RSGB HFC 2008 – Day Two

Day two of the HFC arrived a bit too soon after a late night of boozing, but some how we managed to get up early and make it in time for a proper English breakfast! which sorted us out ready for a good day of lectures. I decided to sit in on the Contest University...

RSGB HF Convention

Next weekend brings the anticipated HF Convention run by the RSGB and like usual I’ll be attending the whole weekend from Friday onwards! Along with Paul (M0TZO) If you do see me do say hello I expect I’ll be near the bar a lot and also floating around some of the...

September Events

Last month was probably one of the busiest so far with a number of events taking place all within a short space of time, taking in 3 amateur radio events and one to mark the end of me being a part of the university student fold. SSB Field day For the first time in a...

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...

GB6MD

I’ve just left G6PZ’s station and I’m sat on the train from Weston Super Mare to Oxford via Didcot Parkway and I thought this would be the best time to write about the weekend. A couple of weeks ago Simon M0CLW asked if I wanted to go to Paul’s to operate the special...

Awarded Kenwood Trophy at RSGB AGM in Bristol

A couple of weeks back I made a quick post saying that Paul (M0TZO) and myself, had been awarded the Kenwood Trophy by the RSGB board for our significant contribution to training in providing the www.hamtests.co.uk and we felt honoured receiving it on Saturday. The...