Dec 14, 2008
This weekend was the ARRL 10m contest, I knew well in advance that this was in no way a serious contest with conditions in there current state, but even so I had a tune over 10m Saturday afternoon to see what I could hear there was a couple of weak EAs on SSB, but...
Oct 29, 2008
Last weekend it was the biggest contest of the year being the CQWW SSB sadly no M/* event took place for me so I decided to have a dabble at home doing a bit of search and pounce. Conditions on Saturday seemed very poor and I found it hard to get heard by all so...
Oct 20, 2008
Last weekend was the JARTS RTTY contest, so I decided to have a dabble and see what I could work in-between decoding and processing International Space Station passes. conditions to my surprise were reasonable and managed to work 9M2 a couple of times on 20m although...
Sep 9, 2008
Last weekend was the yearly SSB field day, I’d not taken part in this contest for a couple of years properly but this year I decided take part along with the Oxford &DARS. The weather outlook for the weekend was bleek at best, with the forecast being rain...
Aug 3, 2008
Saturday saw the yearly EU HF Championship and unlike other years when I normally miss it, as I’m normally on holiday, I was able to take part! Conditions overall wasn’t too bad and I spent 3hrs 40mins search and pounce using the Yaesu FT-950 and the 80m CW special...
Jul 14, 2008
Normally I put in a serious effort for the IARU contest, but this year it all went a wrong from Friday morning. When I noticed I was having issues with my newly grafted left eye, the hospital gave me eye drops and sent me on my way with a follow up appointment for...
