Monthly Archives: March 2008

Sea Si on YouTube

Posted on March 30, 2008 by steve

For those of you who had trouble accessing the rather good video of Sea Si’s Atlantic crossing, here it is again as three separate YouTube clips. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3fkuSWHl8c&feature=related[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdLmaTtr9dE&feature=related[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL8JdYjNhH8&feature=related[/youtube]

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Trip to Arizona

Posted on March 28, 2008 by steve

We’ve worked out a few more details for our trip to Arizona later this year where the principal aim is for the family to take our Wilderness First Responder medical training.  The overall trip will be just over two weeks … Continue reading →

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Further shortwave experiences

Posted on March 16, 2008 by steve

I have been playing around practically every day since my last blog.  I’ve been trying to see how far away I can establish a WinLink (email) contact.  My best so far is the Cayman Islands which is 1,300 nm away.  … Continue reading →

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KC2RIY is on now the air – official

Posted on March 12, 2008 by steve

If you’re reading this then I have successfully managed to send an email blog via shortwave. It is something of a triumph and a thrill to have got this far. Just a recap of what it took to get this … Continue reading →

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Pactor in the house

Posted on March 11, 2008 by steve

The Pactor modem arrived today.  Not had a great deal of time to play.   I have installed the drivers onto my laptop and installed and set up airmail.  Perhaps tomorrow I’ll have a go connecting it to the M802 and … Continue reading →

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