{"id":11545,"date":"2024-10-28T05:48:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T00:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=11545"},"modified":"2024-10-28T05:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T00:18:16","slug":"my-first-station-from-england-in-log","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/my-first-station-from-england-in-log\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Station From England in Log !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Or5Ywt1wfEw?si=NvPr0N6-VYn2AG5I\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThough I have worked several stations from Europe during the past 10 months with my new FT-710 radio, I had to wait for the CQWW DX Contest 2024 to have the first station from England in my log. That happened today morning, when the contest was about to be over. I could hear M6T nicely on 14.2575 MHz and after a few calls I could have them in my log. Looking at their QRZ.COM page, they have a fantastic station, setup by\u00a0Bob Carpenter, G4BAH, who sadly passed away in August 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though I have worked several stations from Europe during the past 10 months with my new FT-710 radio, I had to wait for the CQWW DX Contest 2024 to have the first station from England in my log. That happened today morning, when the contest was about to be over. 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