27th Jan Radio Log

Today I was again back on 40m, as I didn’t get up till lunch time, needed to do some shopping and also had some university work to do researching game development environments, by the time this was all done it was just coming up to 8pm! Not to worry after Saturday I...

UBA DX Contest (Saturday Only)

I only had a quick go in the UBA DX Contest on 40m SSB while I setup the FT-950 on SSB hence the lack of QSOs, totally operating hours was 27 minutes! 13 QSOs and a total score of 186, I sure hope I can improve on this next year! Did have a bit of fun but felt like...

BARTG Sprint RTTY (Saturday Only)

This weekend was BARTG Sprint RTTY, every year I try to take part in this contest and this year was no exception although there was a slight delay due to the fact that we picked up the new Yaesu FT-950 radio during Saturday. By the time we had the radio setup and I...

New Addition to The Radio Shack

On Saturday Dad (M3JFM) went to visit ML&S to collect a Yaesu FT-950, trading in are old HF station, we also came away with a SignaLink USB interface, Heil headset adapter and also the matching speaker for the FT-950. All this was carted back on the train to...

13th Jan Radio Log

Well I managed to get on the air for an hour this evening after dinner, after having a quick listen on 80m and 40m I decided to sit and call CQ on 40m digital in the end I managed 7 contacts most being Ukraine. IZ3LEV (PSK31) UZ2ZM (PSK31, QPSK31, QPSK63) UT1WL...