Southgate Amateur Radio Club - G3SFG

A spectacular weekend with the ARRL 10m contest giving 14,000 spots on Saturday. Top dogs were VK9CY (Cocos-Keeling Is), VU7A (Lakshadweep Is), TO9W (St Martin Is), T32TT (East Kiribati) and VP2VMM (British Virgin Is) but there were loads more stations on all modes. I worked W1A on 10m FT4, he has ...

It has been a fairly slack week on 10m with few contacts midweek. There has been some DX about with the usual suspects prominent. H44WA (Solomon Is), TO9W (St Martin Is), 5R8VE (Madagascar), VK9CY (Cocos-Keeling Is) and 9L5M (Sierra Leone). Screenshot 2023-12-07 122242.png Most popular DX (Top 20 o...

In the super CQWW CW weekend H44WA (Solomon Is), D4C (Cape Verde), XW4DX Laos) and K8R (Swains Is) were dominant. There was lots of other DX of course. I didn’t work any, CW is not my forte. I have slipped a little in my time at the radio, lots of other things to do. D4C.jpg Most popular DX (Top 20...

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A quote from the 7O73T web site: “Houston, we have a problem!” – more specifically a bird problem! During the early hours of today, a (Yemeni) Falcon decided to sit atop Dima’s 160m antenna and systematically tear apart the top section, damaging solder joints. The end result is that the antenna has...

There was some good DX about (drat, no Hawaii). TJ9MD (Cameroon), 7O8AE (Yemen), 4W8X (Timor Lest Is) and TX7L (Marquesas Is) to name but a few. BandeauTX7L_V5c.jpg Most popular DX (Top 20 or more contacts, any mode each day) Monday DX: TJ9MD, TX7L, A25R, 7O8AD, H40RH, EL2EF, VP9/AA1AC, E6AJ, HZ0YL...

A whole host of wanted DX. YJ0TT (Vanuatu), A25R (Botswana), TJ9MD (Cameroon) were all very evident as were loads of others. tj9md.jpg I did manage to work 9N2NK (Nepal) and A25R (Botswana) on 10m FT8. I still need Hawaii any band any mode but preferably FT4 on Ten! Most popular DX (Top 20 or more ...

Lots of DX about especially on Saturday and Sunday. A very popular contest the CQ Worldwide DX Contest SSB is a sure fire winner. Tops were T2C (Tuvalu), XU7AME (Cambodia), E51JAN (Cook Is), FY5KE (French Guiana and A25R (Botswana). There were lots more of course. On Sunday there were over 14,000 s...

The battle for top DX can easily be seen below.TO8FH (Mayotte Is) and T2C (Tuvalu) were going head to head providing an interesting time for the chasers. I didn’t work either of them, in fact I’ve done very little operating recently. pic3.jpg Other DX this week, W8S (Swains), ZD9W (Tristan da Cunha...

FYSO 2023–28 released The Five-year spectrum outlook (FYSO) 2023–28 has been released. Informed by views of spectrum users, the FYSO provides an overview of technology, market and policy drivers likely to shape spectrum demand over the next 5 years. It also includes the ACMA’s work program for the ...