HAM (Amateur) Radio

[Drago]

Rummaging round in the garage found the dual bander I had in the XC90. Its a wide bander and covers 446 which will be useful when camping, so thats going in the van this week.

 

[the_mikey]

CQ, CQ
Any other radio amateurs here?

de
MM0KOZ

I haven't done any amateur radio for a while, but I have an Icom705 in a bag waiting for when it takes my fancy. De M1MBZ

 

[the_mikey]

2EORGJ, but not currently active. So much has gone to digimodes and that doesnt appeal to me.

When I was off the bike with a broken collar bone in 2016, I spent a couple of months doing FT8 and WSPR but the appeal of that waned as soon as I had recovered the use of my arm.

 

[the_mikey]

Although I still hold the licence, G6DDQ, I am no longer active on Amateur Radio. Seems that there is little activity on 145 M/cs and above especially in this area.

Aside from the local club net and the retired old men who ragchew half the morning, 145MHz locally is quiet unless there's someone doing SOTA from the mountains in Wales or there's a contest of an event on.

This Tuesday is the 145MHz FM activity contest from 1900-1955UTC
Also this Tuesday, is the 145MHz SSB activity contest from 2000-2200UTC, look for stations approximately above 144.100MHz, most activity is between 144.150MHz and 144.390MHz but there can be some at 144.500+ during very busy evenings, particularly in the peak of summer.

 

[Drago]

I was big into PSK for a while, but once you've done Alaska on a measly 10 watts there isn't much of a challenge left.

Like Mr S. Scrutineer, I tend to stick to V/U mobile of late, maybe have another go at DMR some time.