Expedition Leaderboards: Good or Bad?
Expedition pileups and Club Log Leaderboards An open letter from Michael, G7VJR (creator of Club Log) In recent years, Club Log charts have become a new option for expeditions above a certain size to...
View ArticleAzores Islands Hunt – CU9AC
During the next week or so I’ll be on Corvo, in the western Azores with Nigel G3TXF. We’re activating the callsign CU9AC as part of the Azores Islands Hunt (see...
View ArticleXR0YG – Easter Island
Expedition web site: http://xr0yg.com Between 20-27 March 2013, a team of British hams will be active from Easter Island on all bands 160m to 10m, mainly CW. We will run the HF bands but we also plan...
View ArticleEaster Island – XRY0G PowerPoint
As promised, here are the slides from the RSGB Convention DX presentation I made on 12/13th October 2013. The slides discuss our travels through Chile, to Easter Island and back including various notes...
View ArticleVP9/G7VJR Bermuda
Between 19 February 2014 and 27 February 2014, I will be QRV as VP9/G7VJR from the QTH of Ed, VP9GE, near Grotto Bay in Bermuda. I will be travelling with Martin, VP9/G3ZAY, Dominic VP9/M0BLF and Rob...
View ArticleVK2/G7VJR May 2014
I visited New South Wales in the early part of May 2014, and was QRV on the HF bands from VK2CA’s shack on 10 May. With Allan’s generous help and use of his outstanding HF station, I made a good set of...
View ArticleVK9/G7VJR Norfolk Island
Between 26 December 2014 and 2 January 2015, I’ll be QRV from Norfolk Island (OC-005). This is mainly a holiday-style operation, with no amplifiers or low band activity planned. I will be using an...
View ArticleVK9L/G7VJR Lord Howe Island, 15 – 20 April 2016
VK9L/G7VJR – Lord Howe Island – April 2016 I will be visiting Lord Howe island, IOTA OC-004, between 15 April and 20 April 2016. I’ll be on the HF bands, currently planning 100W and CW only, using wire...
View ArticleJuma PA1000 harmonic measurements
Travelling light with a 500W+ station The Juma PA1000 is a remarkably light 1000W solid state amplifier, and offers high levels of gain so that a QRP radio can be used to drive it to full output. You...
View ArticleFP/G7VJR
A full write up of the Cambridge University Wireless Society trip is available here: http://www.g6uw.org/2017/10/08/cuws-fp/ (Thanks Dan, M0WUT) FP/G7VJR made over 1,300 QSOs on 160m, including some...
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