Our #IO91 #GHz_Bands QSO Party took place despite #StormDarragh today! Great to have lunch with Dave Austen g8kmh (also on Bluesky) Noel Matthews G8CUB and M0JMO. Atop Coombe Gibbet 875ft was crazy 50-55mph gusts & heavy rain. Chuffed to work Josh M0JMO/P on #24GHz at Apple Pie Hill, 24km on SSB and #DStar

Terrible conditions #23cm #RSGB #UKAC heavy rain & gusty winds. Like most Tuesday evenings in 2024! Managed to somehow get the lights up! 😂🔥 Thanks for all the QSO's on #6m to #3cm Have a great Christmas! Here's to a drier, calmer 2025 from #IO91 Chiltern Ridge! #GHz_Bands

Cold dry evening for January #RSGB #23cm #1296MHz #UKAC contest, 42 in 9 squares. Simple IC-9700 10W and 44ele WiMo. Really tough outing on #ChilternRidge due to poor band conditions. 50% of QSO's in #IO91 with ODX #GD8EXI #GHz_Bands

Windy, cold January #RSGB #SHF #UKAC on the Chiltern Ridge #IO91. 8 QSOs on #13cm 5 on #3cm with dishes low. Community #WiFi hash in most directions, site is already unusable on 6cm and 13cm was difficult. At least it was dry! #GHz_Bands

Busy 1st #UKuG Ridgeway #Microwave Roundtable yesterday with 80 attending! Well done to all the organisers and speakers Barry Lewis and G8KHU for interesting, engaging talks. Thanks to the makers that displayed a fantastic array of GHz kit for the "show n tell" #GHz_Bands

Poor conditions again for #RSGB #SHF #UKAC, 9 QSO's #13cm, 2 on #6cm and 4 on #3cm with ODX M0PAI/P in IO93. #IO91 site was a mud bath with huge puddles but at least it was dry! Lots of rural Community WiFi hash from several local towers. #GHz_Bands

Trip west to Chilton #IO91 for the March #RSGB #SHF #UKAC 12 QSO's #13cm (see map), 1 on #9cm 1 on #6cm and 4 on #3cm Fun to co-site again with Rob M0FXX/P. Conditions poor with some rain overhead, no scatter! #GHz_Bands

Really enjoyable weekend at #UKuG #Martlesham #Microwave Round Table. Great venue with some amazing presentations, refreshments, test gear and best of all a chance to natter with friends. Collected silverware for winning 2024 #24GHz and #47GHz Cumulative Contests! #GHz_Bands

Fun to be back at Chilton, South Oxfordshire for April #RSGB #SHF #UKAC Much better scores despite poor band conditions. 17 QSO's #13cm, 2 #6cm and 8 #3cm with a new 85cm offset dish. Co-sited with Rob M0FXX/P with his 13cm/3cm on the left and my kit to the right! #GHz_Bands

Two very different Sundays! On the left #24GHz UK Activity Afternoon no QSO's due to a technical issue which mysteriously fixed itself once home! On the right #RSGB #10GHz Trophy, 9 QSOs ODX 337km into IO84 from IO91. Also 3 on #23cm and 2 on #9cm. Tripod fun on the #GHz_Bands

#Milliwave fun in the sun! Technical issues but managed 7 QSO's on #24GHz several over 100km. Thanks to Roger G8CUB for kind use of his 2nd kit. Plus 2 on #47GHz and 1 on #76GHz. Left is Clyffe Pypard, right is Applepie Hill. 24GHz play was at Hackpen North inbetween! #GHz_Bands

How it started, and how it finished. First #UKuG #10GHz #5GHz contest at a very windy Chilton, then roved to Britwell in #IO91. 9 QSO's on #3cm plus 7 on #6cm #GHz_Bands portable fun in the sun!

This is why I go portable! Lovely warm calm fun evening atop the #Chilterns with an amazing sunset! #23cm #1296MHz #RSGB #UKAC 45 contacts in 19 squares and 15k points. EI, GW, GU, G, F, PA, ON worked, ODX 536km. #IC9700 10W, 44 ele WiMo. #Ghz_Bands #hamr

Lovely evening playing #Microwaves up on the Chiltern Ridge #IO91 for #RSGB #SHF #UKAC 12 QSO's on #13cm mostly locals. 5 on #3cm pleased to work steve for my ODX at 191km in #JO03 #GHz_Bands #hamr

Fun weekend #RSGB #VHFNFD camping with Bittern DX Group G6IPU/P at #Trimingham Norfolk Coast playing radio #50MHz #70MHz #144MHz #432MHz and #1296MHz great food and social. Heavy rain on Sunday but otherwise a gloriously sunny time by the seaside! Lots of #BishyBarnabee #ladybirds

Warm dry July #RSGB #UKAC #SHF Contest at Britwell Hill. Frustrating evening due to rural community WiFI noise in almost all directions on #2320MHz and #5760MHz meant fewer contacts 12 #13cm 0 #6cm and 2 on #3cm. Anyway, it was still fun to get out!