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POTA Activation at IE-0029
Having figured out the bigger issues on the first two “shakedown” POTA outings and also now with some sense of what a POTA activation is like, I set off to IE-0029 Rostellan woods for a longer activation. I didn’t go too far, Rostellan is about a 25 minute drive from home and due the geography…
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POTA Activation 2 at IE-0028
My second cut at a POTA activation, with a few enhancements from the first outing. Again, I went to my local woodland, Maralogue IE-0028. Having learned from the first experience, I put my antenna somewhere where the vertical element (uninsulated) wasn’t touching off tree branches all the time. That had played merry hell with the…
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First Ever POTA Activation, at IE-0028
My first POTA activation, the mission simply to shake down and test out the new “/T” setup. That setup is intended to be used at locations I can access by car. It’s built around my recently renovated Kenwood TS450SAT (33 years old now), with a 90Ah battery for power, and my proven 20M elevated GP…
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2021 CQWW SSB Contest
Addendum: In the multi-op 2 category, EI7M placed 3rd in the World and 2nd in Europe after our Estonian friends ES9C. PJ4K (Bonaire) took the 1st place honours. We also set a new Irish record. For the first time since the pandemic hit, over the weekend of 30th – 31st October EI7M got together to…
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MW NAVTEX DXing. It’s not for everyone!
The official NAVTEX Manual produced by the Swedish Maritime Administration on behalf of the Radiocommunications sub-committee of the International Maritime Organisation, introduces NAVTEX (NAVigational TEleX) as “…an international automated direct-printing service for promulgation of Maritime Safety Information (MSI), navigational and meteorological warnings, meteorological forecasts and other urgent safety-related messages to ships. It was developed to…