Month: November 2015

Before I talk about my new radio I just want to say what a fantastic radio the Icom IC7600 has been. Excellent receive, superb audio, very easy to use, and of course the scope is really useful too. I bagged nearly 240 DXCC in 12 months with this radio just running 100w into my Hexbeam.  It

I was invited to join the MX0LDG DX group for an IOTA activation of Lundy from October 6th -13th, 2015. The team consisted of John M5JON, Ant MW0JZE, Pete M0ILT and me G3JKL. We stayed in Stoneycroft cottage next to the lighthouse, about 400ft ASL. We took along 2x MW0JZE lightweight Hexbeams, Pete’s SteppIR vertical (40m)