As part of the FOC 80th Anniversary Challenge I was able to activate GC4FOC from various locations in Wales during the month. My planning for the FOC80 activity was frantic at times and I was keen that every one of the seven UK&CD regions be represented during the month. For various reasons covering Wales was […]
GB80FOC – 80th Anniversary of FOC
In 2018 the month of May saw the 80th anniversary of The First Class CW Operators Club, FOC. During the month the club had various special calls on the bands during an activity challenge run by the club. I was able to arrange the call GB80FOC and had the pleasure of activating it for 4 […]
FOC Marathon 2018 – M0PCB
First Class CW Operators’ Club The 2018 FOC Marathon Summary Callsign: M0PCB FOC number: 2024 QSO totals 1.8 3.5 7 14 21 28 0 62 53 91 3 0 Bonuses Section 5-banders 0 x10 0 6-banders 0 x5 0 QRO Continents 6 x5 30 Open Entities 36 x2 72 Summary Total QSOs 209 Total bonuses […]
RSGB AFS CW 2018 – M0PCB
This was the first contest of 2018 for me. I was late home after a 7 mile hike in the morning so missed the first 40 minutes of the contest by the time I got into the shack with a mug of tea. Conditions on 40m weren’t great though I did manage to work a […]
CQWW CW 2017 – M6T
In 2017 the G9V team weren’t able to take part in the CQWW CW contest, and I received an invitation to join the M6T team over in Suffolk. This was my first Multi-op multi-radio experience. I was to be one of a 2 man team in charge of the 80M station, along with fellow ‘youngster’ […]
2nd 1.8MHz Contest 2017 – M0PCB
I don’t have a particularly efficient aerial for 160m but this contest was fun. Running the K3 and KPA500 to 250W I managed 100 QSOs in the log, unassisted. Surprising to have VO1HP call me and complete the QSO.
UKEICC 80m CW October 2017 – M0PCB
This was the only one of the UKEICC 80m series that I managed to enter in 2017. I made 54 QSOs with stations in 34 grids. Rig was the K3 with 100W into the 26m Inverted-L antenna.
RSGB RoLo CW 2017 – M0PCB
In the past I’ve only entered the old RoPoCo contests a couple of times. This change to being a rotating locator helps non UK stations to enter. I made 34 QSOs on 80m, though using N1MM+ I had some log problems caused by macros not being set up correctly. This meant I sent the wrong […]
VHF NFD 2017 – G5BK/P
On the first weekend of July the Cheltenham ARA arranged a club field day to coincide with the RSGB VHF NFD contest. I wasn’t able to attend on the Saturday but I did get along for the Sunday morning session on 70MHz. I took along my Icom IC-7300 (40W) and 5 element Powabeam antenna. The […]
70MHz UKAC April 2017 – M0PCB
Only 8 QSOs in this contest, from home. Station was an Icom IC-7300, 50W into a dual band 50/70MHz Moxon antenna. Best DX was G8BCG down in IO70. Unfortunately a lot of the 70MHz UKACs clash with my local radio club meeting.