Recent Activity Log
	50 MHz Es	06-Jul-2008 16:34
	Managed to catch the opening to Puerto Rico for a new DXCC (#51) which with FK68, KN05 and JN95 brings my all time squares total to 212, with 148 squares worked so far in 2008.
	50 MHz Es	06-Jul-2008 08:14
	Yesterday (5th July) I heard for the first time YX2RF and managed to break the pile-up for my first contact into Algeria for DXCC Entity #50 and new square JM16, also managed new squares KP01 and KP03 (#209).
	50 MHz Es	04-Jul-2008 23:19
	Just one new square worked on 3rd July (#206), a few contacts in the log Today (4th) but no new squares or DXCC Entities. A few did get away, including HI3 (SSB - I just didn't get through in the few minutes the path was open) and PJ6/K2KW (CW - heard, but just a little too weak for me to read).
	50 MHz Es	02-Jul-2008 20:34
	A good day on 6m ! 2 New DXCC Entities (JX and 4O) - both on CW - my first CW contacts on 6m (and only the 2nd time I've ever used CW for real QSO's - even if I did have some assistance on receive in the form of a program on the laptop). Also managed 5 new squares (JO78, KO23, JN92, KN03, IQ51) Total now #205.
	50 MHz E's	01-Jul-2008 01:44
	Some Es in the log for Monday 30th June, just one new Square JO40 (#200), missed at least one that would have given me a new DXCC too (Greenland) he was barely above the noise on my fixed position Horizontal dipole or Matt's (M3WDS) Vertical, by the time the Portable 4 Ele was assembled and up in the air the band was closed. Looking at a few statistics from VQLog shows that from a total of 428 QSO's so far on the band in 2008 I have worked 130 Squares, 59 of which I've never worked before. My First QSO on 6m was on 6th June 1988 and the 2nd over a year later on 10 July 1989 (I seem to recall the first was using some borrowed equipment which was returned shortly afterwards), by 8th April 1990 that had risen to 21 Squares, which was followed by a 16 year gap (up to 3rd June 2006).
	50 MHz E's	26-Jun-2008 20:56
	Band seemed awfully quiet this evening apart from OK1DTC calling, however after making a few calls I managed 16 QSO's including a further 2 new squares JN79 and JN48 (#199). Which make my 58th new square this year.
	50 MHz Activity.	25-Jun-2008 22:10
	A quite evening on the UK 50 MHz Activity Contest last evening, but managed one new square IN88 (#196). Band open again this evening, several contacts into EA, briefly heard EA9IB, but too weak to work, still manged another new square JN12 (#197).
	50 MHz E's	23-Jun-2008 22:00
	Well, as I sort of expected (since I was back in the office) the band was open today, so I missed most of the activity, however I still managed to work one new square JN40 for #195 (and a new DXCC Entity #47).
	50MHz Trophy Contest	22-Jun-2008 22:26
	A enjoyable weekend, operating as G5BK/P (Cheltenham Club Call) from my usual /P location in IO81XV, with a total of 20 New squares JO00, JO21, IN79, KN14, IM58, IN89, IN53, JN09, IL28, IL18, IM12, JO10, KO27, KO24, KO50, KO14, KN58, IN63, JM78, JM68 plus 6 new DXCC Entities (EA8, CT3, GU, LY, PA, YO) which brings my 6m squares total to 194 and my 6m DXCC Total to 46.
	50 MHz Activity.	16-Jun-2008 19:57
	It's been a bit quiet on 6m in IO81 for a while now, with only 8 contacts in the G0LGS log since the UKSMG Contest on 7th/8th June. Band was open for a while today, but no new squares worked.
	432 MHz UK AC	11-Jun-2008 22:35
	Activity level was low in the 432MHz AC UK event last night, my ODX was DK5QN at 720Km. 28 Completed contacts in 12 Squares for overall claimed score of 53,844. Nice surprise (on return home) was to discover that my entry for May was the leading score in the open section (I wasn't expecting that as the claimed scores for May shown on the VHFCC site made it look like I would be 2nd by a long way).
	50 MHz E's	01-Jun-2008 20:05
	A less busy weekend on the magic band than last, but at least there was some activity and I managed to put 2 new squares IM66, JO67 into the log (#174). Anyone who visits my site regularly may have noticed that I've added some links to show extra information about the DXCC Entities that I've worked on 10m - 70cm.
	50 MHz Activity.	28-May-2008 01:55
	I worked 8 new squares as G0LGS/P: JN93, JO43, JO88, JN94, KN12, JO66, JO83, JO54 during the afternoon and early evening, prior to the start of the 50MHz UK AC contest followed by a further 5 new squares: JO94, JO53, JN83, JN71, HP84 during the contest, bringing my all time total worked squares on 6m to 172.
	50 MHz E's	26-May-2008 16:55
	Well the 6m band has been open on/off for several hours today, but not very much activity (It's a Bank Holiday in the UK). Another 3 new squares IN92, JN04, JN97 (#159). Some others were heard but got away again - I'm sure if I did a full list of those that I missed over the last few days it would be at least as long as those I have worked. It seems that every time Steve G0LFP thinks about turning his 6m radio on the band closes (It's gone 'dead' on the magic band in IO81WV at the moment).
	50 MHz E's	25-May-2008 16:28
	Band has been open again, but not like yesterday heard just a few stations in SP and DL, but still managed to add KN09 to my square count (#156) with SQ9IAU. Heard SP5WCK in KO12 again, but wasn't able to break through pile-up of stations calling to get myself heard.
	50 MHz E's	24-May-2008 23:51
	So after my last entry, the band opened again for several hours, but I had to go and join the Party (if only for the food) at my Nephews Birthday, but I still managed a further 5 new squares: KO11, JN46, JN44, JN74, IP62 to bring my total to 155. Heard but not worked: KO12, JN71, JO29, JN40, JP20.
	50 MHz E's	24-May-2008 14:31
	After being very active since at least 0900 UTC, 6m seems now seems be closing, must be because G0LFP missed all the activity and has just about arrived in the Shack ! 7 New Squares so far Today, JN98, JN66, JO52, JN64, IN80, IN70, IN71 bringing my Total to 150.
	144 MHz May Contest	18-May-2008 20:30
	Well Today's entry in '6 Hour other' section of the 144 MHz contest from my usual /P location (but using one of the local club calls) seemed to go well. WX was fine, although windy and quite cool. Definitely one of the better events, with a much better QSO rate and higher score than I managed in the same event last year.
	432 MHz UK AC	14-May-2008 01:12
	Worked 46 Stations in 15 Squares for a total claimed score of 164,985. This included 14 Stations in PA, one in ON & one in DL. The PI beacon was a very strong 59+40 at times (the strongest I've heard since I started on 70cm)
	6m Activity	14-May-2008 01:07
	Worked 8 stations during the E's opening earlier in the Evening, including new squares JN57 (#142) and JN67 (#143).
	6m Activity	11-May-2008 17:49
	Well the Sporadic E Season has started, with my 1st 6m Es contact of the season. Just hope things get better now.
	144 MHz UK AC	07-May-2008 22:40
	The band was quite busy for last nights UKAC, but no DX was heard / worked. I managed 86 contacts in 15 grid squares.
	Failed Shack PSU	05-May-2008 22:32
	A few days ago, after almost 22 years my 25A (35A Peak) DC Linear power supply failed (for approx 15 years it's been running 24 hours a day for the packet system). Testing shows that the nine 2N3055 Transistors are still in working order, but that the Transformer has gone faulty (it blows fuses). Perhaps the Intermittent loud humming when drawing power on transmit over the last couple of weeks was the start of it giving up. A replacement linear PSU should be installed by the time that the 144MHz UKAC Event starts tomorrow.
	RSGB May UHF / 432 MHz Trophy	04-May-2008 18:42
	I entered the May UHF (432 / 1296) and 432 MHz Trophy Contests from my usual /P location yesterday afternoon/evening. Conditions on 70cm for the 6.5 Hours that I was operating were poor, with only 35 contacts in the log. I worked 3 new squares on 23cm including IO80, IO74 and JO21 (my first non-UK on 23cm), but as 23cm is a relatively new band for my /P operating working new ones is perhaps not very difficult even with a QRP (10W) station.
	50MHz UKAC	22-Apr-2008 23:30
	I managed 53 Contacts in 12 Squares in Today's 50 MHz UKAC. Whilst the band wasn't what you might call busy, there were certainly a few more stations on now that British Summer Time has started - perhaps some of them were hoping (as I was) that we might get some DX, but if they were then perhaps like me they were disappointed. EI3GE was a new square for the band (#141).
	Portable Generator	19-Apr-2008 10:25
	A new 4-stroke Petrol Generator (1.1KVA Max) has been purchased, work is in progress on getting all the ancillary items required ready for Tuesday evenings 6m (50MHz) UK contest. The old generator will be looked at by a friend and a decision on keeping / selling will be made in a week or two.
	My Weekend Activity Report	14-Apr-2008 20:41
	Not really a lot of activity to report, for what was (for me) a 4 day long weekend, however managed to work a total of 9 new (unique) SOTA Summits on 60m, 40m and 2m, bringing my uniques count to 233 and the Chaser Points total to 1677.
	Portable Generator	14-Apr-2008 10:00
	After a bit of work on the generator it ran (for a minute) during which time I manged to confirm that it produces DC, but on trying to adjust the throttle it stopped and I failed to get it to restart. I may just buy a modern one (with AC and DC outputs) and put this one up for sale.
	Portable Generator	11-Apr-2008 10:00
	I have decided to see if the old (War-time) DC Petrol Generator that has been hiding in the back of the shed for over 10 years can be made to work. The idea is that if it works and is not too noisy (Audio and RF wise) that it may come in useful to keep the Car battery I use for portable 'float' charged during some of my Portable events.
	432 MHz UK AC	08-Apr-2008 23:33
	It was a little on the quiet side in tonights 432MHz Activity event, but managed to work 26 stations in 16 squares. Best DX of the night DK5QN in JO42 at 720 Km.
	Another 50 MHz Antenna	05-Apr-2008 12:10
	Made a 6m dipole, using two lengths of tube that came from an old 6m Yagi (picked up at a local surplus sale a couple of months ago). Hopefully this will work at least as well as the simple 6m wire Delta Loop that I used last year. Erected the Dipole at approx 15 ft AGL (which is higher than I managed to get the Delta Loop).
	144 MHz UK AC	03-Apr-2008 21:57
	Operated as G0LGS/P from IO81XV in Tuesday evenings 144 MHz UK AC. 82 QSO's in 17 Grid Squares. No new squares, no DX.
	Misc	29-Mar-2008 20:17
	Having had over a week away from the office, I have had time do some of those things that I just never seem to have enough time for. Yes one of them was doing a little more on the radio, but it has not exactly been busy on the VHF bands, but I have still managed to increase my SOTA Unique Summits total a little. I have also manged to do some work on one of the other web sites, including moving some of its contents into MySQL.
	50MHz UK Activity Contest	26-Mar-2008 02:57
	This was my second month of participating in the 50MHz UK AC. Worked 30 Stations in 12 Grid Squares (All in UK). Including two new squares from GW8IZR in IO73 and G8HCZ in JO02 (#140). The 4 Element antenna seems to perform Ok: Two local stations were weaker than I would have expected, but GB3BAA and GB3RAL were quite good signals.
	Web site	21-Mar-2008 20:42
	New layout for the Worked Squares / Maps Information.
	Web site	21-Mar-2008 17:13
	Created new MySQL table for site Menu's. Added new links and Categories.
	Web Site	16-Mar-2008 21:16
	Database Log entry page created. Activity Log updates should be a lot easier, and perhaps more frequent now.
	Web site	16-Mar-2008 01:55
	Loaded the activity log into MySQL Database and re-worked the pages on the site to display from DB. This is to allow easier updating, but there is still some work to do on the data entry page(s).
	Building / Testing 6m Antenna	15-Mar-2008
	Built (using parts from other Antennas) and tested a 4 Element 6m Portable YAGI based on YU7EF design as published on his website. Initial observations: A good match (SWR), it certainly radiates some RF and I can hear the GB3RAL Beacon (which I have not heard before) will have to wait for some activity to see how well it performs.
	March 144/432MHz	01-Mar-2008
	2m: Worked 2 new squares, DL0V in JO32 and F4CQY/P in JN28 (#88). 70cm: Worked 1 new Square, DL0V in JO32 (#38)
	UK 6m Activity Event	26-Feb-2008
	New square: G0RQL in IO70 (#138).
	SOTA Chasing	17-Feb-2008
	What a great day for my SOTA Chaser Log. My highest scoring day to date (by a long way), 15 summits for a total of 62 Points in the log Today !!
	70cm Activity	12-Feb-2008
	Good session in RSGB's UK Activity event tonight : 66 Contacts, 3 new squares PA5DD in JO22, GU8FBO in IN89, PE1ODY in JO23 (#37). The best 70cm Activity evening that I've done to-date.
	Activity	29-Dec-2007
	Operating as G0LGS/P in the RSGB Christmas Cumulative Contest. 6m: 1 new square M1DDD/P (IO93) (#137).
	Activity	26-Dec-2007
	Operating as G0LGS/P in the RSGB Christmas Cumulative Contest. 6m: 2 new squares SQ3XBU in JO92 (1375Km), SP8RHP in KO10 (1713Km) (#136).
	5MHz NOV	15-Nov-2007
	Having applied for a 5MHz NOV just a week ago, it arrived in the mail. IC-738 had already been opened up (by a previous owner) and managed a few brief QSO's on the band using my 40m Windom.
	70cm Activity	13-Nov-2007
	UK Activity Evening: 2 new squares GM4JTJ in IO86, GM0USI in IO75 (#34).
	2m Activity	04-Nov-2007
	2m Tropo: New Square F1TDO in JN25 (#86).
	2m Activity	16-Sep-2007
	2m Tropo - ON7USB/P in JO10 (#85)
	2m Activity	15-Sep-2007
	2m Tropo - DK1FG in JN59 (929Km) (#84).
	6m Activity	22-Aug-2007
	4 new squares - DF6HT in JO64 (1006Km), SP3IQ in JO82 (1339Km), DK1MAX in JN58 (1034Km), LA2MOA in JP51 (1279Km) (#134).
	6m Activity	21-Aug-2007
	3 new squares - SM3GSK in JP82 (1663Km), SM3SHJ in JP83 (1708Km), OH1GMP in KP10 (1810Km) (#130)
	6m Activity	18-Aug-2007
	5 new squares - 9A2ZH in JN73 (1574Km), 5P2P in JO44 (832Km), DK0FNF in JO50 (197Km), YL2LW in KO26 (1780Km), F4EEJ in IN95 (704 Km) (#127)
	6m Activity	15-Aug-2007
	7 Contacts on 6m, one new square: F5ODA in JN13 (#122)
	6m Activity	09-Aug-2007
	Worked 5 new squares: LA1BN in JO39 (985Km), OZ6PI in JO47 (956Km), LA4LN in JO49 (1100Km), SM6UQL in JO57 (1110 Km), SI6B in JO68 (1167Km) (#121).
	6m Activity	05-Aug-2007
	Band open again, but I was operating as G0LGS/P in the 70cm Low-power contest for the best part of it, however still managed two new squares EA5NZ in IM97 (1554Km), EH5BPJ/P in IN72 (1034Km) (#116).
	6m Activity	04-Aug-2007
	Band was open, but I was otherwise busy (Daughters Birthday)
	6m Activity	28-Jul-2007
	My only 6m contact for almost 2 Weeks: SM0EPO in JO89 (1507Km).
	6m Activity	15-Jul-2007
	5 new squares: OK2GM in JN99GM (1473Km), SP7HKK in JO91QI (1480Km), SP5ENM in KO02MG (1576Km), SM7RYO in JO76DB (1165Km), LA1BFA in JP43GK (1427Km).
	2m Activity	14-Jul-2007
	Sporadic E - worked 8 stations in I, T94, 9A for 5 new squares (#75).
	2m Activity	09-Jul-2007
	My first 2m E's of 2007 - worked EA6VQ in JM19 (new square #70)
	VHF National Field Day	07-Jul-2007
	Worked my 100th Square on 6m (thanks to EI9E/P in IO62). (also my 65th Square on 6m in 2007). Also worked EI9E/P on 2m and 70cm and heard them on 23cm, but 10W with 19 Element doesn't go very far on 23cm.
	g0lgs.co.uk is born	02-Jul-2007
	Registered the domain 'g0lgs.co.uk' and created initial web site, before the gb7lgs.co.uk domain expires. Much of the old site will simply vanish, but some will be moved to the new name.