Today after a week or so of monitoring the bands and seeing what happens I decided to try to call CQ on 50.280Mhz using a piece os software called MSHV by LZ2HV. This covers a number of modes. I was surprised to get a reply back from DK8NE, Uli and I managed to complete my…
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CQ 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…
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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…
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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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