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Another Ham Radio DXpeditiion to Heard IslandCategory: Amateur Radio Events and News
Posted On Saturday, 19 May 2012
It has been announced that there will be another DXpedition to Heard Island sometime in 2014. Heard Island is a territory of Australia and is halfway...
ARRL SSB DX contest 2012Category: Amateur Radio Events and News
Posted On Saturday, 03 March 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012 and the bands are alive with contest stations taking part in the ARRL SSB DX contest. Contests are really not everyone's cup o...
Special Callsigns for Amateur Radio Stations during 2012Category: Amateur Radio Events and News
Posted On Wednesday, 18 January 2012
For those of you who don't receive the RADCOM magazine sent to members of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) I have reproduced an article which...
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Managed to talk to M0IAT on holiday in Cornwall on 40 metersCategory: DX-Expeditions > Activity on the HF Bands Today
Posted On Thursday, 19 April 2012
I thought I better put something in this here blog, been neglecting it over the last few weeks. Mind you, I haven't done as much radio in the last cou...
HK0NA now worked on four bandsCategory: DX-Expeditions
Posted On Friday, 03 February 2012
I am pretty chuffed today, I managed to work HK0NA on three more bands today, 12 m, 10 m, and 20 m. I work them on 17 m a few days ago, so I've only g...
Listen before you call and respect your fellow radio hamsCategory: DX-Expeditions > Activity on the HF Bands Today
Posted On Sunday, 22 January 2012
I don't like criticising amateur radio, or amateur radio operators in anyway, but sometimes you come across a situation where you wonder what the hell...
TI2CF - Costa Rica on 10 m this afternoonCategory: DX-Expeditions > Activity on the HF Bands Today
Posted On Saturday, 05 November 2011
I've been neglecting my amateur radio blog lately, hopefully as the winter comes I'll be spending a lot more time on the radio during the day from now...
Massive signals coming from the USA on 10 metersCategory: DX-Expeditions > Activity on the HF Bands Today
Posted On Saturday, 15 October 2011
Oh boy,how good is 10 m at the moment? it's getting better each day, some of the signals coming in are absolutely stonking, Guys using small CB vertic...
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Caribbean finally coming through on 6 m to the UKCategory: Activity on 6 meter band
Posted On Wednesday, 01 June 2011
6 m is just starting opening up to the Caribbean in the last couple of days here in the UK. I've got to admit that I haven't been quite as observant a...
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The horrible side to amateur radioCategory: Amateur Radio Talk
Posted On Sunday, 19 February 2012
Amateur radio is supposed to be a hobby that brings people from all around the world together in harmony, it's a hobby that should allow people who do...
14.195 MHz - call themselves amateur radio operators?Category: Amateur Radio Talk
Posted On Monday, 13 February 2012
I must have been living under a rock for the last few years because I only just found out about the goings-on on 14.195. I tuned into the frequency th...
Follow G0VQY on TwitterCategory: Amateur Radio Talk
Posted On Wednesday, 18 January 2012
For those of you who like tweeting, in other words have got a twitter account then you can follow me on twitter if you wish. I basically use it to a...
WEBSDR.ORG is back onlineCategory: Amateur Radio Talk > Interesting ham radio websites
Posted On Thursday, 22 December 2011
I happened to notice that http://www.websdr.org/ is back online after being off air for a few months. They also seem to be including a few more remote...
W1ÀW - American Radio Relay League HeadquartersCategory: Amateur Radio Talk > Interesting ham radio websites
Posted On Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Now that winter has arrived and the days are getting shorter most of the HF bands are closing down reasonably early, probably closed by about seven o'...
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Ham Radio Deluxe in the hands of new developersCategory: Ham Radio Software Control
Posted On Friday, 06 January 2012
I was browsing the QRZ forum today and just happened to come across a thread which stated that Ham Radio Deluxe has been bought out by three US radio ...
PSTRotatorAz - Software for Antenna RotatorsCategory: Ham Radio Software Control
Posted On Friday, 18 March 2011
Most of the modern day amateur radio equipment enables you to control it via the computer. I can control both of my ICOM radios using ham radio deluxe...
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G4SSD - South Devon Radio GroupCategory: South Devon Radio Club Information
Posted On Thursday, 24 February 2011
We have recently resurrected the old South Devon Radio Club which was disbanded in 1999. We get together at my QTH (G0VQY) every Thursday evening bet...
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GQ0VQY finally gets on air properlyCategory: Interesting Websites
Posted On Wednesday, 16 May 2012
I was probably one of the first people who signed up for the special Diamond Jubilee amateur radio call sign when OFCOM publish the application form...
Applying for special call for Olympics and Diamond JubileeCategory: Interesting Websites
Posted On Thursday, 01 March 2012
It stated on the Ofcom website that UK radio hams could apply for special licences celebrating both the London Olympic games and the Queen's Diamond J...
UPSTREAM - Live Streaming VideoCategory: Interesting Websites
Posted On Monday, 28 March 2011
UPSTREAM
I have been using livestream.com for the last two or three months and am extremely happy with it. I came across UPSTREAM which is basically ...
Ham Radio Deluxe Utilities - HRD - Logbook of the WorldCategory: Interesting Websites
Posted On Friday, 04 March 2011
For those of you who use both Logbook of the World ( LoTW) and Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) then I may be able to enlighten you on a small piece of software...
How to create an account with livestream.comCategory: Interesting Websites
Posted On Thursday, 24 February 2011
Have you ever thought about broadcasting your amateur radio operating totally live but have always thought that setting up a live WebCam is too diffic...
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