This evening Dave M0TAZ/P took part in the ROPOCO contest. In this contest you have to give your own postcode as your first contact, and from then on you give the last postcode you received. Its really strange when half way through the contest you get your own postcode back. The idea is to be […]
Year: 2015
Tracking High Altitude Ballons
The solar eclipse provided the perfect reason for a number of amateurs to launch high altitude balloons. AMSAT-UK is the place to go and read more about amateur radio space exploration and amateur radio satellites. Southampton space flight launched MAJORA and OLAF (pictures on their website) Further launches are detailed on the UK High Altitudes website […]
ARRL DX contest
This weekend saw the ARRL DX phone contest, and with 28 MHz in good shape this provided lots of USA stations. I did hear quite a few M3 and M6 stations (10w) making contact with the USA, so even low power provided results. With many of the big contest stations out this weekend, signals ranged […]
Working CW for people that don’t do CW
This weekend saw a cacophony of CW over the bands, as part of the ARRL DX contest. The idea is to work as many USA stations as you can. They send 5NN and their state, and you send 5NN and your power. I thought the contest would be ideal to try out the radios in […]
1.8 MHz Contest
The RSGB run a number of top band contests through the year. The first is the February 1.8 MHz covering both SSB and CW. John M0UKD and myself have taken part in these for a few years now, most notably 3 years ago in 6″ of snow, and last year getting the car bogged in […]
The Birth of a New Digital Mode SIM31
Read the article on how the mode invented by Nizar Ben Rejeb was developed, and the advantages it has over traditional PSK31. The article is available to read online. You can download a free copy of the program, and read more online at ON4NB website. A handy guide to installation can be read here. Ive been […]