Jan 18 2012
SOS Radio Week 2012 starts at 00:00 on Saturday 21st January and concludes at 23:59 on Sunday the 29th. The event will see over forty-five sponsored Amateur Radio stations contact as many other Amateur Radio stations throughout the UK and around the world to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Some of [...]
Dec 4 2011
I went to the R.A.C. (Roger Albert Clark) Rally earlier today – it was great to get out and see some real rallying. Gywndaff Evans was leading the event and, I have to say, he appeared to be in a class of his own. It was also a treat to see a real Lancia Stratos [...]
Nov 26 2011
The Southport & District Amateur Radio Club ran it’s now annual special event station to celebrate Lancashire Day earlier today. St. Marks Church Hall was the venue for the station and Amateur Radio operators all over the world were contacted to share in the celebration. I was able to work several DX countries including the [...]
Nov 20 2011
I really enjoy working (contacting) Amateur Radio stations around using the digital PSK mode. Instead of the more usual CW (Morse) or Phone (talking) modes, PSK is a mode that enables Radio Amateurs to communicate using computers, keyboard to keyboard. The fantastic thing is that twenty, or more, different PSK contacts can take place in [...]
Sep 10 2011
Attending the Warrington Communications Fair today. This is a new rally on the calendar and has been attended by several regular exhibitors, plus some local computer companies. What makes this rally unique is that is held in public – right in the middle of the Warrington Maker (upstairs). What a great idea. Instead of running [...]
Sep 3 2011
Heights and me don’t get on too well. So why did I suggest we climb into a small glass capsule and climb 180′ (60m) above the Albert Dock? The first cycle of the Wheel of Liverpool was a bit of a blur, especially as the capsual rocked having stopped half-way around to take on more [...]
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