Last night with the able assistance of John M0UKD we attempted an entry in the 160m club calls contest. As the name suggests this is a 160m contest, designed for clubs to have teams of members on air. The exchange is a little strange, RST, Serial, (member, Club HQ or non club) and then 4 […]
Portable with the roach pole on 1.9 and 24 MHz
Today the weather was ideal for some /p over Hornchurch Country Park. Equipment 85Ah Battery, Icom 7200, 18m Roach Pole, Inductor 340µH. The roach pole provided 18m (60ft) of antenna, and when coupled with the inductor at 15m provided a match at 1830 kHz. The ATU was used to provide a match at 1910 kHz, […]
So you want to work VK and JA on 10w ?
One answer is to to learn a low powered digital mode, CW fits the bill but things have moved on in the last 100 years and computers have provided an even better, more robust form of digital communication. What am I talking about? No not the internet, but low power digital modes like JT65, JT9, […]
Holyhead Mountain SOTA – GW/NW-069
On this occasion we chose Holyhead Mountain, this is SOTA ref GW/NW-069 and at just 220 meters is a real little summit with an interesting walk. Its on the Isle of Anglesey, over looking the Irish sea with good view North into Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man and South into England. The antenna was a […]
Working some IOTA DX
As you would have noticed the IOTA contest was on over the last 24 Hrs. For the first time ever I decide to have a go away from home, and see what I could work in 12 Hrs. The setup was the Racal push up mast 12m, Icom 7000, Linear Amp UK 1200, Honda 2K […]
HF Portable On 20M With A Two Ele Quad
Having just returned from Scotland, I decided it was about time to dust off the 20m Quad antenna and do some QRO with John M0UKD. The antenna has undergone a few modifications since the #1 version last year. The mounting plates for the roach poles are now heavy duty aluminium. The plan last night was […]