day #10 saw two contacts in the evening, both on 40m as expected and unsurprisingly to Spain and Italy (EA1HDD and IK6BGJ), two of the three countries I hear the most on the band, the […]
Day 9 – Namibia!
I won’t normally blog twice a day and I generally won’t blog on the same day as I had the QSOs but as I’m not going to be on the wireless again today I thought I may as well post. I’ve had three QSOs today, the first was on 7MHz where I worked IK4HLQ, Joe […]
Days 6, 7 and 8
These days have been good, no drama like on day #5 where I nearly didn’t manage to have a contact. Day #6 was a 40m day with both QSOs being on 40m, the first to S57O, Franc in Slovenia and a couple of hours later I worked IZ2EWR, Peter in Italy, not too far from […]
73 – A rant
In amateur radio terms, the numbers 73 are an abbreviation for “best wishes” or “best regards”. Note the plural. At the end of a contact people generally sign off using that abbreviation, it’s polite. But if you say “seven threes” or “seventy threes” then what you’re really saying is “best wisheses“. That sounds a bit […]
Days 3,4 and 5
Day #3 started off well with a QSO just a few seconds into the day to R7DX (what a great callsign), Alex who is around 1,800 miles away in Russia. I worked him on 40m and the band was wide open but I was very tired and went to bed straight after. Later on […]
First QSOs of 2011
The first two days QSOs have been easy, if it’s like this all year then it’ll be a breeze! I still don’t have much experience in HF propagation so I still don’t really know what to expect but the bands seem to have been in a fairly good way over the last couple of days. […]
