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Call Sign : 163AA001, 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 659 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
I could hear conditions coming in, missus got home.....S9 whirs of the washing machine and now S+40 with the flipping vacuum cleaner! Aaaarrrrggghhhh!!
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Call Sign : 26CT4113/G1HWY Posts : 536 Times Thanked : 15 Join date : 2021-05-16 QTH or Location : IO90uv Equipment Used : ICOM radios/antenna farm Age : 69
Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2023 Sun Apr 02, 2023 9:45 am
2/4/2023 0841utc 9X5RU 28.460 up 5......1point
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John H Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
Bit of a late start but at least a new DXCC entity for me this time around
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John H Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
4/4/23 EA8/M0KGE Canary Islands 1 point (4 points)
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John H Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
DXCC no.122 for me since starting again. My first V51 since the 1990s
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John H Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
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John H Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
My poor old FT757gx has been in bits on the bench again and after much head scratching a varicap failure was finally found.
Replaced it (and a couple of others) with modern equivalents and had to play around with capacitive padding on a couple of the crystals to get everything back in line. B*gger realigning her all over again but hopefully she's now good to go. (Sat on the bench having a soak-test at the moment....no water involved! )
I might get to use my new home-brew mic eventually!
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SangueG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1336 Times Thanked : 86 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Hope the soak testing shows no issues and that you'll be on the air wit your new mic shortly Victor. I am sure you will be, opposed to if I was in your situation I would just be sat looking at it crying I know you can make it good Victor
Keep those points rolling guys (and girls of course, if any want to join in). From what I have seen the past week the conditions haven't been the greatest compared to what they could be for the current position in the sunspot cycle, but there is some good DX out there.
Posting up points.. I see some are editing posts, some are posting new for each, and some are doing both (me). I scan the thread when updating the table so letting know any methods fine, just keep 'em rolling
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SangueG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1336 Times Thanked : 86 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68