Going to try posting here some stuff I might normally put on Twitter or Facebook.
This means posts might be a but shorter, and less about radio.
I keep neglecting this, so hope will bring son new life to my site. It needs it.
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It’s been a while, but I am still about.
Well I’ve not been on the radio much, so guess didn’t have a lot to report. But I’ve slowly started actually having QSOs and enjoying the time I’ve spent on the JT65-HF mode.
Due to this, I’ve now update the DXCC page & also the QSL page which was very out of date.
The JT65-HF mode has enabled me to get some more States in LoTW for the Worked all States (WAS) award if I ever decide to go for it.
JT65-HF Software hflink.com/jt65/
Also as a bonus for someone doing a great deal of operating, I am recommending a visit to Keith G6NHU’s website http://qso365.co.uk/ as throughout this year he will be making a radio contact every day.
Hopefully more regular posting will resume soonish.
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The other day I was thinking about how much fun I had in college on my photography course. I went and dug out my old Single Lens Reflex camera and have decided to have some fun with it.
Whilst out shopping my mum picked up some Ilford XP2 Black & White films, which have a clever trick. You can get developed at any film shop with does colour film developing (sometimes referred to as C-41 developing.
If they are printed on Colour paper as well they have a sepia tinge on the photos of a brown or green hue.
I’ve also ordered a cheaper auto-winder for it and if I get any good shots will post on Flickr & here.
It will certainly be different not having the Delete Button and this camera is fully manual.
I wonder how much of my old photography course I will remember.
I have been someone lacking in making any contacts on the air recently, and I think one thing stopping me was my pile of QSL cards.
One night while I was on leave this week I spent few hours chatting on the IRC chat to the “Linux in the Ham Shack” guys until 4am, but knew I wasn’t tired.
I had my pile of QSL card labels printed, but taunting me at the side of the desk.
With no other distractions I continued the labelling. I also had TV on in background. Next thing my sister had got up and was going to work, and I ploughed on with the task.
It ended with me printing (after setting up my Dymo label printer) an few from contacts I had made earlier in the week.
Next time I looked at clock was 9:30am but was all but complete by then.
It’s now nice to have the labelling setup again (hadn’t sorted since my big PC crash earlier in year) and to have this mammoth task finally done.
As a nice outcome I enjoyed working PSK31 again and made 11 contacts alone today on 15m, 17m, 20m, 40, & 80m. Countries worked were England, Greece, Germany, Poland, European Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, Slovenia, France & Hungary.
Also I finally had a QSL with Peter 2E0SQL on 80m PSK as although we run many websites together, the only previous QSO was through a repeater & never on HF. This has now been corrected and the QSL card is done & featured in the post photo.
My next 2 weekends I am at Ham Radio events.
2nd Oct I am going to the National Hamfests http://nationalhamfest.org.uk
8th-10 Oct I will be at the RSGB Convention in Milton Keynes http://www.rsgb.org/rsgbconvention/
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