This was my first experience of Field Day in America, and it’s certainly a very different event to Region 1 Field Day in the UK. I was invited to join the team of W3AO by Dan K2YWE who was leading the 80m CW station, though I also belong to the Columbia ARA who provided a […]
CQWPX CW 2019 – NG3K
For this contest I was back at the QTH of Alan WA3EKL and Susan N3DPB to join the team for a M/2 entry. This is always a fun contest and being NG3K was great as it was an unusual enough prefix to be popular throughout the 48 hours. I’m still getting used to these contests […]
K3SAV – The Nuclear Ship Savannah
On a couple of occasions in 2019 I was invited to operate from the Nuclear Ship Savannah, which at that time was docked in Baltimore undergoing decommissioning work. The vessel was the first nuclear powered passenger ship ever built, and in her operational life carried passengers and cargo. Owned by the U.S. Government she was […]
NSS – Armed Forces Day 2019
This special event was something very different. In fact NSS was not transmitting on amateur radio frequencies, but had a licence to transmit on Navy frequencies while listening to the nearest amateur radio band for the 68th annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test. It was held on 11th May and I had the pleasure of […]
Shenandoah National Park April 2019 – AD5XI
Over the weekend of 13/14 April 2019 I was in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia with Tony M5OTA activating some SOTA summits. This was a new one for me. I once tried to activate a summit near my UK home but failed at the first hurdle when I was unable to connect the antenna to the […]
ARRL DX CW 2019 – NR4M
Just around December 2018 I was voted in a member of the Potomac Valley Padio Club, PVRC. Since then I’ve been operating contests from a variety of PVRC member stations. At a PVRC event just before Christmas I got chatting to Dan W0CN and he invited me to head on down to The Goat Farm […]
FOC Marathon 2019 – AD5XI
This is a unique event as it’s only open to FOC members. I was operating from home as AD5XI with 100W into the dipoles in the attic. I only did a little S&P, mostly spent my time CQing and working all callers. I’m still not used to how the bands play from here. QSOs from […]
NAQP SSB January 2019 – WA3EKL
Over the weekend of January 19/20th I spent time at WA3EKL operating as part of the M/2 team for NAQP SSB. My original intent was to try out some VHF data mode contesting, but as it happens I had a blast in NAQP. It had been something like 3 years since my last SSB contest, […]
NAQP CW Jan 2019- AD5XI
This was the first contest I was active in from home, and my first NAQP. A very enjoyable domestic contest. It was interesting to see how many times I mis-copied as AD5X. Usually got queried after sending my name a coupe of times. Call: AD5XIOperator(s): AD5XIStation: AD5XI Class: Single Op LP Summary: Band QSOs Mults——————- 160: […]
CQWW CW 2019 – N3DPB
When I arrived in Maryland I was recommended by a few people that the Potomac Valley radio Club was a club to join. They were quite right, and even before I had my own shack set up at home I was invited by Alan WA3EKL and Susan N3DPB to join their team for various contests. […]