john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’

Hope to get back out on the mountains shortly to start back at SOTA activations and chasing

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

@mutlu_unitezim Is this true?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

What the hell is going on?

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

@gundrymd_ 👍🏻

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

Checking out the kite antenna this morning.

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

Managed to chase my first SOTA today using Morse. I also hope to have another 3 chased but waiting on the logs being uploaded to be sure. Still along way to go… but getting there in very small steps.

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

A good run on the morserino but there’s be plenty of not so good. #echotrainer

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

Out this afternoon testing an antenna to use with a kite in the coming weeks. Bands not in great shape but made a few contacts on 80/40 metres, happy enough with the way it performed

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

@mi0xzz Thats the shore line in kircubbin.

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

Beach portable this evening using a 20 metre halfwave and 40 metre 1/4 wave.

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

@gi4sjq Hello George, I’m reading it at 20wpm. With a spacing of 8 wpm. I’ve just moved it up to 8 wpm today after a very rocky month.

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

Very slowly but surly. Was stuck at 7wpm spacing for about a month, but finally I’ve moved to 8wpm spacing. Still no numbers introduce yet.

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

@Golf_5_TM Similar happen to a new G callsign over here in Northern Ireland.

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

Had my first dabble into ft8 tonight. Took a while to get up and running, but with 5 watts made 20 contacts around Europe on the 80 and 40 metre bands.

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

The kx2 showing off its new stand that was 3D printed for me by a member of the club. It folds down flat for the rucksack. Looking forward to using it on the next portable outing. Thanks ⁦@Claybird007⁩

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This started as a hike and a hopeful activation of GI/MM-003 but the weather wasn’t the best at the summit. 3 hours of heavy driving rain along with high winds and low temperatures at the summit only gave time for a quick chocolate bar and swift decent with no activation.

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Where the Mountains Of Mourne sweep down to the sea. I took this photo this afternoon when I got home from work before the rain started. The rains stop a portable run out with the radio this evening. So I’ll be monitoring CQUK on wiresx.

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Start of the WWFF activation of GIFF-0037 tonight on 80 metres and also WAB square J57. I got 12 contacts using 9 watts and a linked dipole supported on 7 metre fibreglass pole, the ends of the dipole where about 0.5 metres of the ground.

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@atarpm And the unun I use is from nelson_antennas, I’ve a ldg unun as well and it works with that also

[john ‘MI7ACD’ ‘2I0FIP’ @johnfmiskimmin]

My first WWFF activation today of GIFF-0016 cloughy rocks. I used the 9:1 unun with 135 foot of wire. It tuned up great on 80/40 and 20 metres giving me 51 contacts in just under 2 hours.