Friday, 28 August 2026

Replacing a rotator at GM4FVM

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In brief, I tilted over the mast, took off the Yaesu G-450 which I had been using, installed a new G-1000 model, screwed everything back tog...
Sunday, 23 August 2026

The lazy man's way to update Icom clocks

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Why do I bother to set up the clocks on Icom radios? Once the battery runs down, why not just leave them as they are?  HINT:- Icom make a so...
Sunday, 2 August 2026

23cm Aircraft Scatter - Beaming at aircraft rather than along a direct path and the benefits of Q65.

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The basic concept of aircraft scatter (AS) is similar to that of radar. However, in the case of aircraft scatter we are generally relying on...
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Sunday, 5 July 2026

Ionoscatter 2026

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Ionoscatter ("ionospheric scatter") is forward scatter in the ionosphere. I often work stations on 2m from 800km out to about 1600...
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Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Mostly more Sporadic E

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It is not easy to describe recent Sporadic E. VHF/UHF contacts at GM4FVM, 23 to 30 June 2026 Click to enlarge the images if necessary.  You ...
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Friday, 19 June 2026

Stuck masts and falling screwdrivers

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I thought my greatest problems at the moment were the holes made in the drive by a marauding hedgehog. I even have pictures of him/her (can ...
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Saturday, 13 June 2026

Mostly Sporadic E

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Time for a short summary of the past two weeks of operating. This has been Sporadic-E on 6m, 4m and 2m, and flat-band tropo on 70cm and 23cm...