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, this was the first time I’ve operated from MD4K and I found it was an […]
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 9,300 contacts logged. Thanks for all the QSOs (confirmed now in LoTW). QSL via G3TXF. Michael […]
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 or CW depending on personal preferences. Expedition members: Hugo M0HSW Tom M0TJH Simon G4EAG Michael […]
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 not available (about 6 hours each day). We were mainly on CW on 20m and […]
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 away from the cold weather and also, I wanted to put my ultra-light portable station […]
Guernsey Along with Martin GU3ZAY and Phil MU0DEG, I was QRV from Guernsey for a short weekend dxpedition between 31 October 2008 and 2 November 2008. Conditions on LF were pretty good – I was especially pleased to work JA and west coast USA on our greylines. In total I logged about 1300 QSOs, mainly […]
JW/G7VJR – July 2007 Between 15 July and 22 July I operated from Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Iota: EU-026 Grid: JQ78TF Modes: CW (90%) and SSB (10%) Log search – http://www.clublog.org/logsearch OY/G7VJR EU-018 Faroe Islands 17 – 24 July 2006 I logged 700+ QSOs, with some fine contacts including many JA’s and also Iraq. You can search […]
Scotand Between 27 and 29 May 2006 I operated as GM7VJR/p from the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides group, IOTA EU-008. The station was located in the Quiraing, an interesting mountain-top location almost ideally suited to ham radio due to being sheltered from the wind. I undertook a short winter expedition on 2 January 2006 […]