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G7LPW Keith SHARPLES 48 LEE CRESCENT Ormskirk LANCS L39 1PQ, UK Lookups:   15593 QRZ Member
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QRZ Record: 775599 Login to manage/edit Lookups: 15593 (15594) Mailing Label... QRZ Admin: G7LPW Last Update: 2009-03-11 11:58:58 Latitude: 53.601877 (53° 36' 6'' N) Longitude: -2.856102 (2° 51' 21'' W) Grid Square: IO83no Born: 1963 QSL Info: QSL VIA THE BUREAU Admin For: (1) G7LPW

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"G7LPW/Marine Mobile"

 From: The Leeds to Liverpool Canal

• Click this link for pictures of my "HF Backpack Mobile" in New Zealand

Profile

 I am a professional Tuba player, see more information at the bottom of this page.

I mainly operate as "G7LPW/MM" (Marine Mobile) from my canal boat on the Leeds to Liverpool canal which is moored in the village of Burscough.

My boat co-ordinates are: 53deg 36' 09.86N 2deg 51' 22.83W.

I also enjoy HF pedestrian mobile usually operating from coastal locations. 

Boat Station

I operate a Kenwood TS570DGE on most HF bands into a home-made centre loaded vertical antenna mounted on the boat roof.

Pedestrian Mobile

I operate "HF Backpack Pedestrian Mobile" using an Alinco DX70-TH into a home made top loaded vertical which is 3.5 metres long. The power is 50 Watts high or 5-10 Watts on low depending on the battery voltage.

I mainly operate from near to the coast, close to where I live.

News: G4AKC and I will be giving a talk about HF "bicycle and pedestrian" mobile on 12th October 2009 at the Bolton Wireless Club and on the 17th November 2009 at the Stockport Radio society.

World Record

During November 2007, I made a DX-pedition to Christchurch in New Zealand using the callsign: G7LPW/ZL3/Pedestrian Mobile to try to make a "New World Record" operating: HF "Backpack" to "Backpack" and "Backpack to Bicycle" mobile on 20M SSB between New Zealand and the UK using power levels between 5W and 50W.

After lots of development and forward planning with Dave G4AKC we achieved this record on the 15th November 2007 at 08:00z by contacting Dave, G4AKC who was both pedestrian mobile and bicycle mobile, whilst I was in Christchurch and Dave was in Blackpool England over a longpath distance of about 21,000Km with excellent signals both ways.

This record has been confirmed by the "World records academy"

Here ia an extract from the World Records Academy listing ........

"It was absolutely brilliant, it was such good contact. We chose New Zealand because it's the furthest point away from the UK." 

The radio wave, transmitted on a 20 metre short wave band, travelled from South Shore promenade Blackpool to New Brighton Pier, Christchurch, New Zealand – a total distance of 21,000km (13,000 miles).   

Mr Sharples (G7LPW), from Ormskirk, travelled to New Zealand a fortnight ago and the pair realised their dream of breaking the world record on November 15. 

Mr Starkie (G4AKC) said: "Keith's radio system got lost in Singapore and then once he was in New Zealand his car broke down when he went to pick the equipment up. But against all odds, we did it!"

 

"World record" Links and Video

 

• 20M SSB bicycle to backpack UK to ZL longpath "CONFIRMED WORLD RECORD" by "World Record Academy"

• 20M SSB "Backpack to Backpack" UK to New Zealand both stations running QRP

 

•  ARRL News article

 

Other contacts made from ZL3

17th Nov at 0815z: Longpath on 14.3425 MHz SSB Signals peaking 57 Backpack to backpack mobile with G4AKC/pedestrian mobile QRP 5 to 10 Watts

22nd Nov at 0815 - 0840z: Longpath 20M backpack mobile (G7LPW/ZL3/Backpack) to G4AKC/Car Mobile on 14.3425 MHz QRP of 5 Watts at both stations.

22nd Nov at 0840z: Longpath 20M backpack mobile (G7LPW/ZL3/Backpack) to G7DGH/pedestrian mobile in Southport.

23rd Nov 0815z: Longpath 20M backpack mobile to fixed station with M0SPM (Simon), and his father M3IIQ (PAUL).

THANK-YOU ALL FOR YOUR HUGE EFFORTS!!!!

 

Other interests

My other interests include music, and I am a professional Tuba player in the field of conemporaty New Orleans jazz and world music. I also play in brass bands and it was here that I learned my trade.

Anyone interested in forming a musicians net please email me.

I am now a member of "La Banda Europa" a 36 piece Pan-European Orchestra made up of some of Europes finest Musicians, and playing the works of the Scottish composer Jim Sutherland.

Many thanks for reading,

73's .....

Keith G7LPW ...