Along with Steve G3VMW, Alan G3XAQ, Fred G4BWP, Bob 5B4AGN and Neil G6MC I found myself in Ghana during March 2017. Three of us had been away on the C5X trip to The Gambia in 2015, though with a larger team came the ability to scale up the operation slightly. Alan G3XAQ had found a […]
Chloe M0GEJ and I planned to be in Toronto, ON over my birthday weekend, which also happens to be the Commonwealth contest. The prime motive of the trip was a holiday, but the fact that it was to a Commonwealth country was no mistake. Thanks to John VE3EJ I was able to operate from the […]
In 2015 a smaller group assembled in Guernsey in memory of Louis 2U0FER. This time we were located at the Scout Activity Centre campsite in a field of our own and we had access to mains power rather than relying on a generator or batteries. Thanks to the Guernsey Amateur Radio Society we also had […]
In mid 2014 I had a surprise email from Alan G3XAQ asking me if I would like to join him and Steve G3VMW on a trip to The Gambia, scheduled for January 2015. After the initial surprise had subsided, it didn’t take long for me to agree. Plans progressed steadily. Thomas Cook Airlines changed our […]
The trip to Guernsey became an annual event for the team and 2014 was no different. We also entered the RSGB IOTA Contest again. Rather than renting a van Tom 2U0TKB was able to arrange a loan of the local emergency comms trailer for us to operate from. Again we used the parking area at […]
This was not my first foray into the wonderful world of BERU, in 2013 I made it to 13th place in the Restricted section from home with 100W and wire antennas. Soon after last year’s contest I had decided that one of two things would happen. I would go all in for a top 10 […]
Another chance to activate Flat Holm Island presented itself, it would have been rude not to take the opportunity. The day was busy with family activities but I managed to get on 17m for half an hour just before the boat sailed back to Weston Super Mare. This time there was no sunburn and I […]
In 2012 I first joined the MU0HTJ team for the IOTA contest. In 2013 I returned and was on the air for a little while outside the contest. This year we entered Multi-Single but with a multiplier radio, and consequently there was a lot more work to do and not a lot of extra time […]
Between 26th and 31st July 2012 M0PCB and M0GEJ had the pleasure of travelling to Guernsey. There were two main aims for this trip. 1) Have a relaxing camping holiday with a group of friends. 2) Enter the IOTA contest with the MU0HTJ team. We were camping at The Vaugrat Campsite in northern Guernsey and […]
On 21st July 2012 I found myself, along with Chloe M0GEJ, on Flat Holm Island. Flat Holm is a small island in the Bristol Channel and is part of the EU-124 island group for IOTA. As we would be on the island for around 7 hours I thought I would take along the Elecraft KX1 […]