Six Metres

Jun 11, 2009

Just after having lunch today I noticed that DXAnywhere statistics where showing that there was a lot of activity on 6m, so decided that it might be worth while switching the radio on and seeing if it was possible to work anything. I wasn’t disappointed the band...

Radio Log (19th June 08)

Jun 19, 2008

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)

Jun 18, 2008

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)

Jun 16, 2008

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...

Radio Log (12th June)

Jun 12, 2008

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...

6m opening

May 13, 2008

After spending most of the day doing revision for my Advanced Networks exam on Thursday, I decided to go check out the bands and to plug-in the Heil Sound FS-2 footswitch which I ordered for my dad (M3JFM). After turning on the radio I noticed that 10m seemed to have...