http://m3php.com In god we trust, all others we monitor Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:10:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know this really isn’t got anything to do with amateur radio but it’s important to me. This morning I received my final results for the pasted three years at Buckinghamshire New University in which I’ve been awarded a “First-Class Honours” degree in Multimedia Technology (Web Design). Really pleased with the ... http://m3php.com/2008/07/05/university-results-arrived/ I’ve been doing more digital modes of late and had far more time to try around with software again i noticed that Ham Radio Deluxe’s DM780 supported reporting to the propagation reporter. It works by automatically sending heard station reports to the reporter system which then gathers all the data ... http://m3php.com/2008/06/24/psk-automatic-propagation-reporter/ After not turning on the radio yesterday today I tried to make an extra effort to actually have a few contacts on HF, after turning the radio on and going to 20m I noticed there was a lot of short path I could hear good into Ireland and could hear ... http://m3php.com/2008/06/19/radio-log-19th-june-08/ Today I went and visited Barry (G4AZN) to fix any computer issues he had and also try and work some radio from his place and it was a change to being at home! Conditions did seem rather poor 20m was pretty much dead, 40m was noisy and also quiet but ... http://m3php.com/2008/06/18/radio-log-17th-june-08/ After a weekend of no activity on the air I redeemed myself today and switched the radio on had a quick scan over 10m and 6m but didn’t hear any activity so decided to drop down to 10MHz and try some PSK31 as it had been a while since I ... http://m3php.com/2008/06/16/radio-log-16th-june-08/ Today I went along to the Newbury & District Amateur Radio Society Boot Sale just on the northern edge of Newbury with Terry (G0LUQ) and my Dad (M3JFM) we left Oxford at 8am thinking that the A34 would probably be busy but we got that completely wrong and managed to ... http://m3php.com/2008/06/15/newbury-district-ars-boot-sale/ Today’s been rather slow in most aspects with the usual looking and applying for jobs, so this afternoon I took some time out to have a listen on the bands. First thing I checked was 6m and 10m but they were both ultra quiet so decided to move down onto ... http://m3php.com/2008/06/12/radio-log-12th-june/ Last weekend was IARU Region 1 National Field Day and just like any other year the Oxford & District Amateur Radio Society, was taking part from the usual location at Worminghall, which is on the boundary of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Setup began on Friday afternoon once all antennas, tents etc were ... http://m3php.com/2008/06/10/national-field-day-2008/ Last Tuesday 13th May, I finished 3 years of being a University student studying BSc (Hons) Multimedia Technology (Web Design) at Buckinghamshire New University. It’s surprising how fast the time passed more so the last year with normal modules plus my final piece of project work on social networks. So now ... http://m3php.com/2008/05/25/3-years-of-university-completed/ After spending most of the day doing revision for my Advanced Networks exam on Thursday, I decided to go check out the bands and to plug-in the Heil Sound FS-2 footswitch which I ordered for my dad (M3JFM). After turning on the radio I noticed that 10m seemed to have some ... http://m3php.com/2008/05/13/6m-opening/