A day at sea

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From: <tony.cadney@...>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 at 13:44
Subject: A day at sea
To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...>

Hello Gang!

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We are now at sea again today, on way to Williamstat Curacao (PJ2).

Again we will be either on 15m 12m or 10m?

To assist finding the SSB frequency will send a couple of bursts of CQ in CW in order that RBN may identify the my operating frequency………….Unfortunately most of my favoured SSB frequencies always seem to be occupied.

We are now four hours behind GMT so the earliest I normally commence ops at about 1400hrs GMT.? As I stated before the propagation is totally different in the tropical zone, with chronic solar ‘drop-out’ around noon.

For the sailors among you we are now 12.1N & 64.5W on a bearing of 271 degrees at 16.5knts.

Hope to catch on the wireless!

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73 de Tony es Suzanne.

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PS. The WX is very humid and cloudy with bursts of tropical rain and 30c

Re: nice condx on 10mtrs for tony today!

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I have heard Tony on 14, 12 and today on 21 but on all accasions has been so weak with me. I was clutching at straws for a contacts. We will all have to treat him to a linear to take with him Hi. Anyway will keep trying.

73s Keith G4TJE.

On 16/01/2025 16:22, Colin Eloie G0UJK via groups.io wrote:

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no problem Steve ! I can only view it on facebook or youtube! he was doing well on 10 today . glad someone else has made the effort! heard keith g4jte call him on 21mhz but think tony dropped out as i heard nothing after telling tony, keith was trying!. cheers! for reply steve.

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 3:47?PM Steve Bunting M0BPQ via <steve=[email protected]> wrote:

Sorry Colin - I was running full gas to a yagi at 32m above the ground..... I took a video of Tony on my phone and will post it somewhere if you care to look!

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Steve, M0BPQ

Re: nice condx on 10mtrs for tony today!

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no problem Steve ! I can only view it on facebook or youtube! he was doing well on 10 today . glad someone else has made the effort! heard keith g4jte call him on 21mhz but think tony dropped out as i heard nothing after telling tony, keith was trying!. cheers! for reply steve.

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On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 3:47?PM Steve Bunting M0BPQ via <steve=[email protected]> wrote:

Sorry Colin - I was running full gas to a yagi at 32m above the ground..... I took a video of Tony on my phone and will post it somewhere if you care to look!

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BW
Steve, M0BPQ

Re: nice condx on 10mtrs for tony today!

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Sorry Colin - I was running full gas to a yagi at 32m above the ground..... I took a video of Tony on my phone and will post it somewhere if you care to look!

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BW
Steve, M0BPQ

nice condx on 10mtrs for tony today!

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It was just after 1515 in the afternoon and I was hearing Tony well so waited to see who might call, after he finished?with Jimmy in texas. There were about three stations?calling but m0bpq almost blew my eardrums off as he went through and had? a good 10min qso with tony. I know he has a big station but it was a good solid copy!? 559 and 599 reports, its now 1538 and tony is in the back of the radio. well done chaps nice contact between tony and steve. heard and confirmed by g0ujk on my wire dipole.

Midway between CT3 & 8P

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update ?--

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message 6 from the cruise ship . Seems conditions ?( wx and rf) are improving

- hope to work them on friday 17th ( uk pm) --

73 all?

lawrie faa ( thurs)

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From: Tony Cadney G0HUZ <tonycadney@...>
Date: 16 January 2025 at 12:11:01 GMT
To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...>
Subject: Midway between CT3 & 8P

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Good morning friends,

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We are at the midway point between Madeira and Barbados 19.1W 41.2W Locator GK99IC……….Still on a bearing of 238degs at 18knts.

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15 mtrs seems to be the most useful band at present with both good CW and SSB QSOs both in Europe and the Americas

With this in mind we will be starting today again on 15m again on CW around 21.058 and on SSB either 21.285 or 21.275.? Yesterday the “WWA stns” were working on 285.

We did manage to contact our dear friend Terry M0TNE on 21.275 albeit it was a bit of struggle due failing conditions. Also we just made a very shaky QSO on 30m with Colin G0UJK before we closed last night.

We worked a number of stations both in Europe and the Americas who recall working us on previous /MM ops back as far as 2014.

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Catch you on the wireless!

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73 de Tony es Suzanne.

Mid Atlantic

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message 5 from the travelers which speaks for itself! ?sadly missed them myself but will try again on friday17th ?pm--

73 all

Lawrie faa( thurs eve)

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From: tony.cadney@...
Date: 15 January 2025 at 12:40:33 GMT
To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...>
Subject: Mid Atlantic

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Hello fellow radio ops,
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The memsahib and I are now 1200miles west of the African coast with about 1900miles to go before our next port of Bridgetown Barbados on Sunday. We are on a course of 238 degrees at 18knts.
Present location is 22.7N 35.1W Locator square: HL22NT (Plenty more rare locators to come)
WX is fair with calm seas (3mts swell) the ambient temperature is 24c.
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My thanks to Colin G0UJK and Peter G7ULL for their recent QSOs after following me round the bands on the RBN. Also to Scott M0BLH from Norwich who just started calling CQ 18.132 MHz as I tuned up from 18.130 MHz, Scott is a regular user of my local the 2mtr repeater in Norwich and is on our /MM mailing list.
Our problem is finding a band which has ideal propagation. It is very different from the predicted conditions back in the UK, more so when you are at sea in the middle of the Atlantic. To add to the confusion, we keep changing time zones the ship’s time is now 2 hours behind GMT.
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Today we will be starting around 1300hrs GMT on 15m around 21.058 or 21.285. Then later on 24.906 or 24.950 later in the afternoon we may try 18085 or 18.130. If time allows we may move to 10.116 Mhz as Colin would like the opportunity of a 30m contact. All frequencies are +/- 5Khz
Do check the Reverse Beacon Network as an indication of which band we are working.
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Sorry I cannot be time specific as every day seems to bring a new set of conditions.
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When we change bands I or Suzanne have go up to deck12 and change the resonating coil on the antenna which situated on the edge of an open air restaurant………This sometimes causes some alarm and despondency among our fellow passengers………..And requires? some delicate handling and presents an opportunity to console the worried parties with our explanatory leaflets. It all takes time so a quick band change can take more than half an hour if we are challenged.
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Hope to catch you on the wireless.
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73 de Tony es Suzanne.
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PS. Please note we are using both BT & G-mail as BT is becoming less reliable.

Re: DATA AFS M0BPQ:

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Hi Bob,

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Club calls are classified differently so I would expect that Steve F can hold both GHN as a club call plus RFC as his personal call. I am the custodian of G5YC, and the "club call" clearly appears on the paperwork. Assuming it keeps being validated in the ofcom portal that is! I see the call appears in the RSGB yearbook, which gets its data from OFCOM, so GHN is still alive at least.?

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As no individual or club is obliged to be a member the RSGB. One benefit to RSGB membership/affiliation is the ability to enter RSGB contests. As the clifton has wound down, I assume that no one is paying the affiliation fees, so you, me and Mark need to find someone else to bat for in contests.

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Not that I particularly care, TBH, I am not that interested in domestic contests anymore. I have shown up in AFS as I had weekend time on my hands.

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73

Steve

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Re: DATA AFS M0BPQ:

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Hi Steve and Mark,

Worked Steve but missed you Mark. Lively contest with plenty of activity. Finally got fldigi fired up with N1mm+ logger for psk 63 and with ? my? 2 Tone and? Gritty decoder setup for RTTY? managed 201 Q's of casual contesting. Send my points into the "CDXC SE" group although I seem to be the only contesting participant .... they are all probably DX chasing hi hi . ? ?

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Guess the affilation to RSGB went long ago when the "Clifton Contest Group " was wound up, I assume due to lack of interest hi hi . Probably just Mark GQT, Steve BPQ and myself still active in contests with links to the Clifton.?

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Despite the winding up of the affiliated society , bizarrely in my opinion, G3GHN and G8GHN still survive:-

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From QRZ.com .....

G3GHN is listed with Steve Fletcher (G4RFC) as the licensee with no mention of? Clifton ARS? and QSL via G0NGP . If Steve also still holds G4RFC and G8DDW he will lose all but one of those calls ?

G8GHN is listed as being held by Jack Veaney? "on behalf of Clifton ARS"? ? ?

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If anyone is interested,? guess those callsigns will disappear once OFCOM finally sort out phase 2 and 3 of their licensing reorg ?

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73 and Happy New Year to all

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Bob? Hammond G4DBW (and G8HBA shortly to disappear hihi )

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Re: DATA AFS M0BPQ:

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???Thanks for clearing that up Steve.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Bunting M0BPQ <steve@...>
Sent: 13 January 2025 12:08
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [g3ghn] DATA AFS M0BPQ:

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Hi Mark,

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I assume the Clifton no longer pays RSGB fees, so it is not an affiliated society and, therefore, is not on the list of clubs you can enter on behalf of. I sent in a log obo the RSGB contest club as I don't have any other affiliation.

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It was nice to work with you today - I haven't done RTTY for many years, and I didn't intend to today, but I ended up setting up during the contest and was only on for the last hour. 89 Qs at my end wont win anything!

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BW

Steve, M0BPQ

Re: DATA AFS M0BPQ:

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Hi Mark,

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I assume the Clifton no longer pays RSGB fees, so it is not an affiliated society and, therefore, is not on the list of clubs you can enter on behalf of. I sent in a log obo the RSGB contest club as I don't have any other affiliation.

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It was nice to work with you today - I haven't done RTTY for many years, and I didn't intend to today, but I ended up setting up during the contest and was only on for the last hour. 89 Qs at my end wont win anything!

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BW

Steve, M0BPQ

DATA AFS M0BPQ:

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Hi All,

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Just finished in the RSGB DATA AFS Contest where I worked Steve (M0BPQ) but unfortunately missed Bob (G4DBW).?

Perhaps someone can tell me if the Clifton ARS still exists on the RSGB list of clubs.?

I noticed, and read of Steve's success in the 2 Meter trophy, crediting his points to the Clifton club, who are still listed on the VHF page.

When I looked for the Clifton on? the HF page of clubs, they don't seem to be there.?

Steve, are you uploading your log, and will it be credited to Clifton ARS. As if you are, then I will add my 187 contacts to that as well.

Hope you read this in time as logs need uploading by midnight Monday night.

Tony and Suzanne, hope to work you soon.

HNY to all.

Best Regards.

Mark G0GQT.

Better WX

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message 5 from CT3-- wx looks hopeful at last!

de g4faa( 9am Z on 12th)

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From: tony.cadney@...
Date: 11 January 2025 at 22:42:36 GMT
To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...>
Subject: Better WX

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Hello fellow radio ops,
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After a week of appalling weather and sea conditions, there has been a change for the better, with only 2mtr swell and lighter winds the deck furniture has been untied and our operating table has been released and redeployed. We are currently about 170NM north-east of Madeira on a heading of 204Degs. with a speed of18knts
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?This meant that this afternoon (11/1) we were able to get back on the air. ?To our very pleasant surprise we found that 17m was in very good shape. Our first tentative calls in CW brought an immediate response from SM6CUK and LY1ZU. I was later called by Colin G0UJK and QSY'd to SSB on 18.132 Mhz with solid copy both ways. At the end of the QSO with Colin at about 17.30 I was called by Larry VO1FOG in Newfoundland ?again cracking signals both ways.
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It looks very much as if we are back on the air. Tomorrow we are in port at Funchal (CT3) ?arriving at 8am, we intend to get on the radio during the afternoon. ?We should be on the wireless by about 1500GMT look for us on 17m 18.085 +/- or 18.130 +/-. We will be leaving Funchal at about 17.30 Hrs to cross the the Atlantic with six sea days before reaching Barbados on Sunday 19th January.. As we move away from the 'shadow' of Madeira's landmass the paths to US and Canada also Northern Europe should improve.
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On seas days we should be found on 24.960 or 24.906 earlier in the day.
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Once we have a better idea of propagation we will post possible sked frequencies and times.
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Catch you on the wireless.
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73 de Tony es Suzanne

Re: Of Cape Finistere

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Had a great copy tonight with them both, "Mr & Mrs sail about"!

?Around 5pm on 18.130 ssb 52 -57 on my wire antenna. qsyed from cw. Nearly fell off my chair As Tony was so strong, I thought he was at home lol. roughly 36.4n 14.1w off coast of morocco?heading to Funchal (Mederia)? before going on to west indies.

regards to All Happy new year 2025 Colin g0ujk.

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On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 8:33?AM lawrence atkinson via <lawrie4019=[email protected]> wrote:

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From: lawrence atkinson <lawrie4019@...>
Date: 10 January 2025 at 11:33:04 GMT
To: g3ghn@...
Subject: Fwd: Of Cape Finistere

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Message 4 from the voyagers ( 10th Jan) - not too good thanks to the winter Atlantic wx!? Guess we must wait for warmer climes when they get to madiera(sunday?)??? . Think they ahve jumped ship for the latest foray!?? de Lawrie FAA

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From: <tony.cadney@...>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 at 10:41
Subject: Of Cape Finistere
To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...>

Whatho Gang!
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Just a short update on our progress we are presently off Cape Finistere ?on a course of 206 degrees at 15knts on way to Funchal (CT3) The WX is appalling with 50knt south westerlies driving heavy rain and 5 to 6mtr swell from the north west............The ship is moving nicely ?both pitching and rolling which is not a problem for us, unlike some others on board who are not so happy.
Needless to say it is extremely unpleasant out on deck so no chance of operating again today ? ? ?Also all the deck furniture ?has been tied down including our operating table pending improvements in the conditions as we head south.
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73 fer nw de Tony es Suzanne

Of Cape Finistere

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2nd attempt ?on 11th--

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From: lawrence atkinson <lawrie4019@...>
Date: 10 January 2025 at 11:33:04 GMT
To: g3ghn@...
Subject: Fwd: Of Cape Finistere

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Message 4 from the voyagers ( 10th Jan) - not too good thanks to the winter Atlantic wx!? Guess we must wait for warmer climes when they get to madiera(sunday?)??? . Think they ahve jumped ship for the latest foray!?? de Lawrie FAA

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From: <tony.cadney@...>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 at 10:41
Subject: Of Cape Finistere
To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...>

Whatho Gang!
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Just a short update on our progress we are presently off Cape Finistere ?on a course of 206 degrees at 15knts on way to Funchal (CT3) The WX is appalling with 50knt south westerlies driving heavy rain and 5 to 6mtr swell from the north west............The ship is moving nicely ?both pitching and rolling which is not a problem for us, unlike some others on board who are not so happy.
Needless to say it is extremely unpleasant out on deck so no chance of operating again today ? ? ?Also all the deck furniture ?has been tied down including our operating table pending improvements in the conditions as we head south.
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73 fer nw de Tony es Suzanne

Off the coast of Northern Spain

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From: "lawrence atkinson via groups.io" <lawrie4019@...>
Date: 4 January 2025 at 19:56:53 GMT
To: [email protected]
Subject: [g3ghn] Off the coast of Northern Spain
Reply-To: [email protected]

?message 2+from the voyagers ( ?tuned their frequencies on friday 3rd but no joy)

Spent Saturday on the KW specupial event weekend with Atlanta tcvr from eltham - 300w ?( good short skip on 80m - for info more -kw station s on air 10to 4 pm sunday 5th) -?

more anon when Tony and co get better WX after Madeira ?

73 ? ? Lawrie g4faa ( sat eve)

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From: tony.cadney@...
Date: 4 January 2025 at 11:43:23 GMT
To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...>
Subject: Off the coast of Northern Spain

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Whatho Gang!
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Firstly may the memsahib and I wish you all a healthy, happy and more importantly a peaceful 2025.
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We are now off the coast of Northern Spain on a course of 6 degrees heading back to Portsmouth at 17knts. Later today we will be in the Bay of Biscay with a force 6 up our tail driving pulses of heavy rain
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We intend to spend much of the day on 17m if the WX conditions allow. Operating on the open deck can be particularly unpleasant in certain circumstances.
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Tomorrow we are expecting even more unpleasant WX so there is some doubt over any wireless activity as we enter the English Chanel?
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From the 6th January we should be heading back to Madeira then across the 'pond' to the Caribbean ?& Central America.
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Hope to catch you on the wireless for some very rare squares!
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73 de Tony es Suzanne

WX conditions at sea

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From: <tony.cadney@...>
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 at 12:54
Subject: WX conditions at sea
To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...>

?Message 3 from HUZ\MM- sadly WX delay until Madiera ( next week?) ? de lawrie g4faa ( sunday 5th)

Hello Gang,

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Please accept our apologies as we didn't make it on the air yesterday. By the time we got out on deck to our operating position on deck 11 aft. ?the wind had strengthened ?a force 7 propelling heavy rain horizontally. making it impossible to operate. Today we have no rain but all the deck furniture has now been secured due the ship pitching and rolling in the heavy swell as we leave the Bay of Biscay and enter the English Channel.

So no ops today, and tomorrow we are in Portsmouth . it is very unlikely will will be able to operate until we return to calmer and warmer climbs later next week as we head south to Madeira

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Rest assure we will circulate the group once we are back on the wireless.

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73 de Tony es Suzanne

Off the coast of Northern Spain

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message 2+from the voyagers ( ?tuned their frequencies on friday 3rd but no joy)

Spent Saturday on the KW specupial event weekend with Atlanta tcvr from eltham - 300w ?( good short skip on 80m - for info more -kw station s on air 10to 4 pm sunday 5th) -?

more anon when Tony and co get better WX after Madeira ?

73 ? ? Lawrie g4faa ( sat eve)

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From: tony.cadney@...
Date: 4 January 2025 at 11:43:23 GMT
To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...>
Subject: Off the coast of Northern Spain

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Whatho Gang!
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Firstly may the memsahib and I wish you all a healthy, happy and more importantly a peaceful 2025.
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We are now off the coast of Northern Spain on a course of 6 degrees heading back to Portsmouth at 17knts. Later today we will be in the Bay of Biscay with a force 6 up our tail driving pulses of heavy rain
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We intend to spend much of the day on 17m if the WX conditions allow. Operating on the open deck can be particularly unpleasant in certain circumstances.
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Tomorrow we are expecting even more unpleasant WX so there is some doubt over any wireless activity as we enter the English Chanel?
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From the 6th January we should be heading back to Madeira then across the 'pond' to the Caribbean ?& Central America.
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Hope to catch you on the wireless for some very rare squares!
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73 de Tony es Suzanne

A day at sea

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Hi gang----message 2 from Tony huz and co? de g4faa ( sat eve)? HNY alll!

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From: <tony.cadney@...>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 at 18:43
Subject: A day at sea
To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...>

Hello fellow radio ops,

Tomorrow we have a sea day ?as we will be on way to Arrecife Lanzarote and we hope to be on the radio most of the day weather permitting. Unfortunately although we have already had a number of QSOs on differing bands we have not been able to formulate enough data on the propagation to make fixed schedules. This partly because most of our operating time has been whilst in port with ship moored in very close to very high ground and mountainous areas which screened clear paths to the horizon. Making operating difficult, as Colin G0UJK will testify to.

We intend to start on 18Mhz then move up to 21Mhz and on to 24Mhz. Best to check the Reverse Beacon Network to find what band we are working. If conditions allow we will QSY to SSB frequencies 18.130 , 21.285, & 24.950.........All these will be +/- 5khz..........Sorry we can't be more accurate.

We will now be working our way back to the UK slowly via Lanzarote, Madeira then Lisbon then crossing the Atlantic to the Caribbean and Central America......So plenty of rare squares to work over several weeks.

Hope catch you on the wireless!

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73 es HNY de Tony and Suzanne

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Merry Christmas Gang!

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hi cliftons- ?message 1 from the voyagers- more anon.

nothing heard on 22nd on 40 or the rbn but will listen agn when they get to the CanRies( boxing day?)

73 de lawrie G4faa( 2300 on 25th - hic!

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From: lawrence atkinson <lawrie4019@...>
Date: 25 December 2024 at 14:45:47 GMT
Subject: Fwd: Merry Christmas Gang!

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From: tony.cadney@...
Date: 25 December 2024 at 09:44:11 GMT
To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...>
Subject: Merry Christmas Gang!

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Hello dear friends,
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Christmas greetings, we will be operating today. Presently we are off the coast of Morocco heading south (221 degs) at 16knts on way to Gran Canaria.
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As we have only just set up, delay caused by unfriendly WX. So we can't give you any sked times yet but we are likely to found on any band between 20m and 10m more likely on 17, 15, or 12m. ?Check the reverse beacon net work for activity on a particular band then check our preferred ssb frequencies 14.285 18.130, 21.285, 24.950 or 28.365.
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Catch you on the wireless!
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73 de Tony es Suzanne