I had hoped to have done some radial work on the Inverted-L by the time CQ160m CW came around, sadly I hadn’t had the time. I managed the last hour or so, with about 40 mins in the chair and worked 25 QSOs. Nothing fancy, but it was nice to get on 160m again, though […]

I entered this contest as M0VSQ, which was supporting The Vulture Squadron Contest Group. However, all did not go to plan. First off I tried to bump the power up a little, but ran into immediate issues on QSO number 1. It turns out the MFJ-994BRT remote ATU at the base of the doublet wasn’t […]

I entered this contest semi-seriously. Still hadn’t got a solution sorted for local skimmer and SO2V techniques so just did my best running and S&P with 100w and the doublet. This resulted in 189 QSOs in 8 DXCCs which looks to have me somewhere half way up the table, much better than last years 150. […]

I was late on for this contest and from my low lying location activity seemed much lower than other months. I suspect partly due to the insessant rain and the fact I was late on. Heard GM6JNJ up in IO75 but didn’t manage to work him. Mostly ‘local’ stuff this month. Hopefully will make a […]

Since I had a re-org in the shack it’s been a few months since I did a 2m UKAC. Bad timing with the evening meal meant I missed most of the first hour. Signals seemed good at the start though I had to QRT after the first 10 minutes or so, then I was back […]

I had thought about entering CQWW CW single-op as G9V from our usual site. Unfortunately the logistics didn’t work out so the backup plan was to enter from home under my own call sign. With a couple of weeks to go I got a message from Gerry G0RTN asking what my plans were, and as […]

Along with M0GEJ, M0SPF, G0HVQ and 2E0SQL I was active as G9V in CQWW SSB. A full write up will appear on the M0VSQ / G9V website in due course. We improved on our WPX scores but antenna trouble set us back on 20m and 15m. Never the less we all had fun after the […]

My first FOC QSO party was in March 2013 and it was a very enjoyable day. This event was different as in early September I was invited to join FOC and so this was my first QSO Party as a member. Conditions on the high bands started off poor and in the morning I worked […]

Only 102 QSOs this month, slightly down on last month but still good fun.