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
I am delighted to have been nominated and accepted as a member of CWOps – the CW Operators’ Club. I’m member number 968. CWops encourages the use of CW in Amateur communications, and it supports CW activity through planned events. … Continue reading
I am fortunate and delighted to have received an invitation to speak about Club Log at Visalia this year, and hope to finally meet many of the States-based members of the site. I’ll also be at the Top Band dinner, … Continue reading
Does this remind you of recent pile ups? Don’t forget the DX Code of Conduct!
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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
Over the past 18 months or so, there have been many parodies using a scene from ‘Downfall’ in which Hitler becomes enraged due to bad news about the invasion of Berlin. By changing the subtitles the scene becomes an amusing … Continue reading
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
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
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
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