Didn’t do a major attempt because I hadn’t managed to get a decent low band antenna or a beam up. Went for 40m single band, HP, unassisted. Had to use the Cushcraft R7, a 40m to 10m vertical but

Yes filtering is key on these "all working stations on together rat race". That sounds like an interesting talk topic, (@ Viv.) though facilities on different rigs vary massively and accessing the

Some fantastic results there, congratulations to everyone. I too dipped in and out, not sure how many hours, certainly less than 10, my results were: QSO’s: 53 DXCC: 32 Zones: 10

Yes, I agree, don't think my results would be vastly different with 50W to be honest. The directionality of the hex beam made all the difference. The SPID rotator worked as hard as I did, constantly

Great showing from the club! Really interesting looking at the QSO Maps. It looks like both Marc and I were pretty much working the same areas, despite the difference in power and antennas, which

Hi all, Well, I can confirm that the hex beam works! I operated for 44 hours, catching 3 hours of sleep on Saturday night and finishing at 11pm on Sunday night. By that time it felt like I had "milked

Great to see, hear and work some of the other club members during the CQWW Contest. I chose to work across the weekend, with my plan to work DX rather than numbers. Whilst I like working these exotic

A good effort there, Ian. To be honest, you didn't miss much later on.... From tea time today (Sunday) 20m collapsed from the East very rapidly! I managed to work only 16 Qs from 19h00 to 21h00 -

Hi all, Just a quick report on my CQWW effort this weekend before leaving for the ferry this evening. It was always going to be a casual part time effort as rugby in Bath got in the way yesterday

I'm hoping that when they change ours from the old sodium the QRN will reduce! LDL.

Yes, I have has an led light dead opposite the front of my house for close to a year...and nothing! Not as close as you but good to hear your experience is similar. .... Else we would have to ask the

So, at stupid o'clock this morning, the council turned up outside my property to change the street lamps over to new LED lighting. They changed the lights at both the front and rear of my property.

Here is a video from last weeks BATC CAT21 on microwave EMF calculations. https://youtu.be/IZFsf3B3EO4

Thanks Den for taking the time to delve a little deeper. If I get a chance over the weekend, I take a look at the finer workings of the spreadsheet to see what data is being pulled from where, etc. It

Thanks Mike. Would be nice if there were a "subscribe" option so we got push messages! I haven't come across such an option. You? Den

New version 11b now out that seems to have fixed some of the printing problems

Telling lies again !... THIS is the final final final on this (mis-named!) collinear thread !!... I've checked the Diamond specs. The V2000 is advertised with a gain of 2.15dBi on 50 megs. I have

Dom, A final final on this thread (!) I have just delved into the data tables using a recent version (but not 11a) of the RSGB calc and confirm that "generic" (but not manufacturer/model specific)

Dom, I have just done a run on the IcnirpCalc and attach results page for 6M for the V2000. I have assumed some pretty 'standard' condx with 15m of RG213 and an ant height of 5m Mode FM and 50% TX:RX

At a suitable point, I will again email John and update him with Members'discoveries. However since the Pre November deadline is 110 Megs and up, I think he would appreciate resolving any final final