The WW 11m RTTY DX Contest will take place : -
From 19th November 2011 - 1200UTC
To: Sunday 20th November 2011 - 1200 UTC
I. OBJECTIVE: For 11m RTTY operators around the world to contact as many other RTTY enthusiasts in as many DXCC as possible.
II. BANDS: 11m. Recommended frequencies range for the contest: 27.480 - 27.500 MHz
The rules and categories can be downloaded here: http://11m-rtty.webs.com/WW%2011m%20RTTY%20DX%20Contest.pdf
For further information visit: http://11m-rtty.webs.com/
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Saturday, 15 October 2011
The Big Net 2011 - 30 years of legal CB radio in the UK
Celebrating the 30th aniversary of legal CB radio in the United Kingdom, this special event takes place on 2nd November 2011 between 7pm and 9pm. Tune in to channel 30 (UK-FM, 27.89125Mhz) see you there!
Friday, 14 October 2011
Anytone AT-5555 V5
Purchased one of these radios from www.defscan.co.uk last week, the latest version of the Anytone 5555, so far performance is good and it seams very reliable. There are the known issues as with the previous versions of the 'pop' when you first transmit after power on and the channel change switch seams a bit week, but for the price I am not complaining!Here's the spec : -
- All Mode AM/FM/SSB/CW Mobile Transceiver
- Frequency range from 25.615 to 30.105Mhz (dependant on programming)
- Output Power: 30 watts PEP SSB/40 watts FM/12 watts AM/CW
- Large LCD Display shows frequency
- Sub display shows Channel
- RF Gain Control
- RF Power Adjustment
- Echo adjustment
- Scan Feature
- Dual Frequency Watch
- NB/ANL Function
- Hi-Cut Function
- SWR/S/RF/DC Voltage Display Function
- Includes hand microphone, DC lead, mounting bracket, and handbook.
Saturday, 1 October 2011
PSK31 to Azores
Intermittent QSO today using digimode PSK31 with 75PF001 Paul on the Islands of Azores in the mid Atlantic. Propagation was poor but it's always nice to make the trip!
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Greenland
Worked the rare 38 division (Greenland) this evening. Thank you to 47DX101 Mr. John and the DX club for the special activation from Greenland. John has been operating from Greenland since mid July and today (25/09/2011) is the last day of the activation. More information on the Delta Xray club site.
John outside the Royal Danish Navy Guard office in Mestersvig, north east Greenland
Lift off!
After some recent very strong solar activity in the direction of Earth, solar cycle 24 has finally kicked in big time!
The summer season of sparodic e propagation has given way to some very good tropospheric propagation. Over the last week on most days it's possible to work South America, Asia, Australasia, Caribbean and North America.
Hello US of A.
Birth place of our hobby and home to many a fine station. For me and I guess most UK operators, North America is the 'icing on the cake'. It's always a pleasure to listen and talk to the 'yanks' and I hope as the solar cycle progresses there will be many more opportunities.
27.385 LSB seams to be a good spot to work DX for USA, for some real fun listen to the 'Super Bowl' on 27.025 AM (Channel 6), 10-4 Rubber Duck!
Saturday, 17 September 2011
How to add 11 meter cluster spots to your own website
If you want to add the 11 meter cluster spots to your own website, copy and paste the following HTML : -
For last 20 spots from the CRX Node 1 cluster : -
and for the cluster spot map : -
and if your a user of Ham Radio Deluxe software, the dx cluster connection details are : -
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