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  1. 145 countries worked, 98 confirmed. I need to get to the Post Office :) 12:02 PM Sep 14th, 2010 via web
  2. 17m in good shape again. Worked St. Helena yesterday and Latvia this morning. #hamradio 8:16 AM Sep 13th, 2010 via web
  3. After modelling, it looks like a rotatable dipole fed with ladder line is the best multiband option. Time to check available materials 2:10 PM Sep 9th, 2010 via web
  4. @Hamcity Somewhere in the South Pacific or East Indian Ocean like Central Kiribati or Cocos-Keeling. 2:07 PM Sep 9th, 2010 via web in reply to Hamcity
  5. 17m hopping this morning.. QSO with GD4WBY in the Isle of Man for a new one. New 17m antenna under design, possibly a skeleton slot. 11:44 AM Sep 8th, 2010 via web
  6. Great weekend on 20m. Two new countries and a lot of DX contacts in Russia, Ukraine, Japan and Australia. Not bad for a pop gun station! 11:26 AM Apr 26th, 2010 via web
  7. UK airports closed. My parents travel plans to visit me are in some jeopardy. Here's hoping it clears soon 1:52 PM Apr 15th, 2010 via web
  8. @innismir I'm interested in joining Ham Twits! 9:37 AM Mar 31st, 2010 via web
  9. Wish I had sent some better photos in for the K7AGE 40m video :-) 1:50 PM Mar 30th, 2010 via web
  10. Worked 12 new ones during the CQ WW WPX Party from my hombrew ladder line dipole. Could be 13, but I don't know if he got my call. 4:10 PM Mar 29th, 2010 via web
  11. Had a great time at the weekend on the 40m K7AGE party. Looking forward to seeing the final cut on youTube. 9:33 AM Mar 23rd, 2010 via web
  12. @innismir I'm interested in joining Ham Twits! 5:01 PM Nov 26th, 2009 via web
  13. 30 contacts in 13 countries in 2 days of casual operation in MM-land. All but 2 are on 40m. Tomorrow I'm going to try rigging an 80m antenna 5:00 PM Nov 26th, 2009 via web
  14. QRV on 40m phone from Scotland but I can't understand why I don't hear any British stations. Is my vertical unsuitable? #hamradio 12:10 PM Nov 26th, 2009 via web
  15. Landed in Scotland, luggage following behind us. The good news is that all my radio gear was in hand luggage. Should be QRV tomorrow! 11:53 AM Nov 24th, 2009 via web
  16. Got the dreaded "No DDS Signal" on my Palstar antenna analyzer. The trip is off to a great start, LOL. 11:17 AM Nov 23rd, 2009 via web
  17. Planning my trip to Scotland. Looking forward to being QRV as MM/W6OR. I hope that nothing gets broken in transit. 7:09 PM Nov 21st, 2009 via web
  18. Just worked my first English station. A very nice PSK31 QSO with M5LRO. My signals are finally making their way back to Britain. 8:23 AM Nov 9th, 2009 via web
  19. My plans for a trip back to Scotland are getting close to final. It will be nice to see family and friends. MM/W6OR....maybe? 3:26 PM Nov 8th, 2009 via web
  20. XR0Y in the log using RTTY, now i can relax.....or maybe i should try finding TX3A lol 5:28 PM Nov 7th, 2009 via web