Moved to Margate Kent UK

I have new moved to Margate Kent, no antenna up at the moment, but im working on it , over the last few days there have been several solar flares so I suspect that HF would be fairly dead at the moment.

watson pbx mk II

This antenna now lives in the garage/shed, I set it up again a few days ago and I could hear something but, Im going to leave it in the shed as something is wrong and I cant work out what, shame I didn't test this the day I got it, on the good side there is no rust anywhere on it after all this time.

Watson PBX mkII update

After messing about with this for days, I cant get it to work at all, its a dead short.

CME Effects today

Its not good :(

Wire In the Blood

Wire..

Its not that hard to get, but these days it is expensive, I bought two 100 mtr reels of single core cable,with the idea of using it for radials/antenna wire,and its gone,vanished, taken by the copper fairies.

So I went down to my  Local Electrical   
trade counter.

100 Mtrs about £28.00, this one had better not go missing :(

Marconi's Radio Shack Details

Here are some details of my trip to Cornwall.

Ill be active on air ssb,  from ( GMT ) 26 February to 2nd March 2012 ,1900 onwards , there may be some other outings portable.

For GB2LD
Tentative frequencies :7,175 and up and 14,310 and up, if a pile up develops ill be working split, if possible.

Location for evenings will be Lizard Cornwall UK.

G6KQS/A and /P may be also be used

Hope to work you ,QRP Ops ( under 10w) will get priority.

Qsl Cards will be sent to stations worked ,via the qsl bureau

If you wish to qsl direct,unfortunately two IRCs and an addressed envelope will be required.

all the best


G6KQS

Learning Morse code

Its funny how attitude changes as time goes by, I thought Id never learn The code, but now it seems appealing. Click here, to listen to the sound files from the above

Maybe I can make it fun learning too

These videos are Making Morse Code fun.

How old is this callsign?

Im How old ?

 Ive been operating since 1981 on and off,
 and Id like to think that I can speak fairly well.
But, its amazing how many times people don't hear my callsign correctly.

Golf Six Kilo Quebec Sierra
That's the way Im supposed to say it


George Six King Queen Spain
Sometimes i try this as well

Its the last letter they dont get.


Apart from the fact that G6xx calls were last issued in 1939, that makes it just possible at the
 age of 73, I suppose that they still might be active.

Dont we all think that its more likely that there will be three letters after the G6
Maybe its the way I say it, it probably is, but some days it makes me frustrated.

We dont have vanity callsigns in the uk, or I would have changed it years ago.

Any ideas on how to make this easier to copy



Golden Sixer Kelvin Quinsy Sibilance :) 
Microphone back to you

G6KQS

Marconi's radio shack

Its been horrible weather the last few weeks,the UK has been -15c to 0c in some places.However things may well improve, very soon.

I have made some arrangements in the week starting 26th Of February, to spend time operating from the Land Ends/Lizard Area Cornwall here in the UK.

Im sure most know the History of radio, and You will no doubt be pleased to hear that I will not be using his Spark Generator. But will be using the actual shack location.

The exact times and dates of transmissions are yet to be decided.

I will be using my own call G6KQS/A and The call GB2LD.

Im also hoping to get portable in the area, subject to available locations and weather.

Ill post a few more details next week

All the best

John G6KQS

Winter Sets in for a while

Its snowy here at the moment and Im rather disappointed, There really is nothing like , driving to a nice view point and setting up some radio gear, while my Wife, goes walking.

There are some nice hills around this area and I cant wait to go and look at them, I dont know if it will be possible to set up at any of them, but Im going to try as soon as it gets a fraction warmer

Surrey Hills
Lots of places to explore, see the weather bar on the side of this blog for what the weather is doing,Hopefully the sunspots will improve at the same time the weather does.

Sunspots here