It’s been a bit of a SOTA extravaganza this month starting with a cheeky activation of my local summit (G/SE-001 Walbury Hill) to record a video of a CW SOTA activation using the MTR5B and EFHW. At the end of February I took my annual pilgrimage with James, M0JCQ to the English / Welsh borders […]
This month I started a Virtual Build-a-thon with Chertsey Radio Club…we’re building a Foxx-3 and K16 keyer combo from Kanga UK as a virtual group simply using videos and group Webex sessions once a week. It’s brilliant fun and a great way to meet lots of new people.
Straight key week came and went with almost no contacts this year. From the shack I used my lovely Marconi copy but the shack is often just a few degrees in temperature at this time of the year so I moved back indoors to operate from my bed! Operating the Air Ministry’s Type D on […]