Having got an 80m antenna set up for the 80m AFS contests I managed to have a go at a club championship event on behalf of The Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association and made 58 QSOS into 4 countries in the hour and a half. Equipment was an Elecraft K3, 100w into a 100′ doublet antenna. […]
Category: Contesting
80m AFS CW 2011 – M0PCB
Usually I enter this contest using a club call sign but in 2011 I supported The Cheltenham ARA as M0PCB. Managed 196 QSOs in 7 countries during the 4 hours using 100w from an Elecraft K3 and a 100 foot doublet antenna.
CQWW CW 2010 – M0PCB
Looking at the results listings it seems I came 11th out of 28 in Single-Op All Band Low Power in G and 300 out of 972 in the same category for Europe. A bit better than expected. Call Category Score QSOs Zn Cty Hours M0PCB SO LP ALL 166,725 465 47 148 13.3
Commonwealth Contest 2009 – M0PCB
In BERU 2009 I again entered the restricted section and made 55 QSOs, a record so far. Made it to 40th out of 88. Pos Callsign Score QSO BCA 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m 40 M0PCB* 1140 55 31 10/9 21/20 18/12 3/3 0/0 M0PCB Must admit that this one felt to be slower […]
Commonwealth Contest 2008 – M0PCB
From a different QTH I managed another entry in BERU for 2008. Slightly fewer QSOs than in 2007 but still an enjoyable event. Pos Callsign Score QSO BCA 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m 49= M0PCB* 925 37 30 1/1 19/19 17/17 0/0 0/0 Again entered using the Icom 706 and 100w into a doublet and […]
MJ0PCB/P – Jersey 2007
MJ0PCB(/P): 24th-31st July 2007 During the early part of 2007 myself and Chloë, who at the time was 2E1IDT and now M0GEJ, decided that we should go away somewhere. The dates were set, as was the location. Jersey. We planned to fly over for a week and stay at the Youth Hostel at Haut de […]
Commonwealth Contest 2007 – M0PCB
From my residence in York during my University days I managed to enter BERU 2007 and was placed 48th out of 85 in the Restricted section. Pos Callsign Score QSO BCA 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m 48 M0PCB 1080 45 33 1/1 17/16 19/18 8/8 0/0 This was achieved with 100w from an Icom IC706 […]
CQWW CW 2006 – M0PCB
SOAB Low Power entry. Icom 706, 100W Sandpiper MV5+3 Vertical. Was supposed to be opping from G6M, but they had a lack of mains power for a significant time so I ended up playing from home. Purely a S&P effort and an excuse to play radio for a weekend and get some new DXCCs. 9 […]