Biography
I'd like to thank my good friend M0IQD for re-introducing me to radio again. Thanks buddy!
https://tinyurl.com/Tony-M0IQD-SK
QTH is in the sleepy seaside village of Boscastle, Cornwall — around 211 miles (340 km) west-southwest (WSW) of London. You can also find more about Boscastle on Wikipedia if you're interested.
M7SQI Shack Cam - https://tinyurl.com/Shack-Cam (A view from the shack)
OS Grid Reference: SX 09924 91224
WAB Square: SX09
Maidenhead Grid Square: IO70pq
DX Hunter: a ham radio mini-game - https://tinyurl.com/DX-Hunter - I built a small propagation-themed game for fellow radio nerds, DX Hunter — Click the panadapter, chase DX, dodge wrong-band bait, and survive the pile-ups.
Update: What started as a little browser game has now escaped into the wild as standalone Linux, Windows and Android versions. Source code is available under the GPL. Download DX Hunter https://macalchemist.net/dx_hunter/ . A Google Play release may follow.
QSO Map - https://tinyurl.com/Confirmed-QSOs
WSPR spot maps - https://tinyurl.com/WSPR-Spots
M7SQI Propagation Report - https://tinyurl.com/M7SQI-Propagation-Report
Live digital spots from my rig https://tinyurl.com/My-live-spots-map
(Almost) live Rx spectrum from the rig [Experimental] - https://tinyurl.com/Almost-Live-Rx-Spectrum
A selection of random QSLs - https://tinyurl.com/QSL-display-page
I like QSLs, and would greatly appreciate confirmation of QSO. Thanks!
Some analytics -
M7SQI QSO Analysis Report - https://tinyurl.com/QSO-Analysis
Experimental Propagation Dashboard - https://tinyurl.com/Propagation-Dashboard (Analysis of QSO reports & Solar data)
QSO (Digital) Take-Off Angle Explorer - https://tinyurl.com/TOA-Analysis
Take-Off Angle Terrain Analysis - https://tinyurl.com/Terrain-Analysis
Worked DXCCs:
Equipment
Kenwood TS-480HX / Icom IC-706MKIIG
Original Microphone.
40m End-fed long wire, with 49:1 UnUn.
MFJ-949E ATU.
MINI-1300 antenna analyser for SWR management (and WSPR [200mW])
Sharman SM-60SWIII PSU.
JTDX or WSJT-X for FT8 & FT4, running on Linux Mint
I also use a program called GridTracker, which I use for live traffic decodes and real-time spot reports - a bit like pskreporter website but with a nice GUI. Check it out.
2m:
Icom IC-706MKIIG
DX-50 antenna.
Baofeng UV-5RE+ (Cheap & cheerful with rubber ducky ant) - Handy paperweight... with LED torch!