Barry G4SJH

First QSO for 2026 on 122.256GHz. 5-2 sigs over 15.2km /P path over Basingstoke. Blooming cold though 🥶🥶

A grey murky start turned into a cracking day on Walbury Hill. 23 10GHz band QSO's including one into the Paris area on ssb. 1 Watt is all you need! 😁

You know how it goes. Nobody responds then suddenly everyone at once just as you've got into a QSO😄. Sorry I missed you. I did try a couple of times. Next time...

Operating "topless" in the 10GHz contest today! A good crop of QSO's after a worrying start. G1EHF came to the rescue with an alternative TVTR. But even this needed some in service encouragement! So many things to fix! 😄👍

122km on 24GHz with the UKuG loan gear was pretty good for less than 20mW I thought! Frequency stability was challenging! This needs fixing but fun to have a go anyway. Patience was rewarded with 5 QSO's. #ghz_bands

A fun 10GHz session from Walbury Hill today. Best dx 430km, not bad for my little 1W PA. Getting the key out for 2 QSO's was a bit stressful though 😅, not my best skill! #ghz_bands

Some difficult 3.4GHz 9cm band QSO's battling against the strong adjacent 5G signals above 3410MHz when pointing directly towards Woking or LHR. Several stations unworkable as a result. Time to investigate some mitigation .... #ghz_bands #UKAC

Children of Ruin and Children of Memory. Great SF escapism!

You will have to read the full trilogy....👍

Nice long evening allowing the cobwebs to be brushed off the 3.4GHz gear. A good bunch of QSO's with 300km best dx. This despite challenging wide band interference suspected to be from 5G systems now deployed in Woking and Guildford. #ghz_bands

Hopefully I'll be on 3.4 next week from IO91. I'll look out for you..

23cm TVTR now "Galileo Ready"! No changes other than a LO synth upgrade. Sigs the same on 1298 compared to 1296MHz in tests over obstructed paths with G1EHF and G3TCU. #ghz_bands

👍In conjunction with the Tx converter, mine continues to be at the heart of my 10GHz transverter. Since the 1980's !!!

A very successful inaugural Ridgeway Microwave Round Table today. Loads of projects and equipment on show and a brilliant JT4 on 122GHz demonstration👍. Excellent measurement capabilites to 47GHz. Great attendance- well done all! #ghz_bands

And did it work?

I wondered how the return loss of my 23cm antenna system (23 ele yagi) would look at 1298MHz. Seems fine 👍

Sort yourself out Dave! 😆😆

More QSO's on a number of bands during 2024 compared to the two years prior. More HF activity and fixing my 24GHz system would be good goals for 2025. I was pleased to add 3.4GHz as a new band this year. Good DX and HNY!