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Dec 04

GJ6UW – Jersey December 2011

Posted on December 4, 2011 by G7VJR
Jersey Crest

Jersey DXPedition, December 2011: Yutaka JQ2GYU Joe JA1LZR Hal JF1PJK Mihoko JA1AJT (YL) Martin G3ZAY Michael G7VJR The idea for this activity came about in 2010 when a couple of Japanese members of the Chiltern DX Club were passing through … Continue reading →

Posted in CUWS, Expeditions, GJ6UW | Tagged cambridge university wireless society, cuws, EU-013, gj6uw, jersey
Nov 05

T32C – Christmas Island, 2011

Posted on November 5, 2011 by G7VJR

When the container got stuck in Tarawa and we starting looking at going into the Pacfic field day-style, I am sure I was not alone in feeling that the odds were stacking up against us. If, like me, you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Expeditions, T32C | Tagged fsdxa, g7vjr, kirtimati, t32, t32c

S79K – CQWW SSB 2010

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Posted on October 1, 2010 by G7VJR

This gallery contains 18 photos.

Between 25 October – 2 November 2010, I was QRV from the beautiful Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, to take part in CQWW with Martin G4XUM, Dave G3NKC and Fred G4BWP. Unusually for us, this was a pure SSB … Continue reading →

Posted in Expeditions, S79K | Tagged cqww, expeditions, s79k, seychelles
Jan 31

VP8DMN – Falkland Islands

Posted on January 31, 2010 by G7VJR
Falklands - VP8DMN

Between 21 and 29 January 2010, Martin G3ZAY and I were QRV from Darwin, East Falklands (SA-002). Over the period of our trip we focused as much as possible on the low bands, especially 160m and 80m, and in total … Continue reading →

Posted in Expeditions, VP8DMN | Tagged dxpedition, falkland islands, vp8
Nov 07

TX3A Chesterfield Island – 160m

Posted on November 7, 2009 by G7VJR

On 2009-11-07 at around 18:00Z, I had the great luck to contact TX3A on the Chesterfield Islands on top band. George and Tomi’s month-long expedition to this remote island is an extraordinary achievement, but their salt water grounding has clearly … Continue reading →

Posted in DX, Expeditions, TX3A | Tagged 160m, chesterfield island, dx, tx3a
Jul 25

MD4K and GD7VJR – Isle Of Man

Posted on July 25, 2009 by G7VJR
Isle of Man Flag

I was active on 25/26 July 2009 at MD4K for the RSGB IOTA contest. We had a great time, with good openings on 10m and 15m. Thanks for the contacts! Hopefully we will have done well. As a guest op, … Continue reading →

Posted in DX, Expeditions, GD7VJR, MD4K | Tagged contests, dxpeditions, gd7vjr, md4k
May 15

YS1G – El Salvador

Posted on May 15, 2009 by G7VJR
El Salvador Flag

Logsearch: http://www.clublog.org/l.php?log=YS1G Between 17 May and 23 May 2009, Bob and I were QRV from El Salvador on 160m to 10m. Luckily, with the help of a sunspot, we had propagation much higher than we expected. We closed with approximately … Continue reading →

Posted in DX, Expeditions, YS1G | Tagged dxpedition, el salvador, ys1g
Jan 01

Ascension Island – ZD8UW

Posted on January 1, 2009 by G7VJR
Ascension Island

Between 31 December 2008 and 09 January 2009, six members of the Cambridge University Wireless Society were QRV from Ascension Island using the call ZD8UW. I was on 160m and 80m CW – the other expedition members were on SSB … Continue reading →

Posted in Expeditions, ZD8UW | Tagged ascension island, dxpeditions, zd8uw
Aug 01

JX/G7VJR Jan Mayen

Posted on August 1, 2008 by G7VJR
Jan Mayen - Norway

JX/G7VJR and JX/SQ4MP took place between 25 June and 6 July 2008 by Michael G7VJR and Wojtek SQ4MP. The main purpose of our visit was amateur radio, and we were active as much as possible – except when propagation was … Continue reading →

Posted in DX, Expeditions, JX/G7VJR | Tagged dxpedition, jan mayen, jx/g7vjr
Jan 03

CU2/G7VJR Azores

Posted on January 3, 2008 by G7VJR

Between 26 December 2007 and 3 January 2008, I took a short winter break to the Azores, an unusual but easily accessible location that I had been curious about for some time. I wanted to do a little touring, get … Continue reading →

Posted in CU2/G7VJR, DX, Expeditions | Tagged azores, cu2/g7vjr, dxpedition
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