I’m thrilled to report to you that the half-billion mark has been passed, on 28 May 2018! The 500 millionth QSO was uploaded by W4PG, who uploaded a QSO with ZL1BQD on 17m (FT8). Congratulations in equal parts to Robert, … Continue reading
There is a great deal of interest in the growth of FT8 (and in particular, whether other modes are losing out to it), but the analysis of the raw data up to now has been dependent on whether I have … Continue reading
Every few years, I’ve posted a chart of which modes are being used on the air (based on what is uploaded to Club Log). This report isn’t lightweight to calculate, so I don’t have it as a standard feature in … Continue reading
A full write up of the Cambridge University Wireless Society trip is available here: http://www.g6uw.org/2017/10/08/cuws-fp/ (Thanks Dan, M0WUT) FP/G7VJR made over 1,300 QSOs on 160m, including some good rare DX in VK! By using an inverted ‘L’ and a large radial … Continue reading
INNKALLING TIL ÅRSMØTE I LA-DX-GROUP 2017 Stedet er LETOHALLEN ved GARDERMOEN Tid er lørdag 1. april 2017, kl. 10:00 Også i år arrangerer vi årsmøte med etterfølgende DX foredrag i forbindelse med Norsk Hammeeting. Både årsmøtet og DX foredragene er … Continue reading
I was very fortunate to be invited to speak at the Tokyo Ham Fair this year, by Yutaka JQ2GYU and Joe JA1LZR. Those with long memories may recall we operated as a team together with Martin G3ZAY as GJ6UW from … Continue reading
From time to time I run a report on the Club Log database that analyses the proportion of SSB (phone), CW and data modes logged in QSOs. This is an update of an earlier graph I did in 2013, and … Continue reading
Update (15 June 2016): the team at Juma have posted their professional measurements here: http://www.jumaradio.com/juma-pa1000/JUMA-PA1000-performance.html Travelling light with a 500W+ station The Juma PA1000 is a remarkably light 1000W solid state amplifier, and offers high levels of gain so that … Continue reading
VK9L/G7VJR – Lord Howe Island – April 2016 I visited Lord Howe island, IOTA OC-004, between 15 April and 20 April 2016. I was QRV on the HF bands, with a TS-480HX 200W and CW only, using wire verticals. Baggage allowances on the Dash-8 … Continue reading
This article was originally written for the CWOps newsletter, Solid Copy. The information presented is equally relevant to other clubs, so I have decided to reproduce it here without modification. If anything is unclear do let me know! – Michael … Continue reading