Expedition web site: http://xr0yg.com Between 20-27 March 2013, a team of British hams will be active from Easter Island on all bands 160m to 10m, mainly CW. We will run the HF bands but we also plan to work challenging … Continue reading
Not long ago, after many years using a Apple iPhone I decided to give Windows Phone 8 a go, and bought a Nokia Lumia 920. There are a lot of attractive features in the Nokia (especially the camera) and I … Continue reading
During the next week or so I’ll be on Corvo, in the western Azores with Nigel G3TXF. We’re activating the callsign CU9AC as part of the Azores Islands Hunt (see http://www.slideshare.net/g7vjr/the-azores-islands-hunt). Hope to work you! http://azores-islands-hunt.com/ Update: here is a gallery … Continue reading
Club Log has been a great testing ground and learning tool in the last few years. I’ve picked up a lot of ideas along the way about how to get MySQL to scale (without giving up and going for a … Continue reading
I few months ago I bought a Palstar HF Auto, which is a stepper motor driven ATU with high power handling. Although I don’t run a big amp, I do tune my Tokyo HyPower into some strange loads, and I … Continue reading
I’m now QRV until around 9 September as GO7VJR. As usual, you can QSL via M0OXO for a card or LoTW, updated every day. There is a great deal of trouble with the use of the Olympic logo (even saying … Continue reading
My local club, Cambridge University Wireless Society, has recently updated its shack to a new structure (to replace an aging old shed which we lovingly referred to as Woop-Woop II). Woop-Woop II was originally constructed in the 1970s, and when … Continue reading
The CWOps CW Open is coming up in September! This is an ideal opportunity for short, fast contests to add some fun to our activity on the bands. The CW Open is 3 separate 4-hour CW contests. Sept 1: 1200-1559Z; … Continue reading
I live in the centre of a reasonably busy village, near a sub-station for the electricity board. My main antenna for 160m is an inverted ‘L’ with a fair earth system, but it’s a noisy receiving antenna. With little prospect … Continue reading