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...

I’ve Graduated!

Last Friday was graduation at Buckinghamshire New University, where i picked up my certificate proving the fact that I actually passed! felt strange leaving this time and finally hit me from that day I was no longer a student! Below is a picture of my best friend...

European HF Championship (SOAB/LP/SSB)

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...

July Recap

Instead of doing a report each day, I’ve decided to do a monthly recap of what I’ve worked on the air. This month really hasn’t been much of a radio one for me; due to all sorts of reasons but never the less I’ve managed to put 138 contacts into the log book. The main...

Talk at Oxford & District ARS

Yesterday I went along to the Oxford & District ARS as I was invited to give a talk about HamTests.co.uk which Paul (M0TZO) and I have run since April 2006. This was the second talk I’d given at the club (the last one was on PSK31) I tried to keep the talk as non...

University Results Arrived!

I know this really isn’t got anything to do with amateur radio but it’s important to me. This morning I received my final results for the pasted three years at Buckinghamshire New University in which I’ve been awarded a “First-Class Honours” degree in Multimedia...