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Call Sign : 26 ct2750 Posts : 23 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : suffolk Equipment Used : crt 6900 n yaesu ft-757 gx 2 kenwood ts-430s antena is a sigma venom silver rod 5/8 wave h/y gain Age : 49
Subject: squares like hams on 11m Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:52 pm
Hi do any of you use squares like hams do or is there such a thing for 11m .
regards grady
Toobad New Member
Call Sign : 26CT3000/G0NMC Posts : 32 Times Thanked : 3 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Hereford Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-DX3000, Heil PR40, Imax 2000, 80m Delta Loop, GAP Titan
Subject: Re: squares like hams on 11m Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:25 am
I am not aware of anything similar to the Worked All Britain square-chasing that goes on in Amateur Radio. WAB activity is most popular on the 40/80m ham bands as inter-uk contacts are more reliable at those lower frequencies. The closest 11m gets is the annual Activate All Counties challenge where operators try to bag as many of the 48 "areas" being activated by Special Event stations over a 4-hour period. The challenge appears to be currently confined to English areas covered by the weekly Wednesday regional nets. Unfortunately you will have a long wait until the next one as it was held yesterday evening.
grady New Member
Call Sign : 26 ct2750 Posts : 23 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : suffolk Equipment Used : crt 6900 n yaesu ft-757 gx 2 kenwood ts-430s antena is a sigma venom silver rod 5/8 wave h/y gain Age : 49
Subject: Re: squares like hams on 11m Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:18 pm
ok thanks for getting back with solution regards
grady
26TC62 Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26TC62, 26CT2817 Posts : 141 Times Thanked : 29 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Portsmouth Equipment Used : Yaesu 891, 10m pole, wire 5/8, T2LT
Subject: Re: squares like hams on 11m Sat Jun 29, 2019 7:18 pm
I spoke to a chap in Finland last week who gave me his Locator ref, KP11NC. His village was Punkalaidun, which is not the longest of Finnish place names but easier in Locator! I was in IO90JO on the Isle of Wight. A lot of SSB DX ops know their locator ref because it's useful to use them to measure distance on a QSO but it's not that widespread. I wouldn't object if it did become more common.
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grady New Member
Call Sign : 26 ct2750 Posts : 23 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : suffolk Equipment Used : crt 6900 n yaesu ft-757 gx 2 kenwood ts-430s antena is a sigma venom silver rod 5/8 wave h/y gain Age : 49
Subject: Re: squares like hams on 11m Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:13 pm
no me too i quite like the idea myself think it would add more fun to what we do now thanks for you info
regards grady
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Subject: Re: squares like hams on 11m Wed Jul 03, 2019 2:07 am
I would like a SOTA type system for 11m too. There's a lighthouse event for 11m which I'm going to activate my local one on the same day this year as the ham event.
26CT867 New Member
Posts : 11 Times Thanked : 1 Join date : 2019-08-16 QTH or Location : Northumberland Equipment Used : FT991a FT51r FT817nd Alinco DR-135UK to name a few
Subject: Re: squares like hams on 11m Fri Aug 16, 2019 4:13 pm
Out of all the different "on the air" events and Ive lost count of all the different ones I have either particapated in or listend to the Jota with the scouts of the world gave me the most pleasure and some laughs with the remarks from them when they got on the mic for the first time, I am waiting for pubs on the air and Im there 2m 70cm 446 or DMR as the pub is close enough for my dongle lol
Al21 Contributor
Call Sign : 26CT4617, 26TD133 & M7FPX Posts : 64 Times Thanked : 1 Join date : 2022-09-01 QTH or Location : Malton, North Yorkshire Equipment Used : PMR 446 handset, President McKinley, FT-8900
Subject: Regional nets Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:18 pm
Toobad wrote:
I know this is a four year old post, but are these frequencies still correct? I know that both the North East and North West ones are still in use. Al
Razz229 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26 CT 2290 & 26 CI 2290 Posts : 784 Times Thanked : 28 Join date : 2019-07-01 QTH or Location : Kent Equipment Used : On 11m a Anytone 6666, Solarcon A99 vertical antenna or a Sirio 4000. On PMR a CRT Space U, a 1/4 wave GPA, homemade mag mount & sometimes a 8 element beam. Age : 56
Subject: Re: squares like hams on 11m Sat Sep 02, 2023 10:06 am
The Southern Area and South Coast Net is still running.
We can be found on 27.395 LSB on a Thursday night from 20:00 until late.
I was part of the AAC event and here is my report of the night
Thanks Razz! Reading through your report I'm interested to see you had a fella from Beverly get down to you and Rod RD15 too. I shall give your net a go soon, but as I often struggle to get to Rod in Grimsby it might be a stretch for me. Worth a go though. Cheers Al
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Subject: squares like hams on 11m 
