Due to heavier winds to be expected on Monday, we have to take down the complete camp tomorrow on Sunday October 26th and transport all equipment to the Floreat.
That means that we will stop radio operation latest on October 25th at about 22:00z.
We want to have a controlled shutdown and a secure trip back to [...]
The Willis Islands DXpedition (October, 25th)
Can you help???
I think we admins here got writers block and haven’t posted stuff in a while. We want the site to be informative and light-hearted.
So do you think you could write and article or 2???
It can be a article you have written and want the Amateur Radio community to see. We don’t mind if it’s poking [...]
“Holy Shit It’s Only Wednesday!” saying gets a new meaning..
That’s right folks! Plan on cashing in those life insurance policies on Tuesday, because the world is set to end on Wednesday.
It seems that the European Organization for Nuclear Research (called CERN for some reason — leave it to the French to come up with an acronym that doesn’t make any sense) is ready to [...]
The Willis Islands DXpedition (October, 25th)
Due to heavier winds to be expected on Monday, we have to take down the complete camp tomorrow on Sunday October 26th and transport all equipment to the Floreat.
That means that we will stop radio operation latest on October 25th at about 22:00z.
We want to have a controlled shutdown and a secure trip back to [...]
Spain gets new 70 MHz and 1.8 MHz allocations
An announcement on the website of the Spanish National society, URE, says Spanish Radio Amateurs are getting access to new 70 MHz and 1.8 MHz allocations.
The new 4 metre allocation is 70.150 - 70.200 MHz with a 10 watts ERP restriction.
Also Spanish Amateurs will be permitted to operate on 1810-1830 and 1850-2000 kHz during specified [...]
ARRL pulls the Iron Curtain down over Contesting!
ARRL Ratchets Up Efforts to Stamp Out Unethical Contest Behavior in ARRL DX
By Jamie Dupree NS3T from http://www.radio-sport.net
Posted February 25, 2008
With the recent announcement that three high profile operators were disqualified from the 2007 IARU Contest, the ARRL is making it clear in the ARRL DX contests that certain operating techniques will not be tolerated.
“Yes, [...]
LidMag Tip of the Day: Mic Gain
Feeling pressured by the station sitting 3 kHz away from you? Tired of being bullied off the QRG you’ve held for 9 hours? Then do we have the solution for you! You see, not many contesters know the correct way to handle this situation. Many will argue with the other station, ensuring that a fight [...]
Large Hadron Collider request
We were going to write a funny story about CERN’s four billion dollar Large Hadron Collider due to go live this Wednesday.
But then we realised that if they are searching for new atoms, could we ask them to be on the look out for some snazzy super antenna construction material?? OK metal is good, but [...]
MKARS 80
This is a kit members from the Sutton & Cheam Radio Society are building. The kit was designed and put together by the Milton Keynes Amateur Radio Society (Link). The following text is from their webpage about the transceiver.
MKARS 80 (project page link)
Brief specifications
Frequency - whole 80M band by VFO
Modulation - lower sideband SSB
Power output [...]
Contest Power - Secret Report
So often these days Amateur Radio sites will extol the details of the Super Power DX stations fighting for every 59 they can muster.
With antennas the size of an oil rig, and radios worth more than a new car, running thousands of watts, sometimes it’s the little details that are more amazing.
The Lid Magazine has [...]
LidMag Tip of the Day: HOLA test
Ever feel the need to make sure your radio is working? Do you often wonder if every wire is correctly fastened, every bolt tightened, every screw fitted? There is a simple test you can do from your home station to make all of these worries disappear. Hams that often operate HF have heard it many [...]
M0TZO @ HF Convention 2008
Copied from my own blog:- Over the weekend of the 10th -12th October 2008 I attended the RSGB HF Convention at Wyboston Lakes, Wyboston Bedfordshire.
Friday:- I left work about 4pm, slightly earlier than normal to catch the trains to Kings Cross / St Pancras International to meet Peter M3PHP as we would travel to St [...]