GI4DOH(Northern Ireland) on 20m CW!!!

GI4DOH(Northern Ireland) on 20m CW!!!

GI4DOH  Northern Ireland  Richard White 28 Lord Warden's Parade Bangor Co Down BT19 1YU Northern Ireland QSL: BURO, LOTW, EQSL, DIRECT - PLEASE NO IRC Email: Use mouse to view.. XML Subscriber Lookups: 40956

20140616 1859UTC 14011.5kHz GI4DOH
Date : 16/Jun/2014 1859UTC
Freq : 14011.5kHz CW
Rig   : SDR(PI4THT)
ANT : Mini-Whip(PAORDT) 
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Lookups 40956 (56512) QRZ Record# 1332630 QRZ Admin GI4DOH Date Joined 2008-01-01 15:39:09 Last Update 2013-09-11 06:51:38 Latitude 54.640050 (54° 38' 24'' N) Longitude -5.691352 (5° 41' 28'' W) Grid Square IO74dp Geo Source User supplied Bearing 338.0° NNW (from JJ5IZX) Distance 5891.8 mi (9481.9 km) Long Path 18965.1 mi (30521.3 km) Sunrise 03:45:36 UTC Sunset 21:00:52 UTC ITU Zone 27 CQ Zone 14 IOTA EU-115 Ireland (Ireland / Northern Ireland) Born 1956 QSL Info BURO, LOTW, EQSL, DIRECT - PLEASE NO IRC QSL by Mail? Yes (e.g. Will this ham QSL by Postal Mail?) QSL by eQSL? Yes (e.g. Will this ham QSL with eQSL?) Uses LOTW? Yes (e.g. Does this ham use ARRL's LOTW ?) Admin For (10) EI7DS EI7KF G4DOH GD4DOH GI4DOH GI5I GO4DOHGQ4DOH GR4DOH GW4DOH

About Me:

I was licensed in 1975 and I operate on a variety of bands and modes but mainly on CW at the moment.

The photo shows me operating as SP/GI4DOH in Krakow, Poland, in October 2013. The equipment is my Elecraft KX3 with a Palm Radio Pico Paddle (needs a light touch) and a G4TPH Magnetic Loop antenna.

Noise:

My home QTH is in a residential area with lots of noise from Switched Mode Power Supplies, PLT and Plasma TVs. That's all part of the challenge. I tend to use a 400 Hz filter on CW so it helps if you net accurately. My Wellbrook Magnetic Loop also helps when used with the second Rx on the K3 for diversity reception on all bands.

Equipment:

Elecraft K3, KPA500 Amp, KAT500 ATU, WinKeyer, LP-PAN Panadaptor, Elecraft KX3

Antennas:

6m 3 element Yagi at 30 feet
10/12/15/17/20m G3TPW CobWebb at 30 feet
10m Moxon at 10 feet
30m Dipole
40/80/160m Butternut HF2V with 160m kit, top loading and 70 short radials
Wellbrook Magnetic Loop

 
 

Namibia DXpedition 2012:

I was in Namibia in March 2012 primarily to operate in the CQ WW SSB WPX contest with GI8MIV, GI4FUM, DM3BJ and V51B using the call V55B. I had opportunities to operate as V5/GI4DOH, mainly CW, and it was an interesting introduction to the other end of a pileup.

Special Calls:

• GI5I - Contest call
• GR4DOH - Celebrating Royal Wedding 29 April 2011 to 9 May 2011
• GQ4DOH - Celebrating Queen's Diamond Jubilee 5 May 2012 to 10 June 2012
• GO4DOH - Celebrating Olympic Games and Paralympic Games 21 July 2012 to 9 September 2012

Other Calls:

• G4DOH - While resident in England between 1983 to 2004 (and recent visits)
• EI7DS - Call for Ireland up to 1981
• EI7KF - Current call for Ireland
• LX/GI4DOH - Luxembourg (QRP) July 2013
• HB9/GI4DOH - Meiringen Switzerland (QRP) July 2013
• DL/GI4DOH - Cologne Germany (QRP) July 2013
• GW4DOH/P - Cardiff Wales (QRP) July 2013
• GD4DOH/P - Douglas Isle of Man EU-116 (QRP) August 2013
• SP/GI4DOH - Krakow Poland (QRP) October 2013

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