Last night, I decided to have a play in the RSGB 70cms UKAC that was after a reminder earlier in the day from Gavin (M1BXF) . Conditions didn’t seem too bad within minutes of the start of the contest I heard F8BRK although was unable to work him no doubt a bigger beam...
Last night was the monthly leg of the 144MHz (2m) UKAC, these normally fall on a radio club night but after spending 3 hours at the eye hospital being poked and prodded (BINGO), I didn’t really feel like going out again so had more time than normal to work stations in...
On Wednesday evening it was the RSGB HF CC (CW Leg), at first I wasn’t really planning on taking part but as the evening panned out I had nothing better to-do so armed with cider I turned the rig on and loaded up MixW and CW Skimmer and off we went for an hour...
Last weekend was the yearly 2m PW Contest which also coincides with one of the RSGB Backpackers contests (Handy!) for this contest, I did consider going out portable but considering how poor the weather was (Non stop rain) I’m pleased I decided to stay at home...
During the weekend I decided to have a little play in the RSGB 144MHz May Contest, although from the outset limited myself to the 6 hours category which I think was a wise decision. I wasn’t expecting a huge number of QSOs after all I’m using a 5 element...
I’ve just stopped having a quick dabble in the RSGB UKAC 50MHz contest, I honestly wasn’t expecting to work much using the FT950 + 80m but thought what the heck and had a tune around, although not hearing an awful lot was still good fun and past the time!...
