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Controversial thoughts from the shackRadio Log (19th June 08)
After not turning on the radio yesterday today I tried to make an extra effort to actually have a few contacts on HF, after turning the radio on and going to 20m I noticed there was a lot of short path I could hear good into Ireland and could hear signals only 30miles...
Radio Log (17th June 08)
Today I went and visited Barry (G4AZN) to fix any computer issues he had and also try and work some radio from his place and it was a change to being at home! Conditions did seem rather poor 20m was pretty much dead, 40m was noisy and also quiet but did manage to...
Radio Log (16th June 08)
After a weekend of no activity on the air I redeemed myself today and switched the radio on had a quick scan over 10m and 6m but didn’t hear any activity so decided to drop down to 10MHz and try some PSK31 as it had been a while since I was on this band. After sending...
Newbury & District ARS Boot Sale
Today I went along to the Newbury & District Amateur Radio Society Boot Sale just on the northern edge of Newbury with Terry (G0LUQ) and my Dad (M3JFM) we left Oxford at 8am thinking that the A34 would probably be busy but we got that completely wrong and managed...
Radio Log (12th June)
Today’s been rather slow in most aspects with the usual looking and applying for jobs, so this afternoon I took some time out to have a listen on the bands. First thing I checked was 6m and 10m but they were both ultra quiet so decided to move down onto 20m and check...