http://www.m0tzo.co.uk Current holder of RSGB Kenwood Trophy for "making significant contributions to Training and Development in Amateur Radio within the United Kingdom" Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:06:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well it's another new year, and like other blogs, and myself at the start of a new year I feel compelled to write a post with my thoughts for 2009. So I already have some plans for the coming year. Firstly in the next few days I should have my new USA ... http://www.m0tzo.co.uk/2009/01/general/usual-new-year-post-like-every-other-blog/ Here is a special photo update of the MKARS 80 Radio kit I am building. It's an 80m SSB transceiver running 5w. For more info about the how to buy & build, visit the links below. MKARS80 Homepage www.mkars.org.uk/mkars80.html MKARS80 Yahoo Group uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/mkars80/ Get the Flash Player to see this player. var FO = ... http://www.m0tzo.co.uk/2008/12/general/mkars-80-kit-building/ From 00:00 Saturday 25th October to 23:59 Sunday 26th October 2008 (48 hours) i operated in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. I entered in the Single Operator, All Bands Low Power (upto 100w) un-assisted category. Here is the output from WinTest of my score breakdown. One thing is I was ... http://www.m0tzo.co.uk/2008/11/general/cq-world-wide-ssb-dx-contest-2008/ Over the weekend of the 10th -12th October 2008 I attended the RSGB HF Convention at Wyboston Lakes, Wyboston Bedfordshire. Friday:- I left work about 4pm, slightly earlier than normal to catch the trains to Kings Cross / St Pancras International to meet Peter M3PHP as we would travel to St ... http://www.m0tzo.co.uk/2008/10/general/hf-convention-2008/ With CQ WW SSB contests around the corner, I thought was about time I updated for my loyal readers. The local club I usually op in this contest for due to a number of reasons not least a group has just got back from operating on Isle of Arran (Click Here ... http://www.m0tzo.co.uk/2008/10/general/run-up-to-cq-ww-ssb-contest/ Contest         : IARU HF World Championships Callsign        : M2W Mode            : PHONE Category        : Single Operator (SO) Band(s)         : All bands (AB) Class           : Low Power (LP) Zone/State/...  : 27 Locator         : IO91VJ Operating time  : 7h45 BAND   QSO DUP ITU  HQ  POINTS   AVG -------------------------------------- 160     0   0   0   0       0  0.00 80     3   0   1   2       5  1.67 40    21   0   4  ... http://www.m0tzo.co.uk/2008/07/general/m2w-in-iaru-hf-world-championships/ Earlier in the year my Uncle who got me interestred in Ham Radio passed away. When my grandparents returned from first trip they brought back his Icom IC-737, but said there was another radio but weren't sure what. Well, a couple of weeks ago my granddad said was some stuff in ... http://www.m0tzo.co.uk/2008/07/general/icom-ic-756proiii/ With thanks to James MØBOV & Peter M3PHP my Hustler 6-BTV is now vertical as it should be, and not horizontal as it has been recently. James helped with assembing the antenna earlier in the year, but due to a few problems was not put up then. Peter stayed over Friday & ... http://www.m0tzo.co.uk/2008/05/general/hustler-6-btv-is-now-vertical/ Any guesses what the site is about??? It's a site where you can choose your new Amateur Radio including Base stations, handhelds and mobile radios. Rather than me trying to explain, just visit www.pickmyrig.com and see for yourself. http://www.m0tzo.co.uk/2008/05/general/pickmyrigcom/ Was just shown the following video. Amateur Radio, the Internet and the Future Playing with the new WebSDR service this week http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ got me thinking about the future of amateur radio, and how far we should take linking the hobby to the internet. This is kind of long, and sort of serious, ... http://www.m0tzo.co.uk/2008/05/general/thanks-for-the-shoutout-dom/