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This weekend the bands sprung into life with some RTTY, and I decided to join in the fun. Operating with the Secret Nuclear Bunker call MX0SNB certainly drummed up some business. Despite the odd interruption I managed 359 QSO in 52 … Continue reading
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Seems impossible, receiving signals on LF or MF with a small antenna. Results may surprise you, and the M1GEO Wellgood loop* may be just the ticket. *Sheep not included Review the various options, and listen to the difference a loop … Continue reading
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George M1GEO and Dave M0TAZ worked a few in the RSGB Christmas contest, using 144 MHz. You can read the report and view the pictures online. Our best DX was into Spain at 1143 KM.
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John, G8DZH, has converted my email to a few LEFARS members interested in 4 metre operations into this blog post as hopefully of interest to a wider audience. I’d been experimenting with the various settings for bandwidth with different handsets on a … Continue reading
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In 1974 when computers filled the average living room electronic logging was a card index system, but thankfully things have moved on. Read my not so definitive guide to electronic logging.
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Over the weekend of the 20th and 21st of August LEFARS members congregated at Trinity Buoy Wharf in East London for its annual activation of Trinity Buoy Wharf Lighthouse in order to participate in the International Lighthouse Weekend – ILLW. http://illw.net/ This … Continue reading
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Members of the SNB contest group came together to play some radio in the RSGB IOTA contest. Some stations make the trek to far flung Islands in exotic parts of the world, we opted for the contest site close to Kelvedon Hatch in … Continue reading
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Once again blessed with excellent weather, members of LEFARS came out to play some radio in the sun. Members operated on 144, 70, 50, 28, 21, 14, 7 and 3.5 MHz at various times over the course of the weekend. … Continue reading
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Portable operating is greatly enhanced by sunshine, add good band conditions and the odd burger and your home and dry. Last weekend George M1GEO, Rob M0VFC and Dave M0TAZ decided to complete some alfresco operating in the sunshine. George and … Continue reading
