Saturday 19/01/08 20m

I will be on 20m from 12.30 until 17.00 (ish) on Saturday.

I will be working from the car in Colwyn Bay.

All the best,

Dave

We'll probably be in the skip dead zone. But I'll have a listen all the same.

On boxing day I got into Canada so it's not too bad... lol

Hope to make the contact with you on the weekend.

Dave

show off nice vids dave ,my neck is hurting now

lol.... You will have to turn your laptop on it's side...

Sadly the wife is on nights & with the shack also being our bedroom I did not get on the radio yesterday.

Neck ache here but awesome videos and 10w? that meter goes high for that low power

HNY Dave, great contacts for sure

Nice work david happy to see 20m open no copy on you this side sorry good dx ...

That meter is set on Modulation lol..... Cheers and I hope to have some more very soon. Just shows what you can do on low power at the bottom of the cycle. Imagine what it's going to be like in a couple of years....

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What a great afternoon it was on 20m. Some videos are on my website www.mw3vsg.com

Cant wait to get M3 sorted out , 20 is an ace band, just aiting to hear about when my examination date is

I will be out on the 20m band again this Sat from 12.00 - 16.00 from Greenfield next to the coast... Hope to make some more great contacts....

Great few hours today. Will post the log on my site very soon. Take a look at the video of me talking to Yuri in Russia this afternoon. It's on the site now...

NICE ONE DAIVD HOPE TO WORK YOUR STATION BY THE END OF THE SUMMER ON 20M WITH SOME LUCK,,,HIHI

Hmmmmmmmmmmm This thread is not fair.
I MUST get the 20 meter mobile antenna I got for Christmas out & SWR'ed & get mobile on 20 myself.
We were in Great Yarmouth this afternoon, the drive takes around 40 minutes & 2 meters was dead other than for someone keying up on the local repeater.
I do have a 400 watt linear that runs at 50 watts, but I would rather get a smaller one to run of the FT817.
I'm also looking at possibly getting one of those 10, 6, 2 & 70 Cm mobile antennas. I love operating 6 meters, 70Cm is a great band & 10 meters needs more users than it gets.

Lol, You best had get up the hill or down by the sea in the car on 20m Alan. The car is great as you can get the best location and it give's me time away from the other half... (lol).
I did not do much yesterday as I ended up sorting out the face off kit out as it was doing my head in!!! The radio is now in the boot and the face is on the dash.
I have never tried 6m work yet. What's it like mate? I will have to see how to convert my Sirio 4000 to work on 10m... We can try and make a contact one weekend if you like?

All the best,

Dave

6 meters is called the magic band & when skip is up there's nothing like it. There's a well known character from Poland (I think it is.) He runs all homemade kit at 1.5 watts on SSB mobile & I thought I was doing well at 2.5 watts into Poland
When skip is really good double skips are possible & thus the USA probable, even on 10 watts mobile.
I'll put a couple of the band specific groups on a amateur thread. as the 6 meter forum & group are well worth finding if you have an interest in 6.
Just after I passed my foundation exam I was given a six meter set up after I expressed an interest in the band.
I have a Yaesu FT690, a linear, a 6 meter atu & a 3 ele beam. I also have a 6 meters on my tri band co linear, my CP-6 HF antenna plus via a mobile whip. My 817 & my FT857 are also 6 meter capable.
http://www.uksmg.org/invboard/index.php?act=idx

Cheers Daxi, I will look into giving 6m some use once I get an antenna for it.

I will be out this Saturday 19/01/08 between 12.00 - 17.00 in Colwyn Bay. Hope to have some new contacts on the band.

Dave

may be up the hill on 11 if its not too wet.

Give us a bell mate and I will jump on FM. It's nice to see you back Mr Kev.

howdo mr kev

yes will do dave, hi andy

Only spent an hour on the radio today as I am not feeling too good. I am getting a cold. Only made it into Italy twice and that was it. Better luck next time.

was calling you on 750 at about 1pm today dave

You should have text me mate... I was calling you on GB3MP also but about 19.00.

Know the feeling, was rx around and not hear you Dave And we have here another Fuehn day and that makes the fittest people rough. Plus getting a cold here too as all around are sick here

Ok thanks for trying mate. Will be nice to be able to make the contact on 20m! My new job is working in an office with loads of public coming in and out all day so you can imagine the germs flying around...
Hope your cold doesn't materialise.