Just a few QSOs for these three days but there are some good ones – On day #299 I first worked PT2CM and SZ7SER on 20m SSB and then EI9HX and 9A8DX on 40m. On day #300 I had 3 QSOs and all 3 were new DXCCs for me. They were all on 20m and […]
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Days 296, 297 and 298 – I finally worked T32C
Day #296 was the day of the aerial work although before we started tearing my aerials down, I had a quick ‘banker’ QSO just in case things didn’t go well. I worked JG1WNO, Hiro on 10m JT65 early in the morning. After all the work was done and my beam was up, my first QSO […]
Which HF amplifier?
Now the beam is up and that project is almost completed I’ve decided that the next addition to my shack should be an HF amplifier but I don’t know which one to go for. I can read reviews from now until my eyes fall out but I’d like views and opinions from people who actually have, […]
Days 293, 294 and 295 – First SSB contact to VK
Conditions have been great over the last couple of weeks. I’ve not been going out of my way to have long strings of QSOs though, just tuning around and picking people off as I feel like it. On day #293 I spent most of my time on 10m working A65EE, Adil, ZS6CX, Glen, RD3ZV, Alex, […]
I’ve got a new callsign – KB3WPE
I just checked the FCC website as I’ve been doing most days since I passed the FCC Technician and General class exams and discovered that yesterday I was issued KB3WPE.
Now this is what you call a pulley!
As has been well publicised in this blog, Yan, M0YNK has been constructing most of the hardware to go with my mast. I popped into his workshop on the way home tonight to find him working on a pulley for me. Originally we’d bought one which wasn’t man enough for the job and Yan had […]
Days 290, 291 and 292 – A QSL card in the post
I had three QSOs on day #290, I worked MX0BCQ, Kevin and 2E0OTL, Gary on 40m SSB and then had a JT65 QSO on 20m with IW1PUR, Roberto. Even less on day #291 despite the current good conditions – I spoke to KF3B, Alan on 15m SSB and NU1O, Chris on 10m. I arrived home […]
Days 287, 288 and 289 – A bit of (almost) everything
There’s a bit of everything in this update. Variety is the spice of life! I only had two QSOs on day #287 though, I first worked KD4FNI, Glenn on 15m and then I heard EA3JW, Jim calling CQ DX on 40m. I wound the power down to 10 watts and asked if he’d mind working […]
My Alimast is up but there’s no aerial on top (lots of images in this post)
There was no work done on my Alimast from Aerial-Parts of Colchester last weekend because I was at the RSGB Convention so the plan was to get everything finished off this weekend. The design for the bracket had been worked out and I’d done all the indoor work on my new rotator. The weather forecast […]
Days 283, 284, 285 and 286 – PSK31 sign-offs
Day #283 was the first day back home after I’d been away all weekend for the RSGB Convention and I realised very quickly that morning that perhaps I should have taken the day off to recover. Although I’d been sensible and not had really late nights while away, they were still long days and I […]
