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Thursday 29 May 2014

Garpen EU-037 shack

Photos from Sweden... (tnx sm7ucz)

Looks comfy for a radio shack for a w/e.

From the top of the lighthouse looking down and north:

 Closer view of the hut


The 'harbour'

View due West


 Between hut and lighthouse


The hut/shack

Non-functional generators outside the hut.

The view to the North


Inside:(Note no electrics or facilities)





Some of the island residents

Some panoramic shots



Pud was running search and pounce all night...


Pud is the shack cat.

He loves it when I operate all night long and pops in and out until he ends up just sleeping. In winter his favourite position is sitting on the SDR laptop and chasing the mouse cursor across the screen.
I don't know about managing 5BDXCC but two birds a dove and a pidgeon definitely bought it.

PCB spray on flux lacquer

If you make your own pcb, or manhatten build then consider using SK10 flux lacquer.

You can get it from Rapid
http://www.rapidonline.com/tools-equipment/kontakt-chemie-flux-sk10-spray-200ml-87-0715

Farnell have it listed as well but don't seem to be able to order it.

It keeps your freshly etched pcb looking nice and clean and you can solder through it without having to remove it first (unlike some varnish sprays that have been suggested).


Tuesday 27 May 2014

July RSGB IOTA EU-037

For all you IOTA chasers... I'll be doing the solo qrp thing again from Sweden during the RSGB IOTA contest

Garpen Island which is also an active Light House. EU-037 Over on the right hand side of Sweden.
About 3 or 4 km from the mainland.




Satellite photo.. the station and antennas will be on the Northern 'spit'


GRID SQUARE JO86bj

It  will be a LONG call sign so when logging please for heavens sake get it right !

SM7/M1KTA/P (CW) or Sierra Mike Seven Stroke Mike One Kilo Tango Alpha Stroke Portable (SSB) I will be confirming qso by LoTW as soon as I am able, QSL cards will be direct buro cards will be very slow, please include $5 to cover postage.

I have confirmed that I will be using the shed/hut on the left and will use the whole shore line beyond for antennas. (vertical dipoles and maybe a VDA)

Garpen is a bit of a holiday day trip place some days when WX is nice so I'll grab food from a cafe on the island. If WX is bad I will probably get stuck on the island  so will keep making qso.

Should be qrv from early on the Saturday 26th (maybe 25th overnight) to last light on Sunday 27th

I will be using batteries and solar power but I will also have power with extension cable from next house.

Quick fly in, train and fly out.

See you in the contest.

ILLW serial is SE0004 no idea if that is what LH chasers need.

Had fun in the islands of Sweden last yewar and activated EU-138 Utlangan. This is the notification this year: http://www.rsgbiota.org/activations/details.php?activ_uid=00009175

Activation of Garpen (Garpen, EU-037):
From: 26-Jul-2014 01:00
Until: 27-Jul-2014 23:00
Callsign: SM7/M1KTA/P
Operators: M1KTA
QSL Information: QSL direct or bureau to M1KTA and LoTW
M1KTA
Comments: QRV for the RSGB IOTA contest but should be up and running both before and after. QRP station, KX3 ant vertical dipole 10-20 and 40m GP and 80m dipole. SSB and CW
Website: http://m1kta-qrp.blogspot.com
Submitted by: M1KTA on 21 May 2014.

Latest spots for this station from the DX-Cluster

Time:Callsign:Frequency:Comment:Spotted by:
2013-07-05 08:56:00SM7/M1KTA/P14264.1
LY2FN
2013-07-03 11:10:00SM7/M1KTA/P14260.1EU-138SP6EFY
2013-07-03 10:59:00SM7/M1KTA/P14260
HA6VH
2013-07-03 10:55:00SM7/M1KTA/P14260EU138 SRI CALLUA1AKJ
2013-07-03 10:24:00SM7/M1KTA/P14260EU-138, LANGOREN ISL.DJ4EL

Commonwealth Contest BERU 2014

Nice to read had thought about being given travelers award!!

UBN is in given only 68 qso total pretty poor really. Note how many broken serials :-) Nice to know many calls were not busted.

This I expected as the speed of some ops was just too great for me so never tried to RX the serial.

So many non BERU stations calling.


Commonwealth Contest Adjudication report for C5/M1KTA : 3500 08/03/14
Date
Time
Call
Correct Call
RST Tx
SN Tx
RST Rx
Correct RST Rx
SN Rx
Correct SN Rx
Reason
Notes












08/03/1412:26G4CMQ
5994599
83
incorrect serial #85Adjudicated Invalid
08/03/1412:32GW4XXF
5995599
1
22
Broken:Serial RX
08/03/1413:21G3XTT
59916599
125
124
Broken:Serial RX
08/03/1414:54EA1DR
59917599
1
Broken
08/03/1415:34EA5CI
59924599
1
Broken
08/03/1415:46K3ESE
59928599
1
Broken
08/03/1415:50K4SO
59930599
1
Broken
08/03/1415:56SP6OJK
59932599
1
Broken
08/03/1416:01W1RM
59934599
1
Broken
08/03/1416:04M0GXM
59935599
55
incorrect serial #5Adjudicated Invalid
08/03/1416:11GW0IRW
59936599
6
63
Broken:Serial RX
08/03/1416:14WU2M
59938599
1
Broken
08/03/1416:21GW0GEI
59939599
1
Not In Log

08/03/1416:30PP1CZ
59943599
1
Broken
08/03/1416:32SP8HXN
59944599
1
Broken
08/03/1417:23
G4LPE
G4LPD
59949599
56
Broken:Callsign
08/03/1417:26K4SN
59950599
1
Broken
08/03/1417:33GW0TSG
59953599
7
busted call GW4TSGAdjudicated Invalid
08/03/1417:49M0TDW
59957599
1
100
Broken:Serial RX
08/03/1417:54ZF2XF
59958599
60
595
Broken:Serial RX
09/03/1405:47G3VPW
59974599
373
292
Broken:Serial RX
09/03/1406:08K6RIM
59978599
1
Broken
09/03/1406:14OK2GX
59979599
1
Broken
09/03/1406:42DL2RMM
59980599
1
Broken
09/03/1407:12AH6NMI
59985599
1
Broken
09/03/1407:14
G4BVK
G4BVY
59986599
146
Broken:Callsign
09/03/1408:14G4BUE
59992
599
559
196
Broken:RS(T) RX
09/03/1409:43F5IDJ
59995599
1
Broken
09/03/1409:47KV8S
59996599
1
Broken
09/03/1409:51F5RQQ
59997599
1
Broken
09/03/1409:57EA8ZAK
59999599
1
Broken
09/03/1410:03VK3HJ
599101599
1
Time outside contest
09/03/1410:11G4MKR
599102599
14
Time outside contest
09/03/1410:20EA8/OZ8BQ
599103599
1
Time outside contest