Isle Of Man: 1966
Here is an extract from the June 1966 issue of Short Wave Magazine containing an article by J A Lush G3TGY on a recent G6UW trip to the Isle of Man. GD6UW, Isle of Man: Another Vacation Saga.
GH6UW - Les Minquiers
2007 is our 75th year on the air, and has been particularly busy, with IOTA trips to St Kilda, and most recently to Les Minquiers (The Minkies) in the Channel Islands, near Jersey.
Outer Hebrides Expedition: August 2006
The end of August saw the annual trip up to the Hebrides by CUWS. Tim, M0TDG; Tom, M0TJH; and Martin, G3ZAY, left on the Saturday afternoon to head up the A1 with the intention of activating the Monach Isles group (EU-111) as well as the main Outer Hebrides group...
The Outer Hebrides: 23-29 August 2005
Martin G3ZAY, Michael G7VJR, and Danny M0GMT visited the Outer Hebrides from August 23rd to 29th. The weather proved to be exceptionally windy and not only prevented a trip to St Kilda but resulted in an outbound rerouting via Skye instead of a direct ferry from Oban. Danny made some...
Iceland: 22 July-1 August 2005
Martin (G3ZAY), Dominic (M0BLF) and Tom (M0TJH) made a visit to the Icelandic mainland (EU-021) and were joined by Tim (M0TDG) for the IOTA contest on the Westman Islands (EU-071). Glorious weather on the mainland meant that there was mostly sightseeing taking place. It was also found that the...
Jersey: 31 March-4 April 2005
Tim (M0TDG) and Martin (G3ZAY) made a brief trip to Jersey for a long weekend during the Easter vacation. GJ6UW/P was active from the newly built youth hostel (highly recommended) in the town of Gorey on the east coast of the island. Once we had the station set up, we...
Monach Islands and the Outer Hebrides: 6-10 September 2004
CUWS (M0TDG, M0BLF, M0NKI, M3OXY, and G3ZAY) made a short DXpedition to the Outer Hebrides at the start of September and operated briefly from the Monach Islands (400 QSOs from two stations in about 6 hours of activity) and three summits (for the Summits on the Air Programme). An...
Jersey: 15-17 February 2002
The CUWS was active for two days from Jersey in the Channel Islands as GJ6UW/P. Jersey counts as EU-013 for the RSGB’s Islands on the Air award scheme. Dominic (M0BLF) and Martin (G3ZAY) were operating.
We were active from a location in the centre of the island, St. Lawrance Parish,...
Flannan Isles
A torrid tale of Martin Atherton, G3ZAY, and his motley crew taking to the high seas to reach the furthest outposts of the empire!
For several years Cambridge University Wireless Society members have been activating British island groups for the RSGB’s Islands on the Air (IOTA) Award. Previous conquests include...
Isle Of Man: 17-24 March 1969
Here is a PDF of an article published in the May 1969 issue of Short Wave Magazine. G3TPF, G3UEW, G3VNQ and G3WKB go to the Isle of Man. Yes, there are pictures!