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Oct 18

20m pile up

Posted on October 18, 2010 by G7VJR
20M pile up parody

Does this remind you of recent pile ups? Don’t forget the DX Code of Conduct!

Posted in Video | Tagged parody, pile up, QRM

S79K – CQWW SSB 2010

Gallery

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
Apr 10

Hitler is Not In The Log

Posted on April 10, 2010 by G7VJR
Hitler Is Not In The Log

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 →

Posted in Video | Tagged downfall parody, dx, hitler parody, not it log
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
May 01

GMDX and RSGB Conventions

Posted on May 1, 2009 by G7VJR
G5RP Trophy

Great to see some familiar faces at the GMDX convention in Scotland on 18 April 2009. This was a good opportunity to announce the YS1G expedition and a great weekend all round. Thanks to Gavin GM0GAV for the airport connections … Continue reading →

Posted in GMDX, RSGB | Tagged dx convention, g5rp, gmdx
Mar 06

160m Vacuum Variable Capacitor project

Posted on March 6, 2009 by G7VJR
Vacuum Variable Capacitor

While operating on top band at ZD8UW I had quite a few problems getting the inverted “L” to match at 50 ohms. Even after adjusting the element length this is virtually impossible due to the nature of the antenna. To … Continue reading →

Posted in Equipment | Tagged 160m, construction, projects
Feb 14

nGenLog Authors Visit G7VJR

Posted on February 14, 2009 by G7VJR
nGenLog

A lot of logging software suffers from using old, tired architectures. Visual Basic is the main culprit. Applications written this way are often unstable and quirky, and more modern designs are to be preferred (in particular, .Net is really the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ham Radio Software | Tagged logging software, ngenlog
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