I don’t usually enter SSB contests under my own free will, but this series is one where I give points to The Vulture Squadron Contest Group, though not many logs get submitted in a year. 42 QSOs in all across 4 countries. Have been testing out a new antenna for 80m, it’s actually a 40m […]

This was the first 70MHz UKAC I have entered in 2014. A record 25 QSOs were made, compared with previous attempts from home resulting in under 10 QSOs.   View Larger Map

This is always a fun contest, somehow I managed to miss the first 2 of the series, but will try harder from now on. This was an all time best entry for me with 129 QSOs. I spent the whole contest calling CQ, on only a couple of frequencies. For the first time I had […]

I’ve never actually operated in this contest before. It strikes me that it’s a format you either love or hate. As it happens I rather enjoyed it. This was the SSB leg, and although not a busy contest it’s quite short. I made 48 QSOs in total, a mixture of CQing and S&P. The band […]

I was on the G9V team for CQWPX SSB again this year, though we ended up Multi-Two ratehr than Multi-Single due to some technical issues. It was a great contest, and we far surpassed our goals. See www.m0vsq.co.uk for the details.

This is an bi-annual event where FOC members get on the air and work everyone. It’s not a contest, it’s a QSO party, meaning that often a more full QSO takes place rather than exchanging the bare minimum. This March I managed 5 hours of operating spread throughout the day and all bands 160m to […]

It’s not particularly often I find myself operating SSB from home, but this series of contests is a good practice ground for the Vulture Squadron members to get some practice in before the major contests. I made 47 QSOs in 3 DXCCs using 100W from my K3 into the new 40m horizontal loop, fed with […]

This year I was active as VP2MXI from Montserrat, a small island in the Easrtern Caribbean. I’ve written the trip up elsewhere on this site but here is the low-down of the contest as posted to the uk-hf-contesting yahoo group. The Commonwealth Contest ran 0600-0600 local time. I managed 21.5 hours in the chair according to […]

After wanting to be more serious about 70MHz for a long time and with renewed enthusiasm to get out on the hill top portable I bit the bullet and invested in an Icom IC-7100. In a sense this is the perfect radio for portable operating from a vehicle. All bands and a reasonable form factor […]

Back in September 2013 I was invited to join FOC, which I accepted. Each year the club runs an internal contest called the FOC Marathon. The aim is to work as many members as possible on the traditional contest bands. The weekend was filled with DIY and other household chores, but I did manage to […]