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GB0LDO - Ormskirk Lancashire Day amateur radio special event station

GB0LDO special event station

29/10/202029/10/2020 g7lfc Posted in Amateur Radio, Lancashire, Lancashire Day, Latest, Slider, Special Event StationsTagged amateur radio, lancashire day, special event station

GB0LDO will be operated by Derek (G7LFC) between the 27th and 29th November, 2020, to celebrate Lancashire Day.

GB1PSG Porthmadog 2018 Scouts JOTA amateur radio special event station

GB1PSG for JOTA 2018

19/10/201819/10/2018 g7lfc Posted in Events, Latest, Slider, Special Event StationsTagged amateur radio, jamboree, jota, meirion, porthmadog, scouts

Derek (G7LFC) and Alison (M6COV), members of the Quantum Technology Club, are both off to Porthmadog this weekend to help run the town’s Scout JOTA (Jamboree on the Air) event.

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GB6CCC – Christ Church Coventry Churches on the Air Special Event Station

05/09/201806/09/2018 g7lfc Posted in Events, Latest, Slider, Special Event StationsTagged amateur radio, christ church, churches on the air, coventry, gb6ccc, heritage day, special event

GB6CCC will be operating from Christ Church in Coventry between 10:00 and 16:00 on the 8th September 2018.

GB8EMF @ EMF Camp 2018

EMF Camp 2018 was amazing

04/09/201805/06/2022 g7lfc Posted in Events, Latest, Special Event StationsTagged 2018, amateur radio, charity shop pop, emf camp, ft8, gb8emf, quantum technology club, special event

EMF Camp 2018 was enjoyed by more than 2,500 people and we were privileged to have run an amateur radio installation entitled “Communicating around the world without the Internet”.

Amateur Radio in Cornwall 2018

795 amateur radio contacts in 15 days

21/08/201805/06/2022 g7lfc Posted in Latest, Operating ReportsTagged amateur radio, camping, cornwall, ft8, portable, wsjt-x

Whilst we were away camping this summer relaxation came in the form of crafting for Alison and, for me, operating my portable amateur radio station with some remarkable results.

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Operating Report – January 2018

26/07/2018 g7lfc Posted in Operating ReportsTagged amateur radio, g7lfc

Overview Almost all my operating during January 2018 was made from home in the evenings. The first contact was made on the 13th January and since then 181 contacts were made, which I think is a record for me. The vast majority of the contacts were made using the new FT8 digital mode using my […]

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G7LFC in top 10% of amateur radio operators

30/05/201805/06/2022 g7lfc Posted in LatestTagged amateur radio, arrl, international grid chase

Derek, G7LFC, today climbed in to the top 10% of amateur radio operators around the globe taking part in the ARRL’s International Grid Chase.

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G7LFC 6,000th amateur radio contact

19/05/201805/06/2022 g7lfc Posted in DX, LatestTagged amateur radio, ft8

That came around quick – 1,000 contacts have been added to the log in just over nine weeks.

SOS Radio Week on Black Rock Sands

SOS Radio Week on Black Rock Sands

13/05/201805/06/2022 g7lfc Posted in Events, Latest, Operating ReportsTagged amateur radio, black rock sands, lifeboat, meirion, rnli, sos radio week

Members of the Meirion Amateur Radio Society, Simon (MW0CSR), John (MW0VTK) and Derek (G7LFC), operated from Black Rock Sands on the 12th May) as SOS Radio Week stations.

G7LFC @ Maker Faire UK

We’re off to Maker Faire UK

13/04/201805/06/2022 g7lfc Posted in Events, LatestTagged amateur radio, g7lfc, m3lfc, m6bub, maker faire uk, quantum technology club, rsgb

Myself (G7LFC), M3LFC, and M6BUB will be exhibiting at Maker Faire UK on the 28/29th April in Newcastle.

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