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Another Atlantic storm!
开云体育message 4 from Tony G0HUZ ?and Suzanne - colin G0 UJK managed to ?work them( on the?4th? ). He suggests the reverse beacon network could yield some clues to future likely Fc and bands-- de G4FAA ( sat 7th) Begin forwarded message:
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Off the coast of Nova Scotia
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On Air at Last
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Message from Tony G0HUZ and Suzanne out on the briny again—
开云体育For info folks - ?I used the RBN facility last time to try keep up with them- maybe even 10 m band possible this Autumn? ? ?Will update the G3ghn group ?as their missives are received! Also can I suggest a 2023 Xmas Clifton net while we are all ?still QRV? ?Suggest 80 or 40 m( 3.625 or 7. 177mhz +\ - ) on sunday 17th dec at 1400 UTC ( or even Xmas eve sunday24th ?) —any thoughts or takers folks? Best 73’s Lawrie G4faa ( 27th sept) Begin forwarded message:
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Last day of MM ops
开云体育Latest Info on HUZ and coCouple of Cray ?valley ARS members worked him on 24mhz acording to rheir groups.io reflector but I heard nothing except rain static! ? de lawrie g4faa( 2300 bst on 28th) Begin forwarded message:
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Strange conditions on the bands de G0HUZ and Suzanne.
开云体育Hi folksHere is the latest message from our wandering sailors-- added as not sure how many Cliftons are still qrv on the g3ghn reflector. The RBN can give a clue sometimes that he is QRP active. Not heard him myself this trip-- regards all Lawrie G4FAA ( fri 24th) Begin forwarded message:
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Back on dry land
开云体育Whatho Cliftonaires, ? Just a note to thank all those who tried to contact us on the wireless whilst the memsahib and I were on our nautical meanderings. I did hear and work (just) both Colin G0UJK and Steve M0BPQ.? Our biggest problem was extremely fast and deep QSB. Signals would swing from fully readable to non-existent in a matter of minutes. Also the most useful band of 17m was not available to us due very high levels of ship generated QRM. We strongly suspect the source of this wideband noise was the aft galley that served the Verandah Grill (open air restaurant ) on deck 12 adjacent to where our antenna was situated. ? To keep a low profile and not to spread alarm and despondency among our fellow passengers Suzanne and I try and discreetly run out the 62ft of RG58 between deck 12 and our operating position on deck 11. This normally carried out while the ship is still in the English Channel or the Bay of Biscay as most passengers find the weather and sea conditions unfriendly enough to prevent them venturing out on deck. We now are well-practised at routing the cable, deploying the counterpoises and fixing the antenna. So we were a little concerned after deploying the feeder we found we had a fault and the antenna analyser was showing an open circuit. The weather was worsening so we delayed replacing the feeder with our fall-back two sections of cable until the following day. Up next morning before the majority had emerged we quickly removed some 40 cable ties.(white to match the railing) and re-run two lengths now joined to give 62ft with the SO239 coupler bound with self-amalgamating tape. While we so engaged when Simon, the ships Safety Officer (A Master Mariner two grades below the Captain) came to see how we were getting on. He asked if we needed any help, we politely declined explaining we had a faulty cable but all should be well. Fortunately we are very well accepted and liked by the crew on board who are more than willing to render assistance should we need it. ? It was somewhat disappointing that conditions were not in our favour especially when I know that Colin G0UJK made every effort via the SDR system to locate me and when he did we struggled. Radio is quite amazing, we had? over 450 QSO in the log, a good number were surprising good in duration and quality both in CW and SSB from the middle of the Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea. One section of my log shows a ZS1, then VE6,to KH7, and to top it all a VK4 all quality QSOs in SSB, two of the stations were running a basic 100w to wire antennas. I also noted that we worked a number of stations in the mid-western USA? many of whom had returned to hobby after several years absence, many of whom were running very basic stations or QRP and I was their first ‘maritime mobile’ since being first licenced. We? also worked several stations in the UK at odd times when conditions gave a true ‘arm-chair copy’. Strangely working the same station on the same frequency at a similar time the following day? the contact would only last a few minutes before the band dropped out. This was likely due to the fact we had travelled some 450miles in 24hrs and conditions were different? There were many times when I would call CQ to an apparent ‘dead band’ and suddenly I would get a single response with 59+ reports both ways on both 12m and 15m, during these short openings I worked into Ghana, Namibia, Brazil, Iraq and Western coast of Canada……….Then the band would then die. ? Strange business this radio! ? I would like to thank Lawrie G4FAA for circulating my MM Group e-mails to the Clifton Reflector for the benefit of all. ? The MM group (addressed to Suzanne and then BCC) has a number of non-Clifton members including individuals who I have worked on previous nautical meanderings. Hence we felt it was a more effective option than using the G3GHN reflector. Also we? experienced some difficulty gaining access to BT mail via the ship’s satellite link. We found it beneficial to stay ’logged-in’ to our one main e-mail address to avoid several hours anguish as we struggled to re-connect and of course we were using the BT account for other purposes than the /MM Group. ? During the trip I received some reports that my trusty KX3, now in its 8th year of service, was off frequency by some 0.6Khz HF on some bands. I tried to compensate by using the XIT control but this was not very satisfactory as ‘shift’ in the frequency display is rather distracting on keying up. Hopefully this annoying but minor fault will be rectified before our next /MM ops. ? As a result of our activities on board we handed out in excess of 350 information leaflets. These explained who we were and what we were doing (with the Captain’s permission) to both those who were genuinely interested, as well as those who had ‘concerns’ that we would affect the ship’s navigation and communication systems………….We are certain that the more sceptical among them were never convinced and blamed us for the short falls in the ship’s WiFi………We endeavoured to act as ambassadors for the hobby and we feel we succeeded with most. ? We have taken the opportunity to attached some photos showing our operating position, the G-whip antenna, the bespoke marine grade stainless tip-over antenna bracket. also a copy of our information hand-out (this in draft size, we cut four from an A4 sheet). ? You may be interested to know that our ‘packing list’ for both the radio and our cycling activities ran into over 200 separate items before we even considered what we were going to wear! ? As we embark in the UK we did not have a luggage weight limit. Our total luggage was in excess of 110kgs (four large suit cases (two with bikes, spares, tool kits and cabling) , two wheeled flight bags, two back-packs, a Peli-case (KX3+gel cells) and a fishing rod case (G-whip antenna). ? Once again many thanks to all those who tried to contact us, and may we take this belated opportunity to wish all Clifton members a very healthy, happy and peaceful 2023. ? 73 de Tony es Suzanne. ? ? Photos for New Capts ltr S of A.pdf
Photos for New Capts ltr S of A.pdf
Radio hand-outs 2019 Single copy.pdf
Radio hand-outs 2019 Single copy.pdf
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900 miles NE from Barbados
开云体育3rd Jan - ?herewith the latest from our intrepid mariners G0HUZ and Suzanne- ?HNY to all! ?de Lawrie ?G4FAA ( tue eve) Begin forwarded message:
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First time hearing tony With good signal but theres a catch!
Found tony tonight with the reverse network beacon put his call in and found him on 21.048.2 he is always off spot freq? slightly. anyway tried about 5 different sdr recievers from trinidad/bonaire to canary islands including many up the usa coastline . Then bingo i heard him 55 to57 working va3cwt gabe short for gabriel, he told him the name of the ship which of course i had a coughing fit so only got "the spirit of ?? and he was 400miles north of barbados that he was running 5watts qrp with a vertical on board the ship It was the best i have heard him, but i knew there was no conditions to work him from my tx at 21.00 hours. However I called a few times but no answer and i was unable to hear my own signal in the sdr , something i can normally do when conditions are good. The sdr i found him on was kx4az/a in athens Georgia. But you still need to know where he is transmitting if anyone wants to try it late afternoon /evening. so you need to find him on the RNB spotter first ! it was thrilling to read his morse without all the hash and qrm, shame I didnt get back to him today. world of recievers and transmitters is good for finding the sdr across the world . Cheers everyone and Happy new Year.
Ps had a nice chat with martin gd3zzn yesterday on 40mtrs an ex clifton membe,r b4 clifton was at new cross pub and possibly the church too, he spoke of some large shops/house three storey near brockley cross i think he was refering too, where the club was first sited, he spoke of jackey and clive remissing when clive was g8. ??? |
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Re: Clifton net Christmas 2022
开云体育Hi Steve? thanks for your good wishes. Re your scouts I have mast on side of my house plus a2 mtr beam and a 4 mtre also a rotator if these are of use to you/them you are welcome to come and collect- ladder available (coffee and biscuits provided) 73 John? G3FNZ ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Steve Bunting M0BPQ
Sent: 29 December 2022 09:10 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [g3ghn] Clifton net Christmas 2022 ? Sorry everyone, I couldn’t get on the air as guests had just arrived when the met started ? hope you are all having a nice break cheers |
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Re: Clifton net Christmas 2022
Sorry everyone, I couldn’t get on the air as guests had just arrived when the met started ? hope you are all having a nice break cheers |
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At sea on way to Trinidad
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Re: Clifton net Christmas 2022
Hi everyone I did come up to try and join but was unable to find the group. Maybe I didn't try hard enough. Maybe next time Happy new year to all? Keith G4TJE On Tue, 27 Dec 2022, 11:43 lawrence atkinson, <lawrie4019@...> wrote: Hi folks |
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Clifton net Christmas 2022
Hi folks
The Yuletide greetings net on xmas eve was unexpectedly quite well attended! The following stations were qrv ( in no particular order) on about 7.160 mhz--, Mark G0GQT ( Medaway 5/9) , Colin G0UJK( swanley 5/9 plus), Peter G7ULL ( 4/3 Chislehurst, Frank G3WMR( 5/5 Joydens wood, Bexley), Paul M0HAL 5/7 Orpington), Chris G3MGS ( 3/1 Clifton Bristol), Martin GD4ZZN ( 2/1 in the IOM) and myself Lawrie G4FAA sidcup). Two stations were former Clifton club members who picked up the Xmas net event from the g3ghn reflector per,haps? ( my rest in brackets) .Thus 8 respondents - a result! Fortunately Colin UJK ( mni tnx!) took up the net control when it became obvious my station was too weak to resolve distant stations--. The net traffic reminisced quite a bit including a few anecdotes from former days. Jacky G3JKY was mentioned by some and is clearly sorely missed by many Cliftonairs since he went SK. Attempts to raise Tony G0HUZ and Suzanne on 20m and above after 1400 hrs in Dominica failed - and nothing heard. my guess is they were bicycling ashore that day ( see reflector for his future sched times ). Plan to try again after the New Year when they are back at sea en route to the UK. Sadly no sign of Steve M0BPQ ( family duties), Clive G0PPO KeithG4TJE , Martin G0DCG ( no kit?) , Bob G4DBW or John G3FNZ ( health?) but all bar fnz posted comments on the reflector before the net. Maybe next year folks ? we are a dwindling band these days! Tempes fugit!-- Best 73 ( and 88) to all Clifton's and family for 2023 and onwards-- ( revive CCC tony?) Lawrie ( G4FAA on 27th) and xyl Maureen |
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Re: A day on the wirelss!
开云体育hi folks here is a copy of the latest from Tony HUZ in the Carib. The Xmas eve Clifton net had approx 9 participants including 2? unexpected ex Clifton members . ? ?Full report later in Christmas week and thanks to Colin G0UJK (with his better station )for taking up net control duty! 73 Lawrie FAA( on 25th) On 25 Dec 2022, at 22:14, lawrence atkinson <lawrie4019@...> wrote:
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A day at sea on the radio
开云体育?All you Festive Cliftons! Herewith the latest ?from Tony huz ?and co ?in the Carib over? the holiday . Shared to the general io group in case --? 73? de Lawrie G4Faa( fri AM) Begin forwarded message:
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Re: Sked arrangements
Hi All Been interested in Steve and Colin talking about them using the RBN network. Having not been on for some time I am not familiar with this network. Would anyone provide with any information on how this works and how you use the system. Keith G4TJE On Wed, 21 Dec 2022, 21:59 Steve Bunting M0BPQ, <steve@...> wrote: Hi All, |
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Re: Sked arrangements
Hi All,
I have just had a very scratchy contact with Tony on 15m. He was 319 at best. I could see him on the waterfall, but even with a 250Hz filter, it was tough going. I was running my linear and a 4 el yagi on a 10m long boom. I was altered by setting an alarm in the "VE7CC cluster user" software. This makes a screen pop up when the RBN found Tony, first on 10, then on 12 and finally on 15m where I could just detect him. Give it a try if you need to find someone (or somewhere) in particular. I think even JKY would have struggled to have a full QSO at the signal strengths involved. I wonder how well you heard me, Tony? Sorry for calling with fast cw, I forgot to turn the keyer down..... Cheers Steve, M0BPQ |