wythall radio club

Wythall Radio Club were delighted to welcome back former member Jamie M0SDV to talk about his Solo DXpedition to Grenada: not only that but he’d only just returned the day before from a gruelling trip to Bangladesh operating in a multi -operator expedition as SD21WD

There are surely few  solo DXpedition operations given the logistical demands but Jamie was well up to the challenge and his meticulous planning and execution resulted in an outstanding result in the CQ WW DX CW at the end of November- one of the incentives for this project

 Once arrived on the Island via St Lucia, (an 11 hour flight ) getting the hire car, driving through narrow country lanes to his north of the island  location Jamie prepared the shack for operation.

Solo erection of the antennas  went well  next morning  (a 5.30 a,m. start) until the 18m Spiderbeam pole challenge when a gust of wind caused some problems but with the help of a lone gardener on site the situation was rescued!

The week before the contest was spent with sight seeing, eating the local  food and generally doing the tourist things but also making many QSO’s before the start of the contest at the end of the week

This was Jamie’s final Youth Overlay entry in the CQ WW entry and he claimed the North America Youth record and the Grenada single -op high power record.

In the contest-6,249 QSO’s and scored over 9 million points in the single op all-band entry category

This was a fascinating account, much enjoyed by all members, of a real adventure showing the resilience and resourcefulness of Jamie.

  Our appetites were further whetted by news of a possible M0SDV trip to Ascension Island later in the year.

COMING SOON ON THE WEBSITE

1.A TALE OF TWO KEYS BY CHRIS G0EYO

2.THE EASTER CONTEST RESULTS.