We have an other IOTA dxpedition planned! Have a look at www.eu105.be!
Category: IOTA
Writer’s block?
A lot of things have happened since my last post here but I didn’t really feel like writing anything about them lately.
A small summary:
- we did the Region 1 SSB fieldday with the club station ON6CK/p (and came in second behind the OQ8A/p team)
- the belgian guys conquered Rockall, congrats to the team!
- the british guys decided not to go to Rockall. I don’t really understand the reasons, if all those who wanted to climb the Everest would have cancelled their plans because someone was there before them then only a few people would have done it. Moreover the pileups from Rockall will not be less for the second team going there than for the first one. And I still need EU189!
- I finally ordered a new transceiver!
- I modified my RTTY setup to do FSK instead of AFSK (with the FT990)
- I made a portable setup to take on holiday
The last 3 of the list will probably be the subjects of some future posts!
So what makes me write this in the last hours of CQ WW SSB? I’m at the qth of my girlfriend and to tired to set up the portable station. Wedding parties are probably more tiring than 24hrs of contesting 🙂 Moreover we have to leave for an other party in less than an hour.
My next contest is in 3 weeks from now… still some work to do (the 4 rotary switches problem, remember?)
EU189 even 2 dxpeditions planned!
As you can read here (in dutch, sorry) there is even a belgian dxpedition planned to Rockall. Departure is planned september 23.
And they still seem to be looking for operators! (Sorry, I myself am not adventurous enough for this spot…)
Their website will be online soon: www.rockall.be
This is a movie of some guys climbing Rockall in the past:
EU189
The website for the May/June 2012 dxpedition to Rockall EU189 is online.
It can be found here:
I’d consider an invitation to operate from most spots on earth but I don’t think I’m crazy enough to go to Rockall.
I wish you good luck and lots of fun in the pileups guys!
And see you on RTTY (hint, hint)
Almost 16 months ago…
Kristin and I are on our way back from our holiday to Jersey. While on the ferry back from the island we saw the Minkies and I realised it is way to long ago that I went on a dxpedition. As you can see on the picture taken this afternoon by Kristin, the Minkies/les Minquiers are still there 🙂
More info on our activation of EU099 can be found here and here
Anyone organising a dxpedition and in need of an operator (SSB/digital)?
1999: IOTA Contest EU065
I recently got hold of some old pictures from our 1999: IOTA Contest EU065. Have a look here
EU099 page updated
I uploaded the photo gallery for our EU099 dxpedition last april. Useless to say we had lots of fun!
EU099
forgot to mention it yesterday, soon we’ll activate the Minkies Reef, eu099. Keep an eye on www.eu099.be
Back or not?
Hi, I just noticed it’s almost 2 years ago I wrote something on here… this site was the result of something that started as a joke between ONL Bart, Jan ON4KB and me.
After a while some of us got tired of updating our sites and when Jan stopped his site I had so many links to update that I got discouraged. Most of these faulty links are still on this site and if I ever find the time I’ll correct/remove them one by one.
Speaking of time, the K2 I worked on so frequently is now gathering dust since about 2 years (the main unit is finished and working, the SSB module is halfway built).
In these 2 years the relationship with my girlfriend grew stronger and stronger (life changes…) and I also took up sporting more and more. (Have a look at the picture, yes I bought a new bike and I still need to lose some weight)
This combined with the company I try to run gives me less and less time for ham radio.
But don’t worry, I’ll be back! Together with some other Ham’s we are
working on a DXpedition to a rare IOTA island planned for the first half of next year!