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
This article appears in the Autumn 2015 edition of FOCUS, the journal of the First Class Operators’ Club (FOC). It is reproduced here as I felt it would be of wider interest. The Origins of Club Log Late in 2014 … Continue reading
Thanks to David, G3UNA, for the video!