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IARU HF Championship 2009

The contest is over and unlike last year didn’t require a hospital visit just before the start, but I didn’t really feel like putting in a serious effort so it was more of a dabble over 2 hours, Saturday afternoon conditions didn’t seem to bad 10/15m was open and a good few stations to work [...]

July Recap

Instead of doing a report each day, I’ve decided to do a monthly recap of what I’ve worked on the air. This month really hasn’t been much of a radio one for me; due to all sorts of reasons but never the less I’ve managed to put 138 contacts into the log book.
The main bulk [...]

IARU HF Championship Contest

Normally I put in a serious effort for the IARU contest, but this year it all went a wrong from Friday morning. When I noticed I was having issues with my newly grafted left eye, the hospital gave me eye drops and sent me on my way with a follow up appointment for Saturday morning. [...]

National Field Day 2008

Last weekend was IARU Region 1 National Field Day and just like any other year the Oxford & District Amateur Radio Society, was taking part from the usual location at Worminghall, which is on the boundary of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Setup began on Friday afternoon once all antennas, tents etc were on site, and luckily the [...]