M0SBF Amateur Radio Contacts & QSL Cards

I have collected many hundreds of amateur radio QSL cards over the years for some memorable contacts using a variety of different transmission modes. I have even been heard by the NASA Space Shuttle in orbit around the Earth using FM on the UHF band 70cm!

The contact to Japan below was made via the Amateur Radio Satellite - Oscar 13. This satellite orbits the Earth in an irregular elliptical orbit and has onboard it a 'transponder' which receives signals on one amateur band and re-transmits them onto a different amateur band. To make the Japanese contact below I transmitted on 70cm (UHF) and received on 2m (VHF).

In November 1985 I was heard in orbit by the German Space Shuttle Challenger as it orbited the Earth. I was one of 766 amateur stations to be heard whilst the Challenger was in orbit. This QSL card will probably become a collectors item and I am very happy to have it in my collection.

Contact with ZL1WH was made in the Autumn of 2002 using my attic mounted Inverted V dipole on 15m. I was particularly pleased to work New Zealand and the signal report was good both ways. Whilst visiting New Zealand in January 2003, I paid a visit to Peter ZL1WH's house to see his antennas etc.

Contact with JA1KGP was made via Oscar 13 an Amateur Radio Satellite. I was using 50 watts on the uplink (70cm UHF) into a 48 element Jaybeam Multibeam with only azimuth control. During brief testing, I even managed to use this satellite with loft mounted antennas!

United States QSL Cards

Here are just a few of the many US QSL cards that I have received for both six metre and HF contacts. My thanks to these stations for sending the cards. I try to reciprocate wherever I can by returning my cards, but the QSL bureau can take a long time. If you want to QSL direct then drop me an e-mail.

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