At the time of writing the Cricket World Cup is underway here in the UK. And to help celebrate/promote this event on the airwaves the RSGB has setup 21 or so Special Event Stations for members of the RSGB Contest Club to Operate. So far we have managed to get over 140000 QSOs on various…
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Satellite Setup
In one of my earlier posts I mentioned I had started looking at getting setup for operating on satellites. Well I have finally managed to get this working. The setup consists of the following: 2m Wimo X-quad beam with phasing harness to make it RHC Polarised 70cm Wimo X-quad beam with phasing harness to make…
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Over the past few months I have been trying to work out what contests I have taken part in that qualify for my application for a contest callsign. I had not realised but I came first in the CQ WPX CW last year, so that gives me two points for the 5 I need. I…
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