Working 2E0HTS on 80m using PSK31

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MØTZO MØTZO de 2EØHTS 2EØHTS

Thanks for the callback Paul nice to see you on here and Twitter. Your RST is 599 599. My name is Simon Simon, QTH is BAILDON BAILDON in IO93CU [339.3° 293.8km] IO93CU. How copy? nice to get you in the log h.i BTU MØTZO de 2EØHTS k

2EØHTS de MØTZO

Simon, my station
Radio    : IC-756 ProIII, 5Øw, G4ZLP Interface
Software : HRD + DM78Ø v5.Ø Beta
Antenna  : 6-BTV

My QSL is OK via the bureau, LoTW (or eQSL.cc).

EPC #9222

Cool, about seeing me on Twitter, wasn’t sure I would get anything from it

BTU 2EØHTS de MØTZO kn

MØTZO MØTZO de 2EØHTS 2EØHTS

all ok Paul, isnt twitter great!!!

My station: rig YAESU FT-767GX,

Power 3ØR-

Software = PSK31 Deluxe v4.Ø,

P.C – 35ØØ Dual Core, 2Gig Ram, 96ØØGT Graphics – Nomic RIG Blaster.

Antenna 13ØFT Dipole & 2ØM Delta Loop,

Locator = IO93CU

My Site web http://www.hamradiooperator.blogspot.com/

My QSL is OK via eQSL.cc QRZ.COM or via the bureau.

BTU Paul, will tweet you some tweets soon mate,  MØTZO de 2EØHTS K

2EØHTS de MØTZO

Keep Tweeting on Twitter (@mØtzo for those SWL’ing) and this will certainly get a mention on there.

73 Simon Davison & thanks for PSK31 QSO 21 on 8Øm.

2EØHTS de MØTZO sk

MØTZO de 2EØHTS

Ha Ha yeah Tweeting is for Hams h.i

Hello SWLs!!!

73 to You Paul catch you soon on Twitter and thanks for the QSO hope to See U AGN Ioon. GOOD DX GL & GOOD NIGHT..

MØTZO de 2EØHTS Sk Sk

2EØHTS de MØTZO

Maybe I should Blog this as well! LOL

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MØTZO MØTZO de 2EØHTS EEØHTS

Good idea, will do it too Good night mate

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2EØHTS de MØTZO

Night Night!

2EØHTS de MØTZO sk sk

I suggested on air I would blog this, and kept true to my word! Was a good QSO, especially when he mentioned Twitter.

CQWW SSB Contest 2009

CQWW-2009-M0TZOSo I have just put my mic down as promised myself I wouldn’t operate between 11pm-7am when at home.

How did I do? Well I decided to try to beat a previous score from home, and I did more than I planned.

Although the IARU contest was only 24 hours long, was only other contest this year I had done from home.

I had to beat 73 QSOs and 7,535 Points. I exceeded that even notching a few last minute contacts on 40m before my own 11pm deadline.

OK, it’s not the greatest result, but with each new contest I do from the MØTZO shack, I improve the setup and way I operate. Even for this one, I figured out how to activate Radio 2 in Win-Test after you open the window. Made logging so much easier.

All my logs have been uploaded to Logbook of the World (LoTW) and imported into my main log.

Getting back on HF

It’s been a while (except in contests) that I have really been on HF.

So this weekend I decided to get back on HF using PSK31. Which usually most evenings I spend in front of the PC & radio anyway, so using that mode shouldn’t be that difficult.

Sunday evening I tried, but was drowned out by RTTY stations as I hadn’t planned on the JARTS RTTY contest.

Monday evening, was much better.

After a few hours, I have 6 new QSO’s in my logbook, which while it’s not a great amount, considering how much I normally do in a month, is quite a few for me.

I will continue this week, and see how I do, and who knows might actually get nice QSO’s for a change.

RSGB Convention Calendars

I am going to the RSGB Convention (formerly HFC) http://www.rsgb.org/rsgbconvention/ in October and made some calendars so I can view on my phone. Thought I would make them publicly available. Enjoy!

Online version http://www.rsgb.org/rsgbconvention/events_programme.php

21/09/2009 Update Number 1 – Most Calendars Changed

28/09/2009 Update Number 2 – Operating & Tech Changed on Saturday – VHF Changed on Sunday

Learning to Drive

car1A few weeks ago before payday I decided the time had come for me to start learning to drive (again).

I guess I had actually sown the seeds of this idea when I got my provisional licence renewed in September 08, but only recently did I have the final part really in place. The money.

I had brought the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) DVD/CD triple pack recently and got in contact with local driving school.

This week will be my first lesson in 8 years. A colleague and myself were being taught by a guy who left our office about 8/9 years ago, and I didn’t continue lessons at that time.

I have also booked my Theory Test for next week and have been studying whenever I can. I even brought some Mock test cartridges for my Nintendo DS. I might do a write about them soon.

Anyway, off to do tonights mock test.




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