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…
Author: mu0wlv
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…
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…
20190523 VA3NNA via satellite
Out of the blue, on 30th April 2019, I received an email from Adrian VA3NNA (FN03) asking for a sked –…
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 –…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
20180804 another contest – IOTA 2018
IOTA 2018 is my last entry as a “Newcomer” – to enter this category you need to have held a…
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…
20180602 SSTV
Last weekend I finally got around to playing with SSTV – I run Linux Mint in the shack and had…
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…
20180327 New page on my website
I’ve been meaning to do this for ages… www.mu0wlv.com/photography
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…
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…
20180211 Well how disappointing
I haven’t got out and called CQ on SSB for quite a while – only time recently was to get…
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…
20171212 New Hams
I wanted to give something to the hobby, something I could offer such as time or an extra pair of…
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…
20171102 precious little hams
I never realised how sensitive radio operators could be – this post is to send some love ‘up norf’ because…
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…
20171011 CW / Morse code
At the end of last year (2016) I had learnt about 7 or 8 letters using the Koch method using…
20170828 Summer holiday….
This is probably more of a personal post than a radio post but there is radio in it…. Being self…
20170821 Linux & digital modes
I’m not very good at writing in depth reports or things like that, this blog / site is purely like…
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…
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…
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…
20170723 new radio ordered!
Its taken 17 months of saving and the sale of a motorbike but I now have some disposable income to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
20170414 Transatlantic (again)
This transatlantic scheduled QSO started way back at the beginning of November 2016 – Gabe (NJ7H) kindly passed on my…
20170330 10m Vertical
picture above, left to right – 2m/70cm on chimney – 10m vertical attached to fence post jubilee clipped to a…
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…
20170208 forgive me!
Crikey – Its been a month since I last posted – busy at work (nice) and busy at home too,…
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…..
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…
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…
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…
20161101 Tropospheric Conditions
On Sunday/Monday I experienced my first tropospheric conditions. It took me a little time to work out which repeater I…
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…
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…
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,…
20160926 Amsat-UK
I really am enjoying working through satellites, the challenge is fun, can be done with very basic equipment so it…
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…
20160924 RTTY, really?
So, i haven’t tried any digital stuff yet – listening to RTTY though is mind numbing… the decoder i have downloaded…
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…
20160923 i said ‘cold’ milk please
groan & moan – really annoys me when you ask for something and are very specific in what you would…
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…
20160905 I PASSED!!!!
Started from no licence in January 2016, took the Foundation and Intermediate exams at the same time in April 2016…