26 Feb 2009

ZL QSO in Nelson

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Worked ZL3SCO in Nelson on 70cms on Feb 23rd. Turns our Brian comes from the UK. He is a keen model railway man and they have a busy club i...
20 Feb 2009

First QSOs in ZL land

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This evening, Friday Feb 20th, I managed to work ZL1UHR via the Wellington repeater linked into their national linked repeater network . He...
17 Feb 2009

Lake Taupo repeaters (NZ)

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This was a picture my XYL took a few days ago in the Bay of Islands. Isn't it just idyllic and a perfect spot for operating with the FT8...
12 Feb 2009

New Zealand repeaters

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Just arrived in ZL-land and tried listening to the UHF repeaters in Auckland, North Island. Although hearing stations on the linked national...
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9 Feb 2009

Dinner with W6PI

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Last night I met up with an old colleague and his XYL, Jon (now W6PI ) in San Francisco for a meal. I used to work with Jon in Philips Pagin...
8 Feb 2009

Eyeball QSO

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By chance, waiting for a tour bus in San Francisco today, I got talking with someone who turned out to be a fellow ham - AC7FP from Lake Os...

W6/G3XBM

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Currently in San Francisco where the weather is pleasantly sunny. May take a listen on 2m FM later. This picture is of the Canadian Rockies...
5 Feb 2009

Sunspots - slow start to 2009

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The expected upturn in solar flux and sunspots have been very slow to materialise yet this winter, as yet. I haven't seen a very recen...
3 Feb 2009

G3XIZ's 15mW successes - updated

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Chris G3XIZ has just sent me an updated list of his beacon reports and 2-way QSOs with his 15mW FETer transceiver. His best 2-way DX is no...
2 Feb 2009

Stealth antennas

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Some very sensible advice on stealth (hidden/disguised) antennas is at G4ILO's website, from where I found the useful propagation table ...