Suitcase 5 band verticals in the sun.
Mike
G3VYI/6Y and 6Y6YI
07 Thursday Mar 2024
Posted in DXpeditions, News
Monthly Archives: March 2024
GU6XX by GU4YOX
07 Thursday Mar 2024
Posted in HQ Stations, News, Uncategorized
GU6XX will be my call and will make sure I’m around VK/ZL openings and will get a good VE run. QSL on UK pileups as well – no problem.
Bob GU4YOX
World Traveller Plus is now quorate
07 Thursday Mar 2024
Hi Bob,
Team World Traveller Plus is now quorate, though I have had to interpret ‘Plus’ to include some in far flung places as there seem to be only few travellers this year:
5Z4VJ – Andy G3AB (etc.)
6Y6YI – Mike – G3VYI
9H6A – Ivan 9H1PI and John 9H1XT
G4SGX/6Y – Iain G4SGX
ZF2CA – Colin G4CWH
Judging by the number of teams yet registered and the modest propagation factor, we are looking to do quite well this year. Those other nascent teams had better get their skates on…
73, Colin
6y Discovery Bay
06 Wednesday Mar 2024
Posted in DXpeditions, News
Hi Bo ( Mike’s in Carrib mood already – Ed)
the view looking to G and VE from our 6Y QTH, antennas up tomorrow hopefully !
Just heard J38R with a pileup but not in BERU methinks, but a bonus for sure.
Met Iain en route to G4SGX/6Y on the plane…small world !
GL all
cheers
Mike G3VYI/6Y
PS J38R was 599 on 10m for hours last evening in the UK still going at 2000.
GB5CC
04 Monday Mar 2024
Posted in HQ Stations, News
Hello all
I will be activating GB5CC again in BERU this weekend. From here just N. of Inverness I can (usually) work UK stations on all 5 bands.
On the higher bands, if you have a directional antenna, consider beaming in the same direction as GB5CC (towards the maximum ionisation) which might give better results than beaming towards here.
I’ll be CQing for a much of the contest as possible – hopefully the bands will have recovered from yesterday’s aurora, which gave W6, W7 and VE7 stations in ARRL SSB a strong auroral tone..
Hope to work you!!
73 Chris GM3WOJ / GB5CC
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Special Event callsign 6Y6YI in BERU
02 Saturday Mar 2024
Posted in DXpeditions, News, Teams
Hi all
I will be G3VYI/6Y outside the contest but have just received from th Govt of Jamaica Spectrum Management dept the permission
to use the Special Event callsign 6Y6YI in BERU , good news as we travel on Monday to Montego Bay.
Good luck to all, hope we can hook up Iain, we are not far away!!
Lets hope the suitcase setup works again, FT991a and hmbrew verticals…hoho…its 115v there!!
Nigel 6Y5HN may be on but his station is down at present for termite roof work!
cheers
Mike
G3VYI
6Y6YI
Team registration
01 Friday Mar 2024
The 87th Commonwealth Contest takes place on the weekend 9/10th March 2024 from 10.00 UTC Saturday to 10.00 UTC Sunday. This year entries for the Team Competition can be submitted right up to the start of the contest. Send your team list to commonwealth.contest@rsgbcc.org
73
John G4CZB
Final Call for UK HQ Operators
01 Friday Mar 2024
Posted in HQ Stations, News
Hi,
The Commonwealth Contest takes place on March 9th/10th. You will see from https://www.qrz.com/db/G6XX that GD/GJ/GU have no volunteers to operate the G*6XX HQ calls. If anyone there would like to take them on even if limited for operating time and bands please let me know.
No overheads – just use the call and add ‘HQ’ to the end of the exchange and then send an adif file to G4FAL afterwards. You’ll be popular with the DX and can also work UK stations.
73, Stew GW0ETF
Team World Travellers Plus ***Career opportunities***
01 Friday Mar 2024
Posted in DXpeditions, News, Teams
Hi Bob,
This year’s team is yet a bit thin, consisting of the following confirmed stations:
Mike G3VYI/6Y
Iain G4SGX/6Y
Colin ZF2CA
As previously, I have regarded the ‘Plus’ of World Travellers Plus to generously include fixed stations in isolated places and in order to achieve a quorum we are open to anyone who thinks they meet this (very) broad description….
73, Colin