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Controversial thoughts from the shackHamTests (MU0HTJ) Guernsey Planning for 2013 IOTA Contest M/S
For the past two years a group of young radio amateurs have been going to Guernsey to operate in the IOTA Contest (MU0HTJ) and this years no exception. We've already started planning the trip so we're fully aware of all the equipment and tasks needing done before hand...
CQ WPX SSB 2013 at M0VSQ
This year I took part in the CQ WPX SSB Contest with the Vulture Squadron Contest Group operating in Birdlip, Gloucestershire using the callsign M0VSQ. Overall conditions were much poorer than last year specially Saturday when it was near on impossible to get any sort...
GS3PYE/P on the Isle of Mull 2013
Happy to announce that I'll be joining the Camb-Hams on another trip to the Isle of Mull (IOTA EU-008) on 10-16 May 2013 operating as GS3PYE/P. The official statement is that Thirteen operators will be active on all bands and many modes from 2m to 160m. We will...
STRAND-1 Cubesat Launch
On Monday this week a rocket blasted off with a collection of satellites which included STRaND-1 cubesat which was developed by researchers from the University of Surrey and SSTL. The satellite was built using commercial off the shelf bits and more impressively a...
Recording of Sunday’s Raspberry Pi Talk at the RSGB Convention
Rob (M0VFC) was kind enough to record my Sunday morning presentation on the Raspberry Pi at the RSGB Convention, so here it is if anyone fancies watching it!