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I passed the
Intermediate license
level mid-2013 and
have since been
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operating from my
QTH on the south
east coast of
England. Some of my
time is spent
experimenting with a
De La Warr Pavillion - Bexhill on Sea 2007. Ima
homebrew antennas
including a 70cm
and 2m Moxon, 1/4
wave and 5/8 wave
2m ground planes
plus a selection of
dipoles, and more
recently with HF wire
antennas.
Currently running a
70cm shorty ZL
special for 70cm on
the local repeater
(GB3HE) and a 66ft
end fed G-Whip
Widebander end-fed
De La Warr Pavillion - Bexhill on Sea circa 1936
for HF work where I
will usually be
operating various
digital modes on
20m/30m/15m/10m
plus SSB. I just can't
get enough of wire
antennas and will be
trying a couple more
designs very soon.
John Heys (G3BDQ),
a club member who
has RSGB
publications
including "Practical
Wire Antennas",
never ceases to
inspire with his
articles (more of his
articles are on the
way soon).
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Update: 7th June, 2015.
The last few months have been busy alright and have since recently
much liked end-fed antenna to a 68ft loft mounted doublet with zig
tricky exercise as the loft's configuration was fairly cramped and ha
the end.
The antenna has been fed with 450ohm slotted ribbon and tunes to
bands which at this point in time is fine. 80 tunes also though I nee
slightly better match. So far so good and with the first RX session I
pileup as well as an all-time first for my station, an amateur calling
my QTH in England! I also wrote a brief article about my recent exp
using it indoors, you can read my thoughts about end-fed antennas
The doublet is performing extremely well and thus far have noted a
and significantly better audio in and out. I can't wait to get one up o
Much has happened in the last few months, and notably the Hasting
to hold the new Wilf Gaye Memorial Cup event at the end of June wh
in East Sussex. This new operating event is the first one, and comm
one of the clubs longest standing members, Chairman and avid QR
Yesterday 6th June, I attended the Sussex Electronics Radio Fair (SE
South East coast has seen for over 10 years, with the last one being
around 2004 from what I can gather. I was working with RAYNET ye
having the opportunity to meet and speak with amateurs who had c
and other places which were quite some distance away. The spirit o
South East Coast! Here are a few images of the event which I took y
report I have written about the Sussex Electronics Radio Fair (SERF).
Above: Icom's stand at SERF, a buffet of very nice Icom rigs from th
Above: RF Designs stand, HF through Microwave solutions for weak
Above: Lots of components down one side of the Sussex Electronics
more available in the hall also, and some very interesting and hard
away with bargains and treats for their shack.
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Above: Richard G0ILN left, and Rob M0LYD right, both good friends
Club. Richard is a FISTS member and avid CW fan, Rob enjoys his H
Some months ago Rob constructed an ILER-40 kit and has had goo
field day at Fairlight Country Park and Richard runs CW Nets to aid
Overall the Sussex Electronics Radio Fair event went smoothly and e
afield. This bodes quite well for next year with half a dozen exhibit
the day had even ended. Dave G8PUO and the team did a great job,
the day without incident and moreover the weather stayed clear and
day at the fair for everyone. I also created a short slide-show video
like to view.
Finally, news of a new Wires-X 70cm repeater based in Rye, GB7RY
forms an addition to the growing number of resources available aro
serve its users well. GB7RY is connected to Wires-X via a Yaesu HRI
430.950Mhz and Receives on 438.550Mhz with CTCSS on 103.5hz.
March with no issues.
Good DX and 73 de Steve. (2E0GHX)
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Update: 22nd February, 2015.
A busy start to the year, that is for sure. Having moved my shack up
my activity on-air has started to take off properly having configured
performance RF choke which has been attached to the already effic
addition of the choke has reduced RFI in the shack (and the 355ft in
counterpoises) to very good levels indeed, allowing me to easily tun
Much reading up on counterpoises and EMC over the last couple of
with counterpoise lengths and also highlighted how important it is
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the noise 'pickup' on the counterpoises is r
significantly if well insulated. More trials with them are just around
further with highly insulated counterpoise insulated terminators us
tube and epoxy resin with the cp wire buried in the centre using a s
tube.
Having not seen this technique used before on indoor installations
commonplace due to the RF heading back to the station, I'm keen t
some radiation measurements as I try this out.
Being a fan of digimodes (as is my friend Stuart G4WCP in Brighton)
to use a workable indoor antenna setup on SSB with the new end-fe
digimodes and had a lot of success with both local European contac
Two days ago to my amazement I managed to make contact with a
under 8000 miles away using 20w, The contact was made around 9
my eyes to how well the less-efficient digital modes can work when
thinking is that if someone can make it to the Falklands using a sho
improvement to efficiency will yield further results that are well wor
The contacts that I have made over the last few days have been inte
responding to a call on 30m though sadly my response missed the
de-sense caused by a strong local transmission. The miscreant resp
prod effect[1] again in the near future along with some real-time sp
This month has also yielded additional good news. GB3HE our local
been upgraded with a pre-amplifier and is also now operating at fu
tremendous range which so far has had most members in the locali
dual-band handies accessing the repeater on just 0.5w. RILGES hav
repeater and as their site states, thanks are due to the working part
repeater a reality for amateurs who will continue to enjoy using it. G
2014 with a 4-stack dipole to improve its range significantly and th
repeater will certainly gain a lot of interest.
The local 2m repeater, GB3ES is still currently offline, having been d
there is no news to report this time around.
Perhaps I will catch you on GB3HE or HF digital modes soon. Good D
73 de Steve.
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Update: 27th November, 2014.
Well, last night at the Taplin Centre was quite superb and a very we
Electronics and Radio Club's venue in St. Leonards, East Sussex. Joh
hands-on evening displaying what was apparently a small selection
Enigma machines from his extensive collection.
Fascinated by the German-made Enigma I used it while powered an
the output on the Enigma machines display change magically to dif
rotor. John explained that the 3 rotor version was capable of 59,000
rotor versions being able to generate many more. The Swiss-made
which reminded me of a very heavy-duty pocket watch movment, w
appearance of a vehicles camshaft. Superbly made and certainly bu
to a mechanically driven inked 'ticker tape' from which the message
ready for transmission.
In addion to the Enigma machines, John also brought several spy ra
installed in their original briefcases with John answering any questio
note the many original accessories which he had managed to acqui
original tank coils which were tightly wound by experienced hands,
the original power cables with ceramic tube insulators for the main
would like to see the rest of John's collection because quite simply
anyone could possibly hope to see short of 'borrowing' Bletchley Pa
Sadly the clubs chairman, Wilf Gaye (M0GYE) died this month after b
years and was a very keen QRP and SDR radio, not leaving his Flex S
at the clubs BBQ field days at Fairlight. Also, sadly Chris Bittan (G1T
the pleasure of meeting on several occasions over the two years als
a very generous, kind hearted amateur who helped me right at the
pleasure of helping him adjust his antennas as his health declined a
G3MGQ spoke fondly in remembrance of Wilf before the club and a
memory of Wilf and both will be missed.
This brings the Hastings Electronics and Radio Club's events to an e
our respective ways and are looking forward to what is going to be
speakers and events. The 2015 HERC club diary has just been publi
off with a talk given by an experienced data-mode user from Bright
being titled "Personal aspects of digital amateur radio", one which I
I also joined FISTS this month following a recomendation from Rich
homebrewer and Morse operator and after having spent a few hour
a year, feel confident enough to get started on the air with it.I can s
handy with plenty of UK based FISTS members being prepared to en
new to the mode like myself, or those more experienced who are pr
operators like me!
Good DX and 73,
Steve.
Update: 9th November, 2014.
This morning I heard some very good news from Dave (G8PUO) of R
Group of East Sussex). A new digital ATV repeater to be known as G
offer local amateurs the opportunity to use digital amateur radio te
myself.
The project is involving a big team effort which will see the repeate
amateurs from the Eastbourne Electronics and Radio Club (EREC), a
surrounding areas. We are very lucky to have made big strides toge
more than a bit excited about how the outlook for amateur radio is
coast in the near future. I should also mention that Dave is looking
would like to get involved then simply get in touch with Dave (G8PU
To say this is excellent news is an understatement having just recen
based in Hastings, East Sussex get an upgrade with a 4-stack dipol
performing well with superb coverage.
And there is more good news for amateurs who 'fly' around the Sou
Dan (MOHOW) of the Brede Steam Amateur Radio Society has recen
FUSION Wires-X digigate in Broad Oak, near Brede, East Sussex whi
digital voice option in addition to the growing number of D-Star rep
popular down this way.
Unfortunately the Hastings based 2m repeater, GB3ES, is still out of
move it in August this year. Fingers are crossed that it will return to
view our UK repeaters list which is currently well underway.
In other news I recently joined the Ham Radio Forum, perhaps you w
Update: 29th August, 2014.
Having spent the evening moving my radio gear out into the conser
which are now starting to creep in I finished off the evening reading
subject and spent some time practicing Morse using an online appl
a whole 6wpm (yes, I won't be breaking any speed records just yet!)
very kindly donated some Morse tapes to help me practice, and hav
I am finding that the code makes a musical sense, and that feeling
for some time. I just need to keep up the practice! I should also me
some useful confidence building advice some weeks ago and hope
CW in the near future .. and anyone who doesn't mind slow Morse o
I spent some time trawling my logs and spent a little time putting a
have kindly during the earlier part of the year when I took my first g
the QSL cards look quite colourful and you can find the collection o
Amateur Radio FlickR account if you care to look.
With my HF rig set up again ready for use I am going to reach out a
can get out as far as Canada/USA with some adjustments to my end
more elevation to get over there but we will see!
Update: 18th August, 2014.
With my Advanced licence training being well underway now with th
Course (BBADL) led by Steve Hartley G0FUW, has meant my head ha
revision in what little spare time I have had over the last couple of m
researching some interesting audio topics alongside the coursewor
As I have always been a keen fan of most things audio I spent some
resonance which runs alongside the principles of resonance found i
The Kundst Tube video demonstrates standing waves in pipes very
fall in line with the length of the tube in question and whether the t
some experimentation I found that a the main 8 inch waste water p
applications is around 20-22 feet long when run from a first floor (
produces a sub audible resonant fundamental frequency at 25hz, w
125hz. After some testing using an inexpensive subwoofer speaker
are caused which sound very much like whistling, chirruping and ot
quite unpleasant to listen to, which vary according to the frequency
this in places and makes for a good primer in understanding acous
showcases acoustic levitation and standing wave manipulation is w
One other interesting point is that if one so chooses, the position in
caused can be controlled by frequency alone, so co-resonating (giv
in one place when created in multiple places) an object on the first
can be achieved from the ground floor with some practice.
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In other news, I laid in a new counterpoise for my 66ft end fed whic
with the radiator raised to about 12 feet at the end of the garden so
and put my TenTec to work alongside the FT-450D which has turne
have also started to get more comfortable with Morse and have bee
though still needs a lot of work but practice makes perfect.
Until next time, good DX and 73!
Steve.
Update: 28th June, 2014.
The last few months have been very busy having attended two RAYN
events in Hastings and Eastbourne and set about developing new w
radio organisations to work better on the web and attended several
which was particularly interesting recently, a talk about WW2 Royal
Hedges (G0JHK).
This year I will be starting my full licence exam training with my tut
been very busy producing his "Month on the Air" document which c
the coming month. It is always good to have to hand.
I've been playing with Morse code at home for a while using various
grips with what still is very hard work for me. Fortunately the Hastin
process of starting a Morse code learning 'school' designed to assis
daunting prospect. With so many experienced CW'ers around me in
tap away at baud-rate like speeds which I simply cannot keep up w
my first 'scout' type straight key, a tiny wooden based unit which pu
to use well am now seeking something a bit larger, possibly an exthat is still in good workable condition.
The recent HERC annual BBQ field day took place at Fairlight, its usu
on HF and VHF for the whole day into the evening.
The day went well from what I have heard so far and in the morning
local amateurs were present (much like myself!) who were toting th
of operating. The Wx held up and it was fine and plenty of operatin
and it was also good to see Wilf there too, and according to inside s
good too. Isn't BBQ *always* good!?
My good friend Rob (M0LYD) brought along his self-built ILER-40m
home made DDS to widen the frequency range and from what I hea
also entered his ILER-40 transceiver into the recent HERC Construct
quite unsuprisingly as the build was excellent. Robs effort has insp
construction myself.
My first radio project was a small mint-tin cased 40m QRP TX and l
originally know that the project was far too small to work with for a
building it. The next one will certainly be a bit more user-friendly t
which has tempted me for some time as well as a 40m TX for outdo
thought of travelling around with my FT-450D and using it for field
self-constructed rig seems like the most sensible way to go.
A few days ago while at the Brede Steam Amateur Radio society sha
friend of mine kindly donated a 3 EL tape beam for 2m for me to tr
to see if I can find my way into the local 2m repeater (GB3ES) which
QTH's geographic position which sits down in a built up area in a d
on the other side of a reasonably tall hill. There is talk of GB3ES mo
future but 6 months have passed and nothing has happened or any
shame. This hasn't impacted the popularity of GB3HE infact quite th
repeater group RILGES recently aquired the NoV to GB3HE, upgrade
it an excellent site at one of the most elevated positions in Hastings
operating on low power its range is very good indeed and is fast be
use.
The coming months will be busy with Hastings and Rother RAYNET
other local amateur volunteers in various public events, notably the
which each year sees 20,000 visitors come from all over the countr
'Piratey Fun'. Here is a picture from last years Pirate Day event whic
incidents.
There is a lot more planned this year for both the Hastings Electron
Amateur Radio Society including special events. The Lighthouses an
one and now is just a few short months away. If it is anything like la
Update: 12th March, 2014.
Having used a homebrew 66ft longwire and counterpoise for a few
picked up a G Whip Widebander 9:1 UnUn and 66ft kevlar radiator w
made very good progress on 20m and 10m. The FT450D tunes the
SWR and has made working datamode contacts a breeze using HRD
the antenna further from 2.5m to around 4m-7m in a sloped config
South. Some experimentation is required to make the most of the W
it in the field believe that one is a keeper being bulletproof in most
down in just a few minutes.
Pictured below are the internals of the Widebanders 9:1 UnUn burie
UnUn really is a fine performer. Long live the wire antenna!
I've not ye
antenna designs as much as I would have liked due to work commit
but will in the near future be looking to buy a suitable impedance a
wire antenna designs including a few single band resonant end feds
Summer.
73, and good DX! de Steve.
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Hastings Electronics and Radio Club
If you are interested in my home radio club, then visit HERC where the clubs
events, contributions and news. I am also the clubs webmaster and have a p
attended (June 2013), the clubs annual BBQ field day at Fairlight where the m
location close to the South Coast in Hastings, East Sussex, England. The clu
England with over 60 members and its club house, The Taplin Centre, is loc
was developing television. The official HERC site also has a handy page listin
with local amateur radio news, event reports, repeater updates and more.
Brede Steam Amateur Radio Society
I joined BSARS in June 2013, a club which has it's own shack located behind
is just a few miles north-east of the Hastings Electronics and Radio Club.
BSARS operates at the shack almost every Tuesday, where members are able
clubs equipment including a 160m Carolina Windom and a tri-band beam o
the clubs TS-2000 and other rigs for data modes/CW.
The club often operates special events including the Armed Forces Day at A
the Air among others. They are *always* enjoyable days out with the ops oft
the way. You can visit the Brede Steam Amateur Radio Society's website and
of course the members.
Eastbourne Radio and Electronics Club
I joined EREC September 2014, a local club based not far from where I used
club is fairly new and is run by Dave Williams G8PUO who runs a network of
RILGES (Repeater and Internet Linking Group of East Sussex) which he also o
Hastings provides superb coverage for amateurs from much further afield. I
including Dave himself as well as Paul M0LRE, Huw and others, all of whom
getting EREC off the ground and are in the process of building more founda
come. To find out more about EREC, visit the official Eastbourne Radio and
With annual membership costing just £5 and a young and dynamic membe
monthly talks and demonstrations at the Pevensey-based club, you would b
passing interest in electronics or amateur radio. Membership to EREC is wor
My personal web site
I have been working on a personal AR website which is almost complete and
would like to stop by and have a look.
Contact me
You can find me on twitter @amateurradioham. I keep an eye on it once or t
follow me for a reciprocal followback. You might like to take a look at a larg
at FlickR on amateur radio or take a look at my pins over at Pinterest on ele
late John Taplin, founder of the Hastings Electronics and Radio Club on the
communications my details can be found right here on QRZ.com, or if you w
personal site (URL above) where you will find my contact email address in th
My logs
If you need to verify any QSO information please get in touch with me and I
contact logs uploaded to the following QSL sites which may also help if you
yourself.
ClubLog
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QRZ CQ
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