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Controversial thoughts from the shackNew 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...
Electronic QSLing
I’ve been thinking about writing about this for sometime but I kept pushing it to one side, there’s two main ways of doing electronic QSLing first on the scene was eQSL which provides a web based interface where you can send “photo” QSL cards to other members of the...
Returned to University
So this morning I'm back at University for the final stretch of my degree, The Christmas holidays passed really quickly and to be honest, didnt really feel much like time off due to having lots of work to complete. Although I managed to do some radio while off, I...
Morning on the Air
I’m not known for getting up early for anything, but as I had a very restless night (resulted in zero sleep) by around 6am I was looking for something to do. After a spot of breakfast and a cup of tea and I decided that I'd go and see what was on the bands. I first...