I had the chance to go to Dayton this year. Its one of the places I always wanted to go to but never had the chance. I was invited by my friend Jim, AJ8S, to stay with him and his wife Rosemary. They live close to Dayton so it was an invitation I could not…
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Ultimate 3 WSPR
So the building at my house continues and my shack is still in pieces. Luckily the antenna feeds are still in the house and I have access to my HF6V vertical. so I thought I would run my Ultimate 3 through it. i have left it transmitting on 10m, 15m, 20m ,30m ,40m and 80m….
Continue readingID5100 programming issues with CS5100 Software
I have been having a lot of fun using the ID5100 radio in the car. So far I have not had any issues with it by programming the memories using the CS5100 software that comes with it. The ID5100 package does not include the USB programming cable so I have been using the SD card…
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We are having some building work done to our house. Out of this work my XYL will get a new kitchen and I will get a new shack! A good trade off. Unfortunately this means that I have had to take my shack apart for the garage to be converted to an office/shack. From 2nd…
Continue readingFirst satellite QSO
Not quite sure how but I have recently got very interested in working satellites. I think it was all due to hearing about Tim Peak on the ISS speaking to the kids at schools through out the UK and Europe that gave me the idea but I have been doing a lot of reading on the…
Continue readingARRL International CW Contest
Even though I had a nasty cold I thought I would give this contest a go. I did it last year and had a good time doing it so I spent a few hours on saturday afternoon concentrating on the Low Power Single Band entry. Im not going to be winning or making lots of…
Continue readingCQ WPX RTTY Contest
I managed to get some time over the weekend to take part in the CQ WPX RTTY contest. I’m not a full on contester I do find it fun to take part and give away some points for the more serious stations out there. It is also very nice to be able to get all…
Continue readingWSPR on UB20-Mx with 1w
So far I have not had much chance to use the antenna in anger as the bands close early right now, but I have left it running WSPR this weekend on 15m. I left the antenna pointed on bearing 259 degrees and got this plot over the afternoon using the Anan and WSPR running 1w….
Continue readingFinally, the UB20-Mx is up
After quite a few problems in getting the antenna up on to the mast, with the invaluable help of Andrew, G0RVM, we managed to get the antenna up in during the weekend of Storm Desmond. This storm caused a lot of flooding up in the Lake District. We had some strong gusts here during the…
Continue readingUltrabeam Motor testing
Finally the Ultrabeam UB20-Mx has arrived. It was a heavy box to lug in from the car. I dont have much space in the garage so its a bit of a tight squeeze with the box and my desk/shack but I have managed to check the contents and I think it is all there. Its…
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