http://www.g6pz.com G6PZ ICOM UK Contest Group Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:50:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Class: Single Op HP Operating Time (hrs): 24 Radios: SO2R Summary: Band QSOs ------------ 80: 512 40: 553 20: 632 15: 50 10: ------------ Total: 1747 State/Prov = 58 Countries = 70 Total Score = 223,616 Serge UT5UDX wanted to give ... http://www.g6pz.com/2010/01/14/rtty-roundup-2010/ Ops: G6PZ, 2E0CVN, G3TJE, G4MJS, G7VJR, GI0RTN, KU5B, M0CLW BAND QSO CQ DXC DUP POINTS AVG -------------------------------------- 160 550 18 71 17 902 1.64 80 1163 29 103 ... http://www.g6pz.com/2009/12/01/cqww-cw-2009-result/ Call: G6PZ Operator(s): G6PZ 2E0SQL M0CLW M0DXR G4DBL G4MJS Station: G6PZ Class: M/S HP QTH: Somerset Operating Time (hrs): 47.5 Summary: Band   QSOs  Zones  Countries ------------------------------ 160:   285    11      54 80:   626    18       87 40:   857     ... http://www.g6pz.com/2009/11/02/cq-ww-ssb-09-by-peter-2e0sql/ The elements are made in three sections.  The bottom is a 3m  2.5 x .25 inch aluminium tube, the middle is a standard 6m scaffold pole and the top is a 12m  spiderbeam pole. The first job is to make the overlap joint for the aluminium  sections. I've allowed for a minimum of  a ... http://www.g6pz.com/2009/10/06/element-build/ As the element is designed to swivel on the bottom bracket and lay flat on the ground for easy installation and maintenance a one man raising and lowering system is required. I purchased 4 inexpensive trailer winches off an Ebay shop. I had first thought about running the rope over ... http://www.g6pz.com/2009/10/06/winching-system/ Four pressure impregnated  posts were sourced from a local farm outlet store. They are 5x5 (1250mm) inch x 2m long. I made 4 holes with a petrol driven hole borer to a depth of 750mm and spaced them 66 ft apart in a true square measuring across each of ... http://www.g6pz.com/2009/10/06/pressure-treated-posts-and-mounting-hardware/ Connecting radials to a vertical can be a pain. There are some good commercially available systems but it can work out to be quite expensive when you have to have four of every thing. Here I have made a simple radial connection system out of copper electrical earthing ... http://www.g6pz.com/2009/10/04/4-square-radial-connection/ CQ WW RTTY 09 Serge arrived from the Ukraine for this one feeling pretty beat after his long journey. He wanted to catch some sleep before the start but only managed a couple of hours after some set up issues with the computers. I have been working hard ... http://www.g6pz.com/2009/09/28/cqww-rtty-09/ These  views are looking down from a 45 foot cherry picker that I use for my electrical business but it also comes in very handy for aerial maintenance at the aerial farm. As you can see the radial system is being installed, at the moment there are 40 radial wires ... http://www.g6pz.com/2009/09/22/80m-4-sq-radial-system/ This project has been a long time coming, for a while now it was realised that our 80m performance was some what lacking and Sergei UT5UDX suggested that a 4 sq might be the way to go. As my neighbour keeps her horses in our field I did not want to ... http://www.g6pz.com/2009/08/24/80m-4sq-project/