Biography

The 2nd Of April 1982 was the start of the Falklands War.

VP8 callsign holders signed as /40 from the 2nd April to the 14th June 2022.

Dave, G1OCN/40, marked the event to recall how important Amateur Radio became from day 1 and the importance of the communications between the operators on the Falkland Islands and the U.K.

Bob, VP8LP was operating from Goose Green and Tony Pole-Evans, now SK, was on Saunders Island.

Les, GM3ITN was the mainstay in Scotland and for BBC correspondent and amateur radio operator, Laurie Margolis, G3UML, it was on amateur radio that Laurie discovered, reported and scooped the invasion.

Other operators to mention are Reg Silvey and John Wright.

Rather than go in to any details on this page, please use google and search for:

"The Falklands War and Amateur Radio"

The Falklands 40 image is copyright of the Falkland Islands Government and is used with their permission.

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If we have or do work, my QTH is very close to:

ECA/WCA Blacknor Fort G-00319

and our QSO can be logged as a valid QSO for ECA/WCA Awards.

My accurate QTH locator is: IO80SN60DK on the Isle of Portland, Dorset.

All portable and or mobile activity, WCA, WWFF and Lighthouses, etc, now appears on a dedicated page:

https://www.facebook.com/dave.goneocn

When the WX permits, I prefer to be /P working from GxFF, U.K. Castles and Lighthouses.

Portable equipment is an IC7300/FT-891, HEIL HC-4 headset microphone.

A choice of 2 aerials:

23ft of wire on a telescopic pole via the ICOM AH-4 tuner or the M1ECC Slidewinder portable

From the 1st January 2021 to the end of November 2021, I was working all modes on 15mtrs.

With thanks to all those I worked, the result, following 11 months of being on the radio when I could was:

3424 QSOs with 199 different DXCCs.

This year, from Jan 1st 2022 to the end of November 2022, I will be working all modes on 12mtrs.

Otherwise I am chasing WWFF, WCA, Lighthouses and other areas of interest on all bands and modes.

Rig: ICOM 7600 to a 7 band Hex Beam.

17th May 2021:

Manually uploaded logs for 15m activity, so far for 2021

& WWFF & WCA worked from IO80SN.

20th January 2021:

Manually uploaded logs for 15m activity so far for 2021

& all WWFF worked from IO80SN since 2016.

Live QSO log updates are here:

https://clublog.org/livestream/g1ocn

I do not collect QSL cards.

Please do not send your QSL card via e-mail, bureau or eQSL.

I do not subscribe to or use any QSL card services.

73, Dave.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

ICOM 7600 to a 7 band Hex Beam https://www.g3txq-hexbeam.com/

A long wire to a CG-3000 for 80m and top band, when the WX allows.