The prime motivator for this contest was to make DXCC on 80m. I’ve been stuck at 71 worked for some time at home. With the help of a few of the G9V gang I set up an 80 station at the usual G9V contest site. The station was a K3, KPA500 running 400W into a […]
RSGB IOTA Contest 2015 – GU9V
Usually myself and Chloe M0GEJ join the HamTests team for the IOTA contest and operate as MU0HTJ. This year, due to the incredibly unfortunate and untimely passing of Louis 2U0FER plans changed somewhat. Already we had decided that in 2015 the Vulture’s short contest call would be used as GU9V, and the team comprised Iain […]
MU0PCB/GU9V – Guernsey 2015
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 […]
CQWPX SSB 2015 – G9V
This year we had made some significant improvements to the station, with mono-band antennas for each of the HF bands. These were a 3 ele mono-band Spiderbeam for 20m at 55 feet, a 3 element mono-band Spiderbeam for 15m at 40 feet and a 4 element yagi for 10m at 60 feet. The 40m and […]
RSGB Commonwealth Contest 2015 – M0PCB
As I had been on a trip to C5X in January I wasn’t able to set anything up for the Commonwealth contest for 2015. Hopefully I’ll be out in the Commonwealth again in 2016. This worked out fine in the end as although I was active on the bands I did not submit a log […]
RSGB 1st 1.8MHz Contest 2015 – M0PCB
Another new contest for me this year. I don’t have a big signal on 160m by any means, the antenna is a 26m Inverted-L with two radials, one 73 feet long, the other 46 feet long running round opposite fences of the garden. This is fed with a Mydel CG-3000 remote ATU, which limits me […]
FOC Marathon 2015 – M0PCB
The FOC Marathon is an annual contest which runs within FOC, it’s a closed contest for members – unlike the QSO Parties. With around 500 members and activity on the six contest bands 160m to 10m there is potential for a large number of QSOs in the 48 hours of the contest. The idea is […]
C5X – The Gambia 2015
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 […]
RSGB 80m AFS CW Contest 2015
I have been taking part in AFS CW for a few years now and it’s always been quite fun. Usually a missed opportunity to improve with SO2V techniques, and that was the same this year. Pretty similar performance to last time, with 100W from the K3 and the 26m Inverted-L antenna working well on 80m. […]
ARRL 10m Contest 2014 – M0PCB
This was my first entry into this contest. I entered Low Power, CW Only. This was from home so was using the K3 with 100W into the Cobwebb at ~33 feet. Claimed score: Contest : ARRL 10 Meter Contest Callsign : M0PCB Mode : CW Category : Single Operator (SO) Overlay : — Band(s) : […]