Hi Guys
Just a quick post , last night I gave a few calls on 40m. This band I don't normally use but it was good fun. Would you believe my newest DXCCs are Northern Ireland and Scotland I was quite surprised as these are on my doorstep and I would have thought I worked them long ago :)
My new country count stands at 88 DXCCs and climbing towards my Century Award hopefully my logs will now confirmed.
Jordan
Wednesday 26 March 2014
Monday 24 March 2014
IRTS AGM
Hi Guys
Had a great day yesterday, I went to the IRTS rally & AGM hosted by the Galway VHF Group at the Galway Bay Hotel.
I had to set off about 8.15am which is too early for me. I only started to wake up at a pitstop in Galway when I munched into a breakfast roll.
The rally kicked off about 11am, and I met my good friend, Ger EI4GXB. There were already a lot of people there hoping to get their hands on some bargains, and I had a good nosey around to see what was was on offer. Lots of bring and buys bargains to be had and I hung around this table to keep my eyes on whatever was being brought in.
Steve EI5DD did a great job of hosting the event, along with his other members, and keep guests informed of what was happening throughout the day.
There was a great presentation at about 12pm where a group of Canadian hams will be attempting to make a transatlantic 2m contact with Ireland, this really peaked both my dad and my interest as we have a large 2m beam that is decorating our back garden wall at present and hasnt been used. After this I made a new friend, the hotel penguin!!
Seamus, the IRTS president, even gave both my brother and I the chance to wear his chain of office which was really cool!!
The AGM began at 2pm and this was all new to me, I didnt know what to expect as I had never been to one. It was very informative and interesting.
I was even more surprised when the award ceremony began and I got to see members being awarded cups and shields for their efforts relating to the hobby. My other friend, Anthony Murphy EI2KC, was awarded the Sheila Piper Cup, which was a nice present for him as he was 40 yesterday also!
But to my extreme surprise my name was called as the winner of the Arup Cup! I was so shocked I didnt know what to do, even whether or not to get up, so I sat back down until Ger had to call me to come up. Apparently I was awarded this for putting up with Ger in YOTA (HI).
Arup Cup
The Arup family in memory of their son EI3M who died at an early age donated this cup to the Society. The cup is beautifully crafted in Danish silver and is awarded for exceptional service to the Society or to Amateur Radio by an amateur licensed for a period of five years or less. It was first awarded in 1948.
My mother EI9GSB was also elected as a committee member for the coming year and is the first ever female to sit on the committee since its formation, 82 years ago!!
A great day all round
Jordan
Had a great day yesterday, I went to the IRTS rally & AGM hosted by the Galway VHF Group at the Galway Bay Hotel.
I had to set off about 8.15am which is too early for me. I only started to wake up at a pitstop in Galway when I munched into a breakfast roll.
The rally kicked off about 11am, and I met my good friend, Ger EI4GXB. There were already a lot of people there hoping to get their hands on some bargains, and I had a good nosey around to see what was was on offer. Lots of bring and buys bargains to be had and I hung around this table to keep my eyes on whatever was being brought in.
Steve EI5DD did a great job of hosting the event, along with his other members, and keep guests informed of what was happening throughout the day.
There was a great presentation at about 12pm where a group of Canadian hams will be attempting to make a transatlantic 2m contact with Ireland, this really peaked both my dad and my interest as we have a large 2m beam that is decorating our back garden wall at present and hasnt been used. After this I made a new friend, the hotel penguin!!
Seamus, the IRTS president, even gave both my brother and I the chance to wear his chain of office which was really cool!!
The AGM began at 2pm and this was all new to me, I didnt know what to expect as I had never been to one. It was very informative and interesting.
I was even more surprised when the award ceremony began and I got to see members being awarded cups and shields for their efforts relating to the hobby. My other friend, Anthony Murphy EI2KC, was awarded the Sheila Piper Cup, which was a nice present for him as he was 40 yesterday also!
But to my extreme surprise my name was called as the winner of the Arup Cup! I was so shocked I didnt know what to do, even whether or not to get up, so I sat back down until Ger had to call me to come up. Apparently I was awarded this for putting up with Ger in YOTA (HI).
Arup Cup
The Arup family in memory of their son EI3M who died at an early age donated this cup to the Society. The cup is beautifully crafted in Danish silver and is awarded for exceptional service to the Society or to Amateur Radio by an amateur licensed for a period of five years or less. It was first awarded in 1948.
My mother EI9GSB was also elected as a committee member for the coming year and is the first ever female to sit on the committee since its formation, 82 years ago!!
A great day all round
Jordan
Friday 21 March 2014
The Collector
Hi Guys
Jordan
Its been a week or so now since I've last posted a blog. Since my last blog I made one new DXCC , Montenegro :) so I now have 86 DXCC'S with 35 confirmed.
Also on Monday night I decided to give a few calls on 20m and to my surprise within a few minutes I had a pile up going. Most of the contacts I made that night were from the United States or Canada which I enjoyed as I am trying for my WAS Award. Later this week as my logs were uploaded I gained 7 new states so I now have 34 confirmed states out of 50 :)
Also two weeks ago I achieved my WAC (Worked All Continents) Award for 20m and on Tuesday of this week I received an email with my Certificate in PDF format so I'm quite pleased with that also :) .
Jordan
Saturday 15 March 2014
New DXCC's
Hi Guys
Its been months since I last posted a blog. Since I have been licensed I have made 85 DXCC's with 27 confirmed so far and my newest DXCC's are Gabon TR8CA and Togo 5V7DX.
Both on 12m and recently worked New Zealand ZL4IR which is my furthest contact at 19,000 Km. I'm also working towards my WAS award having 27 states confirmed out of 50 so far and my DXCC award. So far I'm doing good.
Jordan
Its been months since I last posted a blog. Since I have been licensed I have made 85 DXCC's with 27 confirmed so far and my newest DXCC's are Gabon TR8CA and Togo 5V7DX.
Both on 12m and recently worked New Zealand ZL4IR which is my furthest contact at 19,000 Km. I'm also working towards my WAS award having 27 states confirmed out of 50 so far and my DXCC award. So far I'm doing good.
Jordan
Monday 10 March 2014
Helping Dash
Hi Guys
Some of you might be aware of this super cool cartoon series DashToons by Jeff Murray K1NSS.
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| Dashtoons Site |
Recently I was contacted by Jeff and asked if I would make a quick video telling young scouts the fun things about radio and my recent achievement. I was nervous doing the film but Jeff was pleased with the result and to my surprise he offered to make me an animated QSL Card image, I'm really looking forward to this as I love Jeff's cartoons.
Jordan
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