{"id":556,"date":"2018-06-09T11:47:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T11:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galaradioclub.co.uk\/?p=556"},"modified":"2018-06-18T18:55:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T18:55:04","slug":"practical-wireless-144mhz-qrp-contest-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/galaradioclub.co.uk\/?p=556","title":{"rendered":"Practical Wireless 144MHz QRP Contest 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Club members participated in the Practical Wireless 144MHz QRP contest again this year.<\/p>\n

The aim is to contact and exchange details with as many other stations as we can through the day, all over the country, using 5 watts of power maximum, on 144Mhz band which is usually “line-of-sight” only.<\/p>\n

We were slightly more successful than last year, even though we had a few episodes of thunder and heavy rain and had to retreat to the vehicles. Contacted stations from the north of Scotland right down to the south coast of England.<\/p>\n

Thanks to our operators Dave and Jim, Dave and George for getting the station set up and antenna erected, Mike for logging, and the other club members who came to support us during the day. Also special thanks to Dave for the coffee and fresh bacon rolls cooked on the portable gas stove!<\/p>\n

As usual we were located at the top of “Middle Swire” between Yarrow and Ettrickbridge, 6 miles west of Selkirk. The day started off nice, then the clouds rolled in and the rain started.<\/p>\n

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The day started off nice.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nice view down to the south<\/p><\/div>\n

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