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Hi folks Seems sunday 17th for the proposed Clifton xmas net is proving unpopular (bit too early ?) . Thus suggest 2pm on sunday 24th on or near 7.195mhz as an alternative-- ok 'tis xmas eve already but take a break from peeling spuds men!! best 73 all and HNY Lawrie G4FAA ( wed 13th)

message 11 from Tony HUZ and co-- homeward bound back to blighty- de lawrie FAA( sat21) Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 20 October 2023 at 23:47:39 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Last day of ops tomorrow ? Whatho gang! Today 20th October, we have been in port at Punta Delgada the Azores, unfortunately we have been plagued with fairly continuous rain driven by strong westerly breeze which prevented any radio ops from the open deck. However we did manage to get out on the bikes a rode a fairly moist 38miles. On our return to the ship we spent the rest of the afternoon packing the bikes into their hard shell transit cases. As I type we are now underway on a course of 51 degrees towards the UK. The ship is rolling well again as we have strong winds across the deck. The forecast is for the wind to swing into the SW and therefore it will be on our stern and if the rain ceases we should able to operate. Tomorrow will be our last day of ops as we have remove all the feeder, counterpoises the antenna and brackets ready to pack in both the bicycles cases and our suitcases before consider packing our clothes. If the WX allows, hopefully we will have opportunity of working you tomorrow. On 12m,15m or 20m. On Thursday evening whilst in port at Punta Delgada 20m (14.185) gave some very good UK and European QSOs 73 de Tony es Suzanne

Message 10 from the voyagers — De G4faa( pm thurs) Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 19 October 2023 at 10:31:52 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Approaching Ponta Delgada ? Hello Friends, We are just off Ponta Delgada in the Azores. We will be picking up the pilot at 11am and be alongside by 1pm. Yesterday there was a sterling effort from Colin G0UJK, Peter G7ULL albeit I could just copy them on 12m but unfortunately they could not copy me very well. I just manged a CW QSO with Laurie G4FAA. I will be on the air this morning from about 10am GMT on 15m mainly on or near 21.275 +/- QRM with 21.058 as a secondary. When we dock Suzanne and I will out on the bicycles this afternoon. We are port tonight so we hope to be on the air early this evening weather permitting possibly on 20m & 30m around 14.185 and 10.118 both +/- QRM 73 fer nw de Tony es Suzanne

De lawrie faa who intends to try his luck pm wed! 73 all you old Cliftons! Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 18 October 2023 at 11:55:02 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> ? Hello again dear friends, We are now 350miles west of the Azores on a heading of 90 degrees. The sea state is calm (2m swell) and we have 15knt wind on our stern. Again we will be on deck operating as long as the WX stays fair. We will start on 15m and as the day progress we will move to 12m. Favoured frequencies 24.965 24,906 and 21.275 (note change) and 21058............ During the day at our time of 11am we will move our clocks forward an hour to 12noon.........This of course will not affect you but we will then be on GMT on the ship. We a really good day yesterday to make up for the lost days due to the storm , which is now hitting the UK and Western Europe................We worked numerous station in Europe UK and All regions of the USA & Canada, including two mobiles actually on the road in Canada and France. One of the highlights of our day was working Cliff ,Tony & Terry at the Marconi museum at the Lizard in Cornwall (GB2GM) on 15m. Our Captain says we may run into more unsettles WX today 73 to all and we hope to catch you on the wireless de Tony es Suzanne.

Message 9. Sadly stillnot heard them- de lawrie faa( tuesday) Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 17 October 2023 at 14:37:45 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Back on the air 600miles west of Azores ? Hello Clifton ARS & radio friends, We are back on the air now on the usual frequencies on 12 & 15m we are 600miles west of the Azores approx 38N & 38W 73 de Tony and Suzanne

Message 8 on 16th pm bst- de g4faa Begin forwarded message: From: TONY CADNEY <tony.cadney@...> Date: 16 October 2023 at 13:36:18 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Storm in the mid Atlantic ? Whatho! Clifton ARS and radio friends, We are presently in the mid-Atlantic a1000miles from anywhere.......... We have storm force 10 winds across the deck with 7 to 9mtr swell. Yesterday we worked into the UK ,and northern Europe also the mid and west coast USA and Canada from a sheltered operating position in the stairwell of deck 10. Although we are sheltered from most of the wind it is not rain proof..........We will endeavour to get on the air. today but this is in no way certain...... All our ops will be on 12m as we cannot get to our antenna to change bands due the wind conditions............Watching our antenna this morning as we had breakfast it certainly was whipping about. in the 70+mph wind 73 de Tony es Suzanne

Message 7 from the voyagers - seems this should have been from St Johns Newfoundland of radio fame (dit dit dit!)- no matter eastward Ho for the Azours and mucho pina colada hopefully —de Lawrie g4faa ( 15th) Begin forwarded message: From: TONY CADNEY <tony.cadney@...> Date: 15 October 2023 at 02:47:19 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Storm changes schedule ? Dear Clifton ARS and radio friends, Sunday 15th Oct. should have been a sea day as we headed to St John's Newfoundland with a planned arrival on Monday 16th Oct. St John's was to be our last Canadian port before crossing the Atlantic for the Azores. However, a violent storm now approaching Newfoundland and the eastern seaboard of Nova Scotia has caused us to abandon our visit to Newfoundland and we are now heading east across the Atlantic to the Azores two days earlier than planned as we try and out run this storm system. Unfortunately, we will still encounter gale or storm force winds associated with this deep depression. As a result we will not be able to operate the radio as the upper decks are closed and all the deck furniture has either been removed or tied down. We will update you if and when conditions improve as we cross the Atlantic 73 de Tony es Suzanne

Begin forwarded message: From: lawrence atkinson <lawrie4019@...> Date: 10 October 2023 at 18:20:39 BST To: g3ghn@... Subject: Fwd: Back on the air ?Message 5 from G0Huz and co - at sea bound for Maine and new york city. De lawrie g4faa( oct 10) Begin forwarded message: From: TONY CADNEY <tony.cadney@...> Date: 10 October 2023 at 14:24:19 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Back on the air ? Hello Clifton member and fellow radio friends, After three days with the upper decks being closed due to threat of bad WX today all the deck furniture has been untied and the decks are open. Hoorah! So I will be back on the air on 12m & 15m again WX permitting as we have some very wet and windy conditions ahead. Look for us around 24.906, 24.965 ( note change due local hetrodyne on 24.960) and 21058, 21285 all allowing for QRM. Our current position is approx 100miles off Nantucket heading north to East Port Maine wher we arrive tomorrow. Today I will probably start on 15m and move to 12m as conditions change..........We are still four hours behind GMT 73 es gud dx de Tony es Suzanne

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: From: TONY CADNEY <tony.cadney@...> Date: 7 October 2023 at 00:08:17 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Another Atlantic storm! ? Hello Friends, We have just left Newport Maine where we spent most of the day swathed in thick fog we are now heading south to New York. Tomorrow we have a sea-day, but are having seek shelter at Martha's Vineyard from storm Philippe that is approaching from the Caribbean with expected 60/70 mph winds over the deck. As we operate on the open deck these conditions will very likely prevent any radio 'activity'. Today after a days cycling in very foggy damp conditions we manged a few very good contacts into both the UK and the west coast of the USA before the penetrating wet forced us close. We will keep you posted as to progress and likely operating times. 73 de Tony es Suzanne

No 3 message from HUZ for interest— De g4faa Begin forwarded message: From: TONY CADNEY <tony.cadney@...> Date: 3 October 2023 at 13:50:22 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Off the coast of Nova Scotia ? Hello Gang, We are currently off the coast of Nova Scotia about 200miles from Halifax which is our next port of call, we set to arrive today at 4pm local time......... Much delayed by the storms in the Atlantic and having to divert northwards to allow a helicopter from Newfoundland to 'medi-vac' a passenger. We witnessed a superb piece helicopter flying and extraction by the Canadian rescue service. We have sea day tomorrow as we head to Boston arriving there on Thursday 10th Oct. We have had some truly solid contacts on both 12m & 15m to the UK both in CW & SSB between 1500 & 1900 GMT........Also managed to work members of the Halifax radio club running their station (VA1MMA) at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic..........Thanks to a sterling effort by their chairman Gordon VE1GVY and his team. Today we will be on or near 24.906 and 24.960 with 21.058 and 21285 as a secondary later as 12m closes (after1700GMT) We are hoping we don't have to dismantle our station before arriving in Boston this all depends on the US Homeland Security. We will keep you posted as to the situation and progress. 73 es gud dx de Tony es Suzanne.

No 2 message from the briny—- 1st oct - 73 de g4faa Begin forwarded message: From: TONY CADNEY <tony.cadney@...> Date: 1 October 2023 at 01:54:38 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: On Air at Last ? Hello Clifton ARS members and fellow radio friends. Today (30th Sept) we finally got on the air after spending several hours resonating the G-Whip antenna, this entailed climbing up and down between decks several dozen times from where we operate on deck 10 to deck 12 where the antenna is situated ………..The procedure took about 4 hours to complete. We are now 1200 miles east of Halifax NS. We are due to arrive in Halifax on 3rd Oct. Tomorrow we should be on the radio, from about 1300hrs GMT………..Today 15m & 12m were productive our preferred frequencies will be 24.906 Mhz and 24,960. And if 15m is not too cluttered with strong contest signals 21.058 or 21.285 As the day progresses and if the band conditions allow we will QSY to 20m on 14.058 and 14.285 around 1800gmt we may be found on 30m on 10,116. All frequencies may be +/- due to local QRM Unfortunately 17m is very difficult due to ship bourn QRM making it un-useable ………… Among today’s contacts we worked Colin G0UJK on 12m CW We look forward to working you over the next three weeks. 73 fer nw de Tony es Suzanne

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: From: TONY CADNEY <tony.cadney@...> Date: 27 September 2023 at 19:03:00 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: All at sea ? Hello Clifton ARS members and fellow radio friends, Just to let you know the memsahib and I currently 400miles from Portsmouth into our voyage to Halifax Nova Scotia. Currently we are suffering the effects of a deep depression known as 'Storm Agnes' with 60 to 70 knot winds over the deck. Our present course is 234 degrees with a speed of 15knts as we head directly into the wind and a 7 to 8mtr swell. The good news is that today we have been given permission to operate our radio by the captain Darin Bowland the master of the Spirit of Discovery. However, we will not be able to deploy our antenna etc. until the WX improves. We believe the storm is set to moderate over next 24 hrs. Rest assured we will keep you posted as to our progress and when our radio ops will commence. 73 es gud dx de Tony es Suzanne {NB this mail circulated as BCC to the group).

Latest Info on HUZ and co Couple 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: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 28 March 2023 at 22:08:44 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Last day of MM ops ? Whatho Gang, We were in Lisbon today, and spent the most the day cycling along River Tagus the rest of the day dismantling and packing the bikes, which left no time for radio. We are now about 20miles off the west coast of Portugal heading due north at a speed of 15knts. Tomorrow (29th) will be our last day of radio ops from the ship before we remove the antenna and associated cabling as we head into the Bay of Biscay Again we will be on 14.058 or 14.175 and move up as the propagation allows to 21.058 & 21.175 then on to 24.906 or 24.960. Of course weather permitting. On the previous day of ops (27th) we worked Colin G0UJK, Terry M0TNE and Steve M0BPQ , Steve was working cross mode sending CW to our SSB...........These and many other QSOs were on 24Mhz. Sorry we can't be specific about times but conditions are changing rapidly and unexpectedly. Catch you on the wireless! 73 de Tony es Suzanne

Hi folks Here 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: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 22 March 2023 at 09:45:55 GMT To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Strange conditions on the bands ? Whatho Gang, We are currently in port at Barcelona and just about to launch ourselves on an extended cycle ride along the coast. We are also in port tomorrow in Toulon. When in port we will only be on the air from mid to late afternoon whilst on sea-days we should be on most of the day. Our next sea day is on Friday 24th. On our first operating day (18th) the condx was amazing with both 15 and more so on 12m. On 12 I worked into the Americas , South Africa, the far east, together with many contacts into the UK, including two mobiles. Then next day the bands were totally different, I believe there was a CME + solar flare I could only hear a few very weak signals from central Europe mainly Russians and struggled to work anyone. Things have improved over the past two days but are nothing like the amazing propagation on the 18th.............. So on sea days I will be on all day again working the usually frequencies 24.906 24.960.........21.058 21.175 14.058 14.175 even 10.116 if there is no activity on other bands A message for Colin G0UJK .......Sorry old man I didn't hear you for the reasons above or even the Russian stn calling me. At the time I was desperately trying to find a band that was in anyway open. My next full sea day is Friday and then we have one more day that will be Monday 27th we will be dismantling the station on 28th. Please bear in mind I will be on during the afternoon during port days 73 es catch you on the wireless. de Tony es Suzanne

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

I believe Tony and Suzanne are now nearing Madiera which has same time zone as UK . Thus he may be Qrv ( on 20m?) from today until arrival back in UK ( 12th Jan? ) - info via Colin ( G0UJK) during KW radio weekend de lawrie faa

3rd Jan - herewith the latest from our intrepid mariners G0HUZ and Suzanne- HNY to all! de Lawrie G4FAA ( tue eve) Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 3 January 2023 at 12:50:36 GMT To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: 900 miles NE from Barbados ? Hell Gang, Happy New Year from the Atlantic Ocean we are 900 miles NE of Barbados where we spent New Year's Day and cycled 32 miles up the west coast of the island. with temp around 28c in heavy tropical rain showers we got just a little moist Hi! We now have five more days at sea before our next port of call at the Azores. I hope to be on the radio for most of the time as the weather should be kind enough as we operate on the open deck. Once we leave the Azores we may only get a single day to operate as the weather worsens and we have to take down our antenna and feeder etc. Also dismantle and pack away our bicycles in preparation for disembarkation. on 12th January. We are now three hours behind GMT I will again be on the previous listed frequencies 14.225 14.058........ 21.225, 21.058.........24.960. 24.906 28.365 28.058 Near dusk I may move to 10.116 I am likely to be on 10m & 12m during our midday at about 1500GMT...if conditions allow but nothing is certain. For nautical among you our current position is 19.5N & 51 .2 W on a course of 51 degrees with speed of 17knts into a NE wind at 30knts Hope to catch on the wireless! 73 de Tony es Suzanne

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. ???

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

thurs 29th dec - sched update from HUZ in the Carib de g4faa Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 29 December 2022 at 02:05:05 GMT To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: At sea on way to Trinidad ? Hello Gang! After leaving Curacao (PJ2) last evening, today (29thDec} we are at sea on way to 9Z. I intend to be on the radio for most of the day starting on 15m around 10am Eastern Caribbean Time (1400GMT) and moving to 12m and 10m as the day progresses, then returning to 15m and 20m after (1900 GMT)........I intend to use 21.225 or 21058, 24.960 or 24.906 28.365 or 28058 14.225 or 14058..........If conditions allow I may end the day on 10.116 NB all frequencies are +/- QRM I am typing this at 10pm (ECT) and sea state is calm with a cloudless night with an ambient temperature of 28C, expected temperature tomorrow 32C With good fortune we may work you on the wireless tomorrow. HNY es 73 de Tony es Suzanne