CQ WPX SSB 2008

29th/30th March 2008

CQ WPX SSB from the Subaru - 60 unique callsigns, 28 entities..

CQ WW SSB 2007

27th/28th October 2007

CQ WW SSB from the Subaru - 72 contacts, 26 countries..

CQ WW SSB 2006

28th/29th October 2006

CQ WW SSB from the Subaru - 93 contacts, 37 countries..

IARU HF Championships 2006

Sunday, 9th July 2006

IARU HF Championships 2006 and a chance to try out the FT-857, from the Subaru..

CQ WPX SSB 2006

Sunday, 26th March 2006

CQ WPX SSB from the Subaru..

RSGB 160m Club Calls Contest 20:00 - 23:00, 13th November 2004

Sunday, 14th Nov 2004

First contacts on Top Band, very noise indeed, heard by a station in Scotland but did not complete the contact.

Radio - K2 15W, Heil headset.

Location - House.

Antenna - Long wire, with improvised earth.

Log - Total of 10 contacts, First contacts on 160m.

CQWW SSB 30th / 31st Oct 2004

Sunday, 1st Nov 2004

Saturday, early afternoon on 15m, stations so close you could tune through the whole band without a gap. Worked 13 stations. Early eve, briefly tried 10m, no luck, back to 15m. Worked 3 stations, America, Canda (a first) and Barbados (also a first). Following dinner, a can of IPA and a sample of Trappistes Rochefort 10 tried 40m, completely packed, worked 4 stations.

Sunday, another go on 15m and in the early evening 20m.

Radio - K2 15W, Heil headset.

Location - Car outside the house.

Antenna - Helical whip antenna.

Log - Total of 50 contacts and 25 countries! In just a few hours the logbook had doubled in size..

Strange Radio Team Event 23th/24th Oct 2004

Saturday, 30th Oct 2004

Tuned around 20m hoping to hear K5PAL at the Hot Pepper Festival (Having attended the UK Chilli Festival several times). Nothing heard, but worked IU7SRT Intrigued by their web site, I found out all about the SRT contest. On Sunday I tried to work some more SRT stations, but only managed IU7SRT again, on 15M! Ten points though, is not enough for a certificate..Well at least not the SRT one..

Radio - K2 10W, Heil headset.

Location - Car outside the house.

Antenna - Helical whip antenna.

Log - The same Italian station twice!

RSGB 21 and 28MHz SSB 3rd Oct 2004

Saturday, 30th Oct 2004

The results are in, 6th out of 7 in the QRP category, perhaps I should have entered in the restricted category, as I lacked a 60ft tower and Yagi!

My first contest entry. The wire antenna consisted of.. two bamboo canes joined with cable ties and fixed to a fence post at the end of the back garden to form the "mast",from which was strung a length of blue hookup wire, one end extending back to the second bedroom shack, the other to a far corner of the garden.. Used SD for the first time, which worked well, the log has now been sent off, so soon we shall see how well I did!

Radio - K2 10W, Heil headset.

Location - House.

Antenna - Long wire.

Log - 17 contacts and 9 multipliers, first contacts to the USA.

CQ WW SSB 26th Oct 2003

Saturday, 30th Oct 2004

CQ WW SSB from a Micra..