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Call Sign : 26-CT-4836 Posts : 11 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2023-05-08 QTH or Location : Epsom, Surrey Equipment Used : FT-840 Age : 62
Subject: Introduction/callsign request (Issued) Mon May 08, 2023 11:23 am
Hi! I'm Richard, back in the day I was known as Canobeer in and around Leicester. In those days, I used a 901, then a CBX, then a NATO 2000
In those days I was mainly active am/fm and my favourite sport was winding up Buzby, once taking part in a search for myself...
Many years later, I'm a full-license ham mainly active on 17m, 20m ssb, but looking to come back home to 11m alongside that now we're starting to get a little bit of sunspot activity again. My rig of choice isn't fashionable - an FT-840 - but the simple controls are so much easier for me to operate as I'm partially-sighted these days. Current ham-band aerial is an off centre fed dipole for 10/12/15/17/20m but my atu can load it up for 11m too I'll add a vertical for 11m local work in due course. I'm in the middle of commuter-land where such things are frowned upon so I may have to figure out a stealthy solution 73 de M0<mumbles>
GaryWilson CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-1836 Ham 2E0GGQ Posts : 4395 Times Thanked : 378 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Redcar, North Yorkshire. Equipment Used : Radios & Wires & Stuff! Age : 59
Thank you, Gary. I'll do that, and participate here too. 73s Richard
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GaryWilson CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-1836 Ham 2E0GGQ Posts : 4395 Times Thanked : 378 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Redcar, North Yorkshire. Equipment Used : Radios & Wires & Stuff! Age : 59
I'm a foreigner in the Midlands these days I'm originally from S.E. London Crystal Palace area. I'm still a member at C.P.R.&.E Club and B.D.A.R.S. (Bromley) sadly I don't make the meetings very often.
There used to be quite an active contingency on the 11 meter band in the Croydon, Reigate and Sutton area so you're in with a reasonable chance. 11 meter DX is not dissimilar to 10 meters now with some excellent radio operators working the free band around 27.555 MHz.
All the best 73's Gary.
John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4392 Times Thanked : 161 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50