Miquelon Island (FP): 2011
In September 2011, 6 CUWS members (G3ZAY, G4EAG, M0BLF, M0VFC, M0TOC and M1BXF) went to Miquelon Island. Miquelon is the largest island in St Pierre et Miquelon, which is a French-owned territory just off the coast of Newfoundland.
We stayed in the Motel de Miquelon, a very ham-friendly establishment right...
Switzerland: 1972
Here is an extract from a 1972 issue of Short Wave Magazine containing an article by R Wainwright G3YMH on the Easter 1963 G6UW trip to Switzerland. CUWS Expedition to Switzerland.
Isle of Man: 1963
Here is an extract from a 1963 issue of Short Wave Magazine containing an article by M C W Sandford G3PIT on the March 1963 G6UW trip to the Isle of Man. On the Isle of Man again: Story of GB3CUW / GD6UW, March, 1963.
Isle of Man: 1967
Here is an extract from a 1967 issue of Short Wave Magazine containing an article by J A Lush G3TGY on a recent G6UW trip to the Isle of Man. GD6UW on the Isle of Man: Another Successful DX-pedition.
ZD8UW
Six CUWS members (Martin G3ZAY, Michael G7VJR, Tom M0TJH, Gordon G3USR, Simon G4EAG and Hugo M0HSW) were on the air as ZD8UW from Ascension Island (AF-003) between 1 January and 9 January 2009. We were active on all HF bands, both SSB and CW.
We were...
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...
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