Category Archives: Amateur radio
Outgoing QSL cards
All directly received QSL cards have now been responded to, I sent the last of the international ones out at the end of last week. No cards have arrived via the bureau yet.
The GP0PKT QSL cards have arrived
The QSL cards for GP0PKT have finally arrived so this weekend I’ll be sorting out all the direct ones and they’ll be in the post early next week. I’ve not received any bureau cards yet but it’s still early days. … Continue reading
QSL cards for GP0PKT have been ordered
It’s taken a while but the design for the GP0PKT QSL cards has now been finalised and they’ve gone for printing. I hope to receive the cards sometime mid January they’ll be sent out shortly afterwards. If you’re one of the eighty or so people who … Continue reading
Full report on our DXpedition to Herm
Our trip started early when I picked up Richard, G7HJK at 01:30 on Thursday the 4th October 2012 for our drive to Poole to catch the ferry to Guernsey. All the equipment had been loaded into my car and the … Continue reading
We’re all back with just over 3,000 QSOs in the log
What a fantastic few days! I’ll make a longer post soon with more details once I’ve got the log analysed but we had a great trip away, everything went better than I could possibly have hoped for and I’m very … Continue reading
Next stop – Herm!
As I write this it’s just before 01:00 on Thursday 4th October and I’m just about ready to leave to pick up Richard, G7HJK. From there we drive to Poole to board the 07:00 ferry to Guernsey. In a little … Continue reading
Equipment collected at the Newark Hamfest
I’m very pleased to announce that we collected the Kenwood TS-590S and Icom IC-7200 from Kenwood and Icom respectively at the National Hamfest in Newark on Saturday. I’d like to thank both Icom and Kenwood for their sponsorship. In three … Continue reading