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RSGB AFS CW & Phone

by | Jan 27, 2013 |

Last two consecutive weekends, have been the RSGBs yearly Affiliated societies contests and I managed to have a play in both neither was a serious effort due to the antenna being a 1/2 G5RV with loading coils for 80m which is a compromise for starters then also being...

Whats Happening in 2013

by | Jan 1, 2013 |

I thought I'd share some of my plans for 2013, clearly these are tentative but I hope they will all come together but it all depends on time/money and of course health. Travel More This year I'm planning on doing a little more travel, this will include another trip to...

WSJT-X

by | Dec 22, 2012 |

Last night I had my first WSJT-X contact using JT9-1 on 160m, at first I wasn't hearing anyone so gave a couple of CQs and to my delight ON5DC came back to my call. Sadly didn't hear anyone else,  but if anyone would like a sked let me know.

WAB Finder – Android App

by | Dec 8, 2012 |

Earlier in the week, I launched my third mobile application WAB Finder on the Google Play store. The whole purpose of this application is to allow you to quickly find your Worked All Britain square when out and about or if your at a fixed location. It calculates the...

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