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20200516 My adventure on to 2m SSB
This journey started ages ago (December 2019) and I’m just typing it up now so going to have to try…
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20191013 time for a new QSL card…
Since gaining my licence I’ve usually just had basic cards which have sufficed – I guess all new Amateurs don’t…
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20190817 my radio mojo has gone
At the beginning of July we went on our family holiday – it’s been 3 years since we had a…
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20190523 VA3NNA via satellite
Out of the blue, on 30th April 2019, I received an email from Adrian VA3NNA (FN03) asking for a sked –…
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20190511 UHF up satellites and full duplex
This post has been a long time coming – Around July/August 2017 is when I got my Yaesu FT-857D –…
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20190303 SDR, Pi, ADS-B aircraft tracking ‘n’ stuff
My birthday has been and gone.. I always get asked what I would like and as usual I struggled –…
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20181229 160m, low(ish) frequency inspiration from up high
An amateur buddy Dale, MM0INH was documenting his 160m exploits on twitter… he made an antenna and posted his results…
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20181202 adding a new switch / wi-fi zone to the shack
For a while now I’ve been wanting to add (at the very least) a switch in my shack to give…
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20181014 FT8, does the t-shirt fit?
I won’t go in to my ‘history’ of how I came to be an amateur radio operator and what I…
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20180805 I’m a LID!
Yesterday I decided that I’d give the RSGB 432MHz Low Power Contest a go.. I hadn’t had a single go…
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20180804 another contest – IOTA 2018
IOTA 2018 is my last entry as a “Newcomer” – to enter this category you need to have held a…
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20180708 – the RSGB VHF National Field Day
Well this was a first for me 2m SSB – I had worked a station or two with the vertical…
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20180602 SSTV
Last weekend I finally got around to playing with SSTV – I run Linux Mint in the shack and had…
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20180527 i had an outburst / rant on twitter
I came to ham radio to avoid politics as it was sucking me dry. I expected that there would be…
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20180327 New page on my website
I’ve been meaning to do this for ages… www.mu0wlv.com/photography
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20180316 Veggie ham – why…..?
Just lately I’ve been asked on social media why and what etc with regards to me being a vegetarian… The…
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20180215 How do YOU make time?
I find it increasingly difficult to find the time to play radio – with young’ish kids (10 & 14) and…
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20180211 Well how disappointing
I haven’t got out and called CQ on SSB for quite a while – only time recently was to get…
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20180111 New Hams – ‘part deux’
Happy New Year! So the rescheduled exam date has come around – IT’S TODAY and starts 18:00… I’m currently typing…
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20171212 New Hams
I wanted to give something to the hobby, something I could offer such as time or an extra pair of…
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20171208 Begali “Simplex”
As my Morse code progresses (I’ve still not learnt all the characters yet) I feel I’m missing the actual hands…
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20171102 precious little hams
I never realised how sensitive radio operators could be – this post is to send some love ‘up norf’ because…
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20171101 Twitter? yes please!
Over the past 19 months I have learnt so much and it’s all still a huge learning curve – I’ve…
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20171011 CW / Morse code
At the end of last year (2016) I had learnt about 7 or 8 letters using the Koch method using…
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20170828 Summer holiday….
This is probably more of a personal post than a radio post but there is radio in it…. Being self…
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20170821 Linux & digital modes
I’m not very good at writing in depth reports or things like that, this blog / site is purely like…
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20170821 Chertsey Radio Club Summer Raffle
So, I’ve found myself promoting the Chertsey Radio Club raffle – two great causes and some fantastic prizes to be…
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20170810 Isle of Wight 70cm repeater – GB3IW
This is just a quick post to say “Hello!” to the guys I met on GB3IW when I was in…
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20170802 ‘smart’ phones & 59/QRZ…
So it was (past tense) Wednesday 2nd August 2017 and unusually I’m sat in a hotel bar in Portsmouth ‘people…
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20170723 new radio ordered!
Its taken 17 months of saving and the sale of a motorbike but I now have some disposable income to…
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20170715 can I entice anyone?
This post is directed at my local Guernsey friends… You may or may not be aware but after I’d had…
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20170710 ham exam
Recently the RSGB have issued a consultation (http://rsgb.org/main/clubs-training/tutor-resources-2/syllabus/) regarding the exam syllabus changes – it would appear that they will…
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20170612 Sporadic E’s on 10m
thanks to the Australian Government, Bureau of Meteorology for the image above – they go in to huge detail about…
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20170530 Unhappy Hams!
After starting this topic/post and then re-reading it once I had finished I have to include myself in the title…
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20170414 Transatlantic (again)
This transatlantic scheduled QSO started way back at the beginning of November 2016 – Gabe (NJ7H) kindly passed on my…
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20170330 10m Vertical
picture above, left to right – 2m/70cm on chimney – 10m vertical attached to fence post jubilee clipped to a…
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20170303 Toroids T200-2
on Wednesday (Its Friday today) I placed an order for my first Toroids (T200-2) from these guys http://powermagnetics.co.uk/ – I received the…
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20170208 forgive me!
Crikey – Its been a month since I last posted – busy at work (nice) and busy at home too,…
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20170107 SO-50 Satellite
As you probably know I do like a satellite…. I’m still very green and haven’t been that enthusiastic lately either…..
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20170107 HNY & M0CNL’s easy digi
First of all – Happy New Year! Hope its a great year for you all and I look forward to…
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20161212 it’s been ages eh! & VK!
Well – I wanted to post my build of M0CNL‘s easy digi as my next post, however I’d finished building it ages…
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20161121 70cm / 2m white stick antenna
I have a 2.2m dual band (70cm/2m) antenna on the chimney – a generic one thats a bit like the…
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20161101 Tropospheric Conditions
On Sunday/Monday I experienced my first tropospheric conditions. It took me a little time to work out which repeater I…
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20161025 hams are a very generous bunch!
In the post yesterday was a box containing a revised version of the KF5INZ “Easy Digi” kit as modified by…
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20161021 I must up my game….
It seems so long since I have posted and my plan has been to keep a more frequent posting schedule but…
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20161002 end-fed antenna
A week or two ago a local ham (Alan, GU4RUK) was having a clear-out of some old bits and bobs,…
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20160926 Amsat-UK
I really am enjoying working through satellites, the challenge is fun, can be done with very basic equipment so it…
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20160925 early one Sunday morning…
The alarm went off at 04:00 local, got out of bed 04:20 – i had pre-prepared fresh coffee in the…
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20160924 RTTY, really?
So, i haven’t tried any digital stuff yet – listening to RTTY though is mind numbing… the decoder i have downloaded…
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20160924 i was to B&Q today
I went to B&Q today to buy ‘stuff’ as you do and i saw these – couldn’t resist… however absolutely…
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20160923 i said ‘cold’ milk please
groan & moan – really annoys me when you ask for something and are very specific in what you would…
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20160918 my 1st Transatlantic SAT QSO
So very very chuffed to have achieved this… FO-29 – First try was the Saturday morning 04:00 ish (yes bloody…
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20160905 I PASSED!!!!
Started from no licence in January 2016, took the Foundation and Intermediate exams at the same time in April 2016…