Category Archives: Operating Reports

HF portable with the Quad

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Having just returned from Scotland, I decided it was about time to dust off the 20m Quad antenna and do some QRO with John M0UKD. The antenna has undergone a few modifications since the #1 version last year. The mounting … Continue reading

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MM0TAZ Portable in the Highlands of Scotland

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29th May 2013 09:07z – Ullapool. Plan is to try some operating today on HF from the Highlands of Scotland. I will be MM0TAZ and hope to be on 40m around 7.175. I don’t think I will have any internet … Continue reading

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1st RSGB 144MHz Backpackers portable contest

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Last Sunday (19th May) I took advantage of the sun and entered in the first back packer series of the year. The series is all around operating outdoors with a battery and low power. If you can trek up a … Continue reading

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Portable on the Shropshire hills

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On the 11th of May I spent the late morning and afternoon on the Shropshire hills at a place called ‘The Stiperstones’. I was visiting family in Pontsbury near Shrewsbury for a few days and took the opportunity to do … 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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Follow the Torch…

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Following a suggestion by club member Peter G0IAP, I approached the Worked All Britain Awards Group for LEFARS to participate in their “Follow the Torch” activity programme. Initially tasked by WAB to activate the GX4WAB callsign on day 65 (Redbridge … Continue reading

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International Museums Weekend – GB2NWA – North Weald Airfield

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LEFARS are at North Weald Airfield for International Museums Weekend (IMW), 16/17 June, with the callsign GB2NWA. Courtesy of Brian 2E0EFX, there is a live webcam stream – watch the  action as the wind  sweeps across the airfield and buffets the HF … Continue reading

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EFC2012 on the AIR – from June 1st to July 5th, 2012

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Dear friends, “European Football Championship 2012 on the AIR” is an on-the-air activity which promises to be a great deal of fun, organized by Polish and Ukrainian amateurs affiliated with PZK and UARL. From June 1 to July 5  2012, there will be numerous … Continue reading

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RAFARS – Airfields on the Air…

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RAFARS AOTA… For the first time ever, on Sunday, 8th April 2012, members of LEFARS activated GX4ONP/P from a cold, wet and generally miserable North Weald Airfield during the Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society’s (RAFARS), Airfields on the Air … Continue reading

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