MM0TAZ Portable in the Highlands of Scotland

Posted on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 by M0TAZ

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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

Posted on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 by M0TAZ

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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

Posted on Monday, May 13th, 2013 by G0VEH

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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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Cretan Blog-May 2013

Posted on Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 by Dick Whittering

Greetings once again from a pleasantly mild Crete. I say pleasantly mild but during April we had a taste of winter again with cold northerly winds and temperature around 15-16°C. We did not sign up for freezing temperatures like that … Continue reading →

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Love Loughton

Posted on Sunday, April 14th, 2013 by G0TOC

Whilst club chairman John G0VEH and I collected display panels and PR material from storage, John G8DZH and Paul M0LRE made their way to Centric Parade to find our allocated pitch. Although Love Loughton Fun Day officially began at midday, … Continue reading →

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Cretan Blog-April 2013

Posted on Monday, April 1st, 2013 by Dick Whittering

Greetings again from a Crete that is getting warmer by the day, which is all very pleasing (but windy – see later). With your Easter some weeks before ours, a number of hotels and Tavernas are getting ready for the … Continue reading →

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Royal Gunpowder Mills – update.

Posted on Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 by G0VEH

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A working party was scheduled for Sunday, 10th of March to start work on the shack at the RGM (Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey). The day dawned very cold and wet with occasional sleet. However we were committed to start … Continue reading →

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Portable with a difference

Posted on Friday, March 22nd, 2013 by G4DDP

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Over the last couple of days I have been ” working ” at a location in Yorkshire which seemed rather good to try and operate portable.  The location was the TV transmitting mast at Emley Moor which is located at … Continue reading →

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Cretan Blog-March 2013

Posted on Friday, March 1st, 2013 by Dick Whittering

Greetings from a pleasantly warm Crete where today (27thFeb) we have 21°C and not a cloud in the sky SSB I now have to hang my head in shame. I have to admit that, after over 25 years, the other … Continue reading →

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Cretan Blog-February 2013

Posted on Friday, February 1st, 2013 by Dick Whittering

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Hello again es good to see some of you at the Christmas Bash last month and at the excellent Club Meeting on the previous Friday when we had a really interesting talk by Stan, G4OAV, about ‘Secret WW2 Wireless Interception … Continue reading →

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