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Won a 100 Free QSL Cards from FDS QSL

A few weeks back filled in the form on FDS QSL's website to enter there free draw to win some QSL cards and quickly forgot about it, that was in till I received an email from Geoff saying I'd won a 100 and to my surprise I could have a custom design so I happily took...

ICOM IC-910X added to the shack

During the first weekend of this month I took a trip to Cambridge to visit M1BXF but also pickup a second hand fully loaded ICOM IC-910X which I'm now using for satellite work and also general VHF/UHF QSOs, so far the experience with it has been fantastic and...

February Satellite Review

I'm pleased to report that I've really been enjoying the new satellite antenna system and its been working flawlessly, I've still been hanging out on the FM Birds (AO-27,SO-50,AO-51) but enjoying it the beams and automated tracking makes life a lot easier. In February...

Fun with JT65-HF

Theres been quiet a bit of chatter in the press and on social media about JT65-HF at first I didn't take to much notice but having gotten a bit bored with PSK31, I thought I'd give it a go and see what  could work. I have to admit I was somewhat skeptical at first but...

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