July – RSGB 144MHz UKAC

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...

RSGB HF CC CW

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...

RSGB 144MHz May Contest

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...

RSGB AFS CW

Decided to have a dabble in the RSGB AFS CW contest this afternoon, I will admit I did use MixW to take care of some of the decoding although I was picking up the odd letter! Total QSOs: 43 Equipment: Yaesu FT950, 80m Quarter Wave Inverted L , MixW

RSGB Convention 2010 Roundup

Last weeekend was the RSGB Convention this time at the new location at Horwood House near Milton Keynes which was a beautiful venue and closer to home then past conventions which was an added bonus, Dad (M3JFM), Janet (2E0LLM) and myself got to the venue Friday...