Paul GW0NGA

Couldn't sleep, woke up, turned on WSJT-X, snagged my 181st country :-)
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43 years ago today! My life-long love of radio kickstarted by my first ever QSL card

After 35 years amateur radio continues to surprise and delight me. Didn't think my doublet antenna was working that well, especially on 10m - but I had two SSB contacts into Chile tonight. Checked my logs and they're the furthest two voice contacts I've EVER had. Not bad for 50 watts. #hamradio

The 1991 results are still here, thanks ARRL!

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But some of the callsigns had faded too much, including one from Guatemala. I have all the QTHs but I can't read the calls. I managed to restore them - by finding which contest it was (it was the 1991 ARRL 10m contest) and then looking at the results here, helpfully sorted by country and state.

What have I been doing today? Reconstructing my old paper logbook so I can put it on a spreadsheet. The logbook has entries between 1989 and 1992 (my first amateur radio session before I returned briefly in 2006) and is mostly legible.

Managed to work OJ0JR on 30m FT8 just now. I've never worked Market Reef before, I had to look it up! Check it out on Google Maps - there's a very weird boundary going on ....

37 new cards from the QSL bureau today. I think this is the nicest one - despite the Comic Sans font on it!

How I managed to get someone a recording of their birthday greetings from Radio Berlin International 42 years late ...

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Been active on 40m SSB this weekend - good fun. Spent so much time on FT8 I had forgotten how good it is to make contact on voice!

Just found my logbook from 1989 to 1992, when I gave up the hobby first time. About 1,000 entries. Should I put them on a big spreadsheet, what do you reckon? Yes or no?

Just worked W4LES, which is really nice because when I lived in England I don't remember working ENGL4ND 😁

33 years ago today I bought my "big radio". Wish I still had it, but I sold it in 1996 and spent the money on a weekend in Milan

Possibly yes, I haven't heard them for years. Funny how they're celebrating "separation" instead of independence!

Two QSL cards from 33 years ago today! (Just love the old-school cards)

Worked Anguilla 33 years ago today! I don't think I've heard the island on air since

Yes I know people who bounce signals off the moon to get long distances. Never managed it myself!

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Hi everyone, first post on this account. I have another profile on here but I mostly post about music there, so hams were following and unfollowing me! So I'm here just for the amateur radio.