QRP STATION

QTH: Harborne, Birmingham - 165m A.S.L.

 

I got my first license in 1997 as EB2GOQ. After a few years of inactivity I renewed it as EA2ECG in March 2012. Shortly afterwards I obtained my GB license as M0HDF.

My shack:

VHF/UHF

Kenwood TH-22E 2m, Baofeng UV-3R mk2 2m/70cm

Diamond RH-771 antenna

home brew 1/4 wave ground plane 2m

2m portable @ local Clent Hills. (using my 1997 official logbook.)

 

HF

Genesisradio G11 SDR QRP 40-15m - http://www.genesisradio.com.au/

EMU 0204

 

G-Whip End Fed 1/2 wave 20m & 15m monoband antennas http://www.gwhip.co.uk/

20m doublet, 5m above ground

other antennas:

- 80cm diameter homebrew magnetic loop (indoor in a ground floor bay window facing NE-E @ 60deg)

tecadi mast up to 8.40m http://www.tecadi.de/

 

Logger DXLABS http://www.dxlabsuite.com/

 

Local repeaters:

GB3BM (2m analog, IRLP node 5702 )

GB3CB (70cm analog)

 

Projects:

Learning CW 2using Koch method http://www.themorsecrusade.g5fz.co.uk/

started 15-Aug

15-Nov - can now copy most of the letters at 19wpm character, 14 effective

Building a Doublet antenna for 40m up in the garden

 

Interests: QRP, CW, Digital modes, SDR, Summits on the Air (SOTA), Linux, Mountaneering

My favourite QRP reflector http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l/

Mostly active in HF 30, 20, 17 & 15m bands in CW & digital modes: WSPR, JT9, JT65, PSK and RTTY

WSPR on 15-16 Jul - 5Watts on G-whip set up as inverted L in my garden.

 

JT9, JT65 - RXing with Magnetic Loop indoor- ground level East facing - 20m band - 24h (10-11 Aug)

Clubs:

http://www.radioclubs.net/crac/

FISTS 16297

SKCC 11319

QRP ARCI 15210

EPC # 20885 EU Area UK.WM.BI

NAQCC # 6676

FP#-3262

HPC606

 

 

Set on 27-May-2013