Monthly Archives: September 2012

Icom IC-7100 preview

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For those attending the recent National Hamfest held at the Newark Showground on 27/28 September (show review here), there was an opportunity to see the Icom IC-7100 HF/VHF/UHF multimode transceiver ‘in the flesh’. The pre-production model (Japanese) was on display; … Continue reading

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National Hamfest (Newark) 28th September 2012

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The LEFARS touring party (driver John G1DJI , Marc G0TOC, John G0VEH, Derek M0XDC and yours truly) left Loughton soon after 8am for the Newark Showground (formally RAF Winthorpe – more info here)  and the National Hamfest. We went on … Continue reading

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2m cumulative contest

All most every month there is a 2m contest called the cumulative contest (full title 144MHz UKAC contest) and is held in the evening for a few hours. On Tuesday the 4th of September I decided to work the contest … Continue reading

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Aylmers Farm Autumn Field Weekend 1-2 September 2012 – Antenna testing

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The weekend of the 1 / 2 Sept saw the club in the field at Aylmers Farm near Harlow for the Annual Autumn Get-Together. One of the objects of the weekend was to do some antenna testing. Dave Messenger M3WMV … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog – September 2012

Hello again from a pleasantly mild Crete. A bit of a strange month just gone as at the beginning we had guests and our days were full and busy, now, at the end of the month, it is quiet, as … Continue reading

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