Hi gang----message 2 from Tony huz and co de g4faa ( sat eve) HNY alll! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <tony.cadney@...> Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 at 18:43 Subject: A day at sea To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Hello fellow radio ops, Tomorrow we have a sea day as we will be on way to Arrecife Lanzarote and we hope to be on the radio most of the day weather permitting. Unfortunately although we have already had a number of QSOs on differing bands we have not been able to formulate enough data on the propagation to make fixed schedules. This partly because most of our operating time has been whilst in port with ship moored in very close to very high ground and mountainous areas which screened clear paths to the horizon. Making operating difficult, as Colin G0UJK will testify to. We intend to start on 18Mhz then move up to 21Mhz and on to 24Mhz. Best to check the Reverse Beacon Network to find what band we are working. If conditions allow we will QSY to SSB frequencies 18.130 , 21.285, & 24.950.........All these will be +/- 5khz..........Sorry we can't be more accurate. We will now be working our way back to the UK slowly via Lanzarote, Madeira then Lisbon then crossing the Atlantic to the Caribbean and Central America......So plenty of rare squares to work over several weeks. Hope catch you on the wireless! 73 es HNY de Tony and Suzanne

Begin forwarded message: hi cliftons- message 1 from the voyagers- more anon. nothing heard on 22nd on 40 or the rbn but will listen agn when they get to the CanRies( boxing day?) 73 de lawrie G4faa( 2300 on 25th - hic! From: lawrence atkinson <lawrie4019@...> Date: 25 December 2024 at 14:45:47 GMT Subject: Fwd: Merry Christmas Gang!  Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 25 December 2024 at 09:44:11 GMT To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Merry Christmas Gang!  Hello dear friends, Christmas greetings, we will be operating today. Presently we are off the coast of Morocco heading south (221 degs) at 16knts on way to Gran Canaria. As we have only just set up, delay caused by unfriendly WX. So we can't give you any sked times yet but we are likely to found on any band between 20m and 10m more likely on 17, 15, or 12m. Check the reverse beacon net work for activity on a particular band then check our preferred ssb frequencies 14.285 18.130, 21.285, 24.950 or 28.365. Catch you on the wireless! 73 de Tony es Suzanne

Hi gang - huz and co away on the briny again! more anon via the reflector-- plan to be qrv on sunday 22nd at 1400 hrs ssb on or near 7135 to 7170 for my delayed xmas qso. --and compliments of the season to all Clifton's! de lawrie g4faa ( on 20th) Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 20 December 2024 at 15:07:38 GMT To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: All at sea again  Whatho, friends and fellow radio ops, The memsahib and I find ourselves at sea again on route to the Canaries. We are presently about 200miles south west of the Lizard (49.1N 5.1W) on a bearing of 231degrees at 13.8knts. in 4,5mtr swell and with a force 6/7 SWly with frequent rain The good news is that this morning the Captain gave us permission to operate.........However the present WX prevents us from deploying our antenna and feeder. Hopefully calmer conditions tomorrow will allow us to go out aerial rigging............We will up date you on possible frequencies and times when known. Hopefully catch you on the wireless soon, 73 de Tony es Suzanne

Whatho fellow Cliftonaires, Just to continue the tropic of a ‘seasonal net’ raised by Lawrie G4FAA and circulate it via both the ‘G3GHN reflector’ and the Clifton Country Club e-mail list. So apologies to those who will receive a duplicate of this mail. It seems that the idea of an impromptu net this coming Thursday 12th Dec. at around 12noon on 7.170 Mhz +/- has met with the approval of some already……….Good News! The more the merrier, therefore if you can spare the time and drag yourselves away from wrapping gifts or working out which bulb has failed on the several sets of Christmas tree lights and to quote Martin G0DCG, the great bard of the Clifton “Just stay RELAXED” and join us on 40m this Thursday. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Lawrie for initiating the idea and for selecting the frequency. Lawrie having had speak with the ‘radio god’s who have promised us a clear frequency. Hoorah! Oh yes, you may also be interested a 30mins programme on BBC Radio 4 this evening (8/12) at 19.15 about the high speed Morse competition held in Tunisia. It should be a good listen…Featuring operators from all parts of the globe.…..It is extremely good to hear that our hobby and in particular the skill Morse code is being featured. If you miss this opportunity to listen it will be broadcast again on Thursday 12th Dec at 09.30 & 20.05 Hrs on the BBC World Service either on line or for the SWL’s on 6.195 Mhz. For those who are unable not to make the 40m net…….My I take this opportunity to wish a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and peaceful 2025 Catch you on the wireless! 73 de Tony es Suzanne

Hi everyone Is there any appetite for a Xmas net this year? I’m traveling from on the 24th, but have full remote access. That’s providing the antennas stay up over this weekend! Cheers Steve M0BPQ

Hi everyone I entered the RSGB 2m contest in November as Clifton ARS. I’m not in any other club these days. The good news is that “we” won the open section even though I only operated on the Sunday. There was a spectacular tropo opening and I worked loads over 1000Km. Best Dx was a HA. i don’t recall this contest being a Clifton event in the 90s! Cheers Steve. M0BPQ

Hi Cliftons-last missive this voyage from Tony HUZ! Suspect they will sail again nearer xmas? I worked them briefly on 12m ( 4/2 usb) but difficult due to QRN-- -and for interest I plan a short Clifton christmas HF net on sunday 22nd at 1400 hrs utc- suggest 7. 177 or 3.620 mhz +\ - ? -- de lawrie g4faa( oct 2nd) ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <tony.cadney@...> Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 at 13:08 Subject: Last day of /MM ops To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Dear friends, Today will be the last day of ops on the ship. We are now off the coast of Portugal. I will be on 21.225 from about 1300 GMT...........Hope work you there. 73 de Tony es Suzanne

update on 27 septfrom Tony huz enroute from Grece to Malta- de g4faa(friday) Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 27 September 2024 at 09:37:02 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: At sea today  Hello fellow radio ops, At sea on the way to Malta on and bearing of 270 degrees at 16knts. Very good QSOs yesterday on 24Mhz both on 24.965 & 24.906 after 1400GMT Also try 18.058 or 18.130 ( although I have hvy QRM on 18Mhz) the better bet may be 21.225 or 21.058 from 1300hrs. Do check the RBN for indication of my band use. Had a pile up on 12m yesterday at 1500hrs..........Mainly Northern Europeans but suffered heavy and deep QSB 73 de Tony es Suzanne

Begin forwarded message: thurs 26th-Herewith the latest update from HUZand co-- oon 25th i heard him v. weak on 15m cw and later on 12 m ssb but could not raise them ( noise nd qrm!) - will try again today(26th)-- de Lawrie FA ( ujk and ull were 59 + here on 25th so g5rv now working again after repair?) From: tony.cadney@... Date: 26 September 2024 at 07:34:55 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: 12mtrs sked?  Hello fellow radio ops, Presently at anchor in Nafplion..............24mhz in good shape from this part of the world after 1300 hrs Will be on the wireless this after our cycling expedition this morning try 24.965 and look for activity on the RBN. (24.906). We have a full sea day tomorrow so it should be a full radio day! 73 de tony es suzanne

Begin forwarded message: message 5 de huz/mm( clockwise round east Med avoiding war zones! 73 all- de g4faa(@10am 22nd) From: tony.cadney@... Date: 22 September 2024 at 07:44:49 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Off the coast of Egypt  Hello friend & fellow radio ops, We are currently 150miles off the Egyptian coast heading for Alexandria on a bearing of 213 degrees at 12knts. Estimated time of arrival is 5.30pm. We are currently 3 hours ahead on GMT. Being a ‘sea-day’ most of the time will be spent on the radio. Again I will be operating on 24.960 +/-, 24.906+/-, 21.225 +/-, 21.058 +/- 18.130 +/- 18.085 +/- Do check the reverse beacon network to see what band I am operating on and the last time heard………..I will endeavour to start in CW to trigger the RBN for a particular band. Yesterday we were in moored off Paphos Cyprus and the most productive band was 15m after 1400 GMT with QSOs into JA & VK. Before which I was on 12m and had a very shaky CW QSO with Colin G0UJK who was victim of extremely heavy QSB. Today being Sunday I may avoid the main bands due to heavy contest traffic, and work the WRAC bands. Tomorrow (23/9) there will be no ops as we are in port at Alexandria all day, and due to personal safety reasons we will not be cycling, so we taking an all day tour instead. The next sea day and radio ops will be on Tuesday 24th Sept as we make our way towards Greece. Hope to catch you on the wireless soon. 73 es gud DX de Tony es Suzanne PS Mni tnx to Lawrie G4FAA for the QSP to the G3GHN reflector.

message 3 from Tony back at sea en route from Scicly to Crete ( note time difference! I monitored 15 and 12m on monday 16th for them but no joy on cw or usb- no matter will try again this UK pm! 73 de lawrie faa ( 10am on 17th) Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 17 September 2024 at 07:54:29 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: A day at sea  Good morning fellow radio ops, Greetings from the Ionian Sea, we are on way to Crete on a bearing of 102 degree at 17knts. As we have a sea day we will on the wireless most the morning and for a part of the afternoon. From about 07.30 to 14.30 GMT as we are now GMT +3. Our preferred frequencies are as before 14.058 & 14.285….18.085 & 18.130……… 21.058 & 21.285 or 21225 to avoid OHR………24.906 & 24.960………..28.058 & 28365. We are more than likely to be on 17m, 15m or 12m. A thank you to Steve M0BPQ for the info on the over horizon radar (Russian?) we experienced on 21Mhz. Hope to catch some of you on the wireless! 73 de Tony es Suzanne. PS do keep a watch on the RBN for us to see what bands we are working.

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <tony.cadney@...> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 at 09:09 Subject: Over the horizon Radar To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Greetings fellow radio ops, We are now off the coast of North Africa approx. 150miles west of Algiers on a heading of 82 degrees making 16.5knts towards Syracuse Sicily We have made some good contacts both in CW & SSB. Including working Colin G0UJK and Peter G7ULL together with a number of G-stns and North Europeans on both 12m & 15m The best DX so far was on 15m working CW into JA, if this was our first QSO. Again we are having problems with the 17m coil for the antenna........Suzanne and I have dismantled it and are hopeful that we can rectify the fault...... We have found severe QRM on 15m between 21.260 and 21.295 as a continuous wide band noise.........A number of DL stns told me that this was "Over the horizon radar" Unfortunately, this makes operating on those frequencies impossible.......Therefore we have changed to our preferred operating frequency of 21.285 to 21. 225 +/- 5Khz We now have two sea days before Sicily we should be on 12m around 24.906 or 24.960 +/- 5kHz or on 15m 21.225 or 21.058 +/- However being a weekend contests may mean we are more likely to be found on the non-contesting bands........ Do check the Reverse Beacon Net to see if we are operating on a particular band, OK I know its CW but we will QSY to our SSB options on a regular basis. Since the CME from the Sun on Wednesday evening the bands have been very turbulent. such that yesterday every QSO was very difficult totally unlike to previous two days. A note for Peter G7ULL............You are now on all our mailing lists Peter, and we hope to work you again soon. On sea days we will endeavour to be on the air from about 0900hrs GMT but sometimes earlier. DO keep a watch on the Reverse Beacon Net especially as conditions are rather ‘unsettled’ Catch you on the wireless! 73 de Tony es Suzanne

herewith message no 1 de Lawrie G4FAA ( sept 11th) ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <tony.cadney@...> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 at 21:07 Subject: At sea again! To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Hello fellow radio ops. Just an email to let you know that we are on another nautical adventure, this time to warmer climes, namely the eastern Mediterranean. We left Dover on 9th September and have gained permission to operate from 'the master of the vessel' and deployed the antenna. Today we made our first contacts on 15m and later on 12m. We are presently off Portugal and have a sea day tomorrow arriving in Gibraltar on 13th September. We then leave for Syracuse arriving 16th Sept. Following our experience on the last voyage of losing our access to BT Mail and being unable to circulate information we now have an account with G-mail as a 'back-up' In the meantime you are likely to find us on 15m in the mornings and on 12m in the late afternoons on or near our preferred frequencies of 21.058 or 21.285 and 24.906 and 24.960. all are +/- up to 5Khz. It is worth checking the Reverse Beacon Network to see what band we are active on even if you are a SSB only op. We will endeavour to call CQ on the SSB frequencies after calling on the CW frequencies. We hope to give a more definitive schedule once we find what conditions prevail Hope catch you on the wireless soon, 73 fer nw de Tony es Suzanne

Hi all- final missive from the sailors -- explains the lack of comms during their voyage! Seems only Colin ujk and Steve bpq managed a brief qso each ( i tuned around on 17 m at random but no joy and the rbn was no help this time.) Hopefully their next nautical meandering will not be in a war zone Suggest perhaps hebrides or orkneys next year Tony! 73 all de lawrie g4faa ( 3rd August) Ps christmas clifton net? Suggest sunday 22 nd dec - 2pm on 40 or 80m ( 7.175 or 3.775mhz) +/- .... Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 3 August 2024 at 21:30:54 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Back on dry land!  Greetings fellow radio ops, As we have now returned from our nautical meanderings to Iceland & Greenland, this e-mail is by the way of an apology for lack e-mails and updates during those /MM ops. Following our initial ‘group mail’ on gaining the captain’s permission and a subsequent mail on 16th July we lost access to our ‘BT mail’ account which held the ‘MM’ group addresses. The reason for the breakdown is still unknown, but we did share this experience with a number fellow passengers who also could not access their BT accounts. On one occasion on 17th July we used Suzanne’s G-mail account inputting all the addresses we could recall manually, again apologies to those who were omitted. We have now decided to set up a dedicated G-mail account for our /MM group to run as an alternative to BT mail on future trips. The combination of atrocious weather and dire propagation made every QSO a real struggle, consequently we made just over 100 QSOs 98% were in CW Even so, the majority of the QSOs suffered from very deep and destructive QSB such that even a 599 contact would degrade to barely readable in a matter of seconds. We found we had a problem with the auto ATU on the KX3 with the radio showing it as “not installed”. Fortunately as we resonate the G-whip antenna to specific bands or specific parts of a band (normally CW allocation) we rarely need to use the ATU. The only exception is when we tune ‘outside’ the resonant envelope for example moving up to the SSB frequencies on 10m and 15m etc. However, since returning home the KX3’s auto ATU has worked faultlessly. I strongly suspect the extremely penetrating damp conditions experienced when operating on the open deck caused the non-compliance and malfunction. One thing the KX3 lacks is a waterproof case. The pervasive wet conditions also took their toll on the 17m loading coil for the antenna which went chronically ‘off song’. This produced the most amazing graphics on the display of the AA600 antenna analyser. Again, since drying out all is back to normal. Some remedial work to further waterproof the loading coils is scheduled before our next nautical jaunt. Saying that, our next nautical adventure is a few weeks hence, when we intend to be in the Eastern Mediterranean. However, we are keeping a close watch on the geo-political situation in the middle-east as this may cause the geographical area of the voyage to be radically altered. Whatever happens we will keep you appraised as to progress. 73 fer nw de Tony es Suzanne

Hello Steve, We are having difficulties here with email as our laptop will not communicate with BTmail. All our group addresses are held on the BT system, that includes the addresses of " Clifton maritime mobile" which means now we cannot circulate the group. The last mail sent on Suzanne's tablet using her Gmail a/c when we had type in all the addresses individually this took ages. I am sending this to you so that you maybe able to circulate those members who are on the G3GHN reflector. Since our QSO on 20m we have been surrounded by icebergs in fact as type this several hundred bergs are visible most large enough to do serious damage to the ship. Hence we are weaving through this 'ice field'. Two of our ports of call have been cancelled . Colin (G0UĴK) emailed me to say although he saw me on me on the RBN he could not hear me. Poor conditions and being located in deep mountainous fjords are probably the reason. Saying that, we have had the occasional good contact, namely into Japan and UK and the USA. We intend to be on the air most days, mainly in CW on 15, 20 and 30m, wx permitting. Thanks for circulating this via G3GHN. 73 de Tony es Suzanne.

Message 3 from off Greenland SW . Plans have changed due to ice! more when their liner is at the new destination-see below. de lawrie faa( wed eve) Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 17 July 2024 at 22:49:20 BST To: suzanne.cadney@... Subject: Fwd: Poor WX and poor radio conditions  Sent via BT Email App From: Suzanne Cadney <travelbears42@...> Sent: 17 July 2024 22:18:45 BST To: Tony Cadney G0HUZ <tony.cadney@...> Subject: Poor WX and poor radio conditions Greetings fellow radio ops, We are now approx. 100miles off Narsaq on the south coast of Greenland ( locator GO88UK) on a heading of 290 the air temperature is 2c not counting the chill factor. Suzanne and I have just retreated from the icy blast on the rear of deck 11 after working Steve M0BPQ on 20m the bands appear to be very poor shape. My signal report to Steve was 559 with QSB although he was having great difficulty with my signals resulting in a 319 report. The condition outside are so unpleasant we ceased ops for the day. Although we did have time to resonate the G-whip vertical on 18mhz using the 15mtr loading coil together with a very long tuning element. This means the G-whip is just over 3.5mtrs tall and moves well in the windy condition. The ship is now staying off the coast due ice and the risk of icebergs. We saw some medium to small “growlers” this morning float past the ship. Icing has now caused us to change our next port of call from Qaqortoq to Paamiut. Rest assured we will make every effort to operate, but the WX will have to improve somewhat. We will keep you appraised as to ops. but also keep watching brief on the ‘Reverse Beacon Network’ to see when we are working. 73 fer nw de Tony es Suzanne

message no 2 from tony huz and suzzane- wx clearly a problem this voyage! more anon lawrie g4faa ( tue eve) Begin forwarded message: From: Tony Cadney <tony.cadney@...> Date: 16 July 2024 at 22:44:06 BST To: Lawrence Atkinson G4FAA <lawrie4019@...> Subject: Now off Greenland  Hello fellow radio ops, We are now at sea about 150NM off the east coast of Greenland on a heading of 230degrees. At leaving Isafjordur (TF) yesterday at 1900hrs GMT. Unfortunately, although the WX in Isafjordur was sunny and warm (14c) the radio conditions were extremely difficult due to the proximity of mountains surrounding the port. So no radio contacts and very few stations heard. However, the WX conditions allowed us to get the bikes out go for a 25mile ride along the coast, superb scenery, amazing vistas of snow covered peaks. Today and tomorrow we are at sea on the way to our next port of Qaqortoq (OX). The weather today is particularly unpleasant driving rain, thick mist and the temperature hovering round 8c. Not ideal for operating on the open deck. After saying we would be on 18Mhz we consequently found that the loading coil for 18Mhz has gone off song, we think it is due the ingress of water. In the short term this will stop our access to 18Mhz. Annoyingly we use both the 14Mhz and the 18Mhz coils in series to resonate our antenna on 10Mhz………So we are experimenting with some different combinations of coils and lengths of elements trying a resonate the G-whip on 10Mhz. All this requires spending time out in the open on deck 12 and at present the current WX precludes this. As a result, we now only have access to 10,12,15 and 20m. This morning we only managed a couple of contacts on 20m one in CW to DL and second in SSB to G-land. Before the WX drove to shelter inside. We will keep you appraised as to progress but the bands appear to very unstable with extremes of QSB……….Therefore no fixed skeds yet. WX update: We are now in very thick fog and outside temperature has dropped to 6c 73 es gud dx from the North Atlantic de Tony es Suzanne

Further traffic from the voyagers -- No1. message from G0huz ( and g0luz) pse also see RBN ( and Gb2Hq from Steve M0BPQ) and have a good Bastille day! 73 de g4faa ( 8.30 am sunday 14th july) Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 13 July 2024 at 23:45:52 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: Now on the air!  Hello fellow radio ops, After experiencing a few minor problems and being delayed by inclement WX we are now on the air. As we operate on the open deck the weather conditions mean we spend short periods operating and retreat inside to maintain body heat (copious amounts of hot chocolate). As yet we have establish the nature of the propagation and the best bands to work. Saying this I did work Colin G0UJK this afternoon on 18.071 Mhz, albeit the QSB was very heavy. We have also had some reasonable contacts on 10Mhz On Sunday 14th we are in port at Reykjavik We hope to be on the air during late afternoon possibly on 18.085 +/- or later on 10.116 +/- Do check the Reverse Beacon Network to see where we may have QSY'd. This also applies to Monday 15th when we are in port at Isafjordur. 73 fer nw de Tony es Suzanne

Hi all, The intrepid matelos are off again - see attached. This time following the Viking trail from Scotland to Iceland and who knows Greenland and beyond ( Martha's vineyard?). more anon as epistles arrive--- 73 de lawrie g4faa Begin forwarded message: From: tony.cadney@... Date: 11 July 2024 at 22:07:41 BST To: Suzanne Cadney G0LUZ <suzanne.cadney@...> Subject: At sea again!  Whatho Gang! The meme-sahib and I find ourselves at sea again. Currently we are approx. 45miles off Aberdeen on a heading of 340degs with next port of call being Reykjavik on Sunday. Yesterday we gained permission to operate from the Captain. This morning we deployed the antenna and feeder, however as we operate on the open deck inclement WX(heavy rain and gale force winds) curtailed any operating. The weather tomorrow promises to be more settled and we hope get on the air. albeit the air temperature is likely to be about 8C. Rest assured we will keep you appraised of any operating schedule. Please note this mail circulated as BCC to maintain the privacy of individuals within the group 73 de Tony & Suzanne

Hi everyone, Are G3GHN and G8GHN still valid calls? Is there any objection to me using them in a contest this weekend? There will just be a handful of contacts. There is an incentive to work the RSGB GR2HQ contest station on as many bands as possible so I would like to wheel out as many calls as I legitimately have access to. Cheers Steve