March 2025 – m0nrg.uk

Teglease Down, Social, Breakfast and HF Radio

March 30, 2025March 30, 2025Posted in HF Radio, Radio, WWFFTagged Amateur Radio, Ham radio, Southdowns National Park, Teglease Down, WWFF1 Comment

A bit late with this post.. Last weekend Myself Nigel M0NRG, Steve 2E0OWI, Neil M0CJM, Sri 2E0LKA met up at Teglease down on the Southdowns for a Sunday Morning social.
On the way in it was quite sunny but as the morning progressed the sky turned grey and the sun disappeared, this didn’t detract from pleasant morning consisting of food, chat, good company and of course radio.

Todays kit consisted of the Yaesu FT891, Mat 30 Tuner and a Chameleon Delta loop mast mounted.

We did a partial WWFF activation of GFF-0018 Southdowns National Park and then some casual radio contacts.

26 in the log for the activation and a few others across the guys afterwards.

Rain and possible lightning was advertised for that afternoon so we were packed away by lunchtime just prior to the rain starting.

What more could you want for on a Sunday morning?

Combe Gibbet – Berkshire – IO91hj78

March 16, 2025March 30, 2025Posted in RadioTagged Amateur Radio, Combe Gibbet, Ham radio1 Comment

This morning Steve 2E0OWI and I took a trip out to Combe Gibbet near the village of Combe in the County of Berkshire. We loaded the truck with a plethora of radio kit not really knowing what bands we were going to play on which is unusual for us as we normally plan what we are going out to do. The one thing we did plan to do was stay in the truck and operate out of the cold wind, this didn’t go as planned.

On the way up the hill I mentioned to Steve that it wouldn’t surprise me if someone was already at the top of the hill when we got there and sure enough as we approached the Gibbet there was another vehicle with a station already setup. We jumped out of the truck and went over to introduce ourselves.

We met fellow Ham Sri 2E0LKA, he was taking part in a 4m net. Some of the stations in the net were from our local area back down on the south coast. He invited us to jump in on the net and say hello using his station to which we accepted. After a few hello’s on the net we then spent the next couple of hours taking about Radios, Antennas and our ham exploits among other things. Steve and I didn’t set up any radio kit ourselves in the end but it was a pleasant morning chatting with a fellow Ham.

Next time we go out we are going to give Sri a shout and hopefully he will be able to join us for coffee and breakfast on top of a hill somewhere, and of course Radio..

2E0OWI Ashford Hangers GFF-0117

March 2, 2025March 2, 2025Posted in Radio, WWFF2 Comments

Something different today, I though I would post from the woods whilst the activation is taking place. Stephen 2E0OWI is on the mic for this activation. As I type I can hear a woodpecker along with a multitude of other birdsong with the smell of wild garlic on the breeze. There is a touch of frost in the surrounding fields but the morning sun feels warm to the face. We settled in on 20m with 34 in the log and now a band change to 17m and a re-spot on the WWFF cluster.

39 in the log and another QSY to 10m and then 40m ending with 53 QSOs in the log.