Managed it this month as did Duncan & Myles. Great fun, look forward to next month (and RTTY weekend coming up hihi ) John
Round went much better than the first. Totalled 34 QSOs this time compared to 9 last time. Busy band and good prop. Riddled with PC and software gremlins though.......MixM decided it would TX the rig after every QSO entry was complete and then shut down the software so you can imagine how much time it chewed up. Oh yeah plus no dupe checking ! All pretty frustrating really and no clue as to why it was doing it as it was all fine the first time. I ended up having to hand log for the last ...
Well first attempt went actually quite well, its amazing how fast the times goes with radio and good company. Pictures are attached of the activists (Jonathan was hiding to the right ;-) ) The data leg is next week and i will be doing that on thursday if anyone is interested BR, John
Well, managed to tidy some things up, helped out with a mic wiring job ( old 2M SSB radio 4 pin wiring), make the bacon sarnies, fitted a new cartridge to the HP laser and brought computer up to date. And I eventually managed to get the damn side bar to work, talk about making life hard, geeze. Then i claned up the garage in prep for some work on the microwave links, will need a good cleaning in advance but should be ok. Probably some mechanical work and ...
Hi all, Happy New Year to you all. Read this on the the Repeater Management Site, its maybe worth while noting regarding local repeater usage in our area, maybe its time that they were used more often, it may be a case of use it or lose it if some people get their way. Quote from the site "It is likely that strict criteria will be applied in the new year for new repeater applications. Against the backdrop of low activity levels, ...
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