The home of Terence M8IPK
Welcome
Okay, so here we go again
Website number 3
I recently encountered a major attack, yeah not nice considering I do nothing to hurt anyone whatsoever. This website is designed not only for people to reach me but also to help those wishing to get into the world of Amateur Radio. When I was looking at getting into the hobby I looked anywhere online I could to find out as much information as I could. There are many helpful sites out there, all you need to do is find them and with this site hopefully I can steer you in the right direction. I will as you can see add information that I think can be of help to others and as things change these will be updated, can’t say fairer than that can I.
Built by M8IPK
So, Who Am I?
Okay possibly the most boring bit. I am Terry M8IPK (formerly 2E0IPK and M6IPK) I’m a Radio Amateur from Dagenham, which is 13 miles from the very centre of London. I was first licenced when I took my foundation licence in February 2017, I also passed my Intermediate Licence in November that very same year When I took both my Foundation and Intermediate licences we had to sit practical assessments, then with the onset of Covid all practicals were dropped and now they’re no longer required at all. One of my first contacts was made from Dover White Cliffs Kent using a Baofeng UV5R (el cheapo) Radio and spoke to someone in Holland 100+ miles away, mind you, Tropo was excellent that day
Unable to find the RSGB
EMF Calculator, well look
no further I have added it
here.
IPK London
IPK London.uk
Built by M8IPK
Live within 100km of Charing
Cross?
You are not allowed to transmit within 100km on 431-432MHz. As we are not primary users of the 70cm band we have to respect that we can be asked not to transmit anywhere within that band and this is one of those area’s, so please respect the rules. See map below
New Callsigns for Intermediates
Well it took a long while to get there but Ofcom have now introduced the new M8 and M9 callsigns, I first heard that they
were hoping to do this when I was on my way to Friedrichshafen in Germany. Yes that was back in June 2023 with the
Ofcom Consultation, so no longer will they be issuing 2E0 or 2E1 callsigns. I must be honest, I could never understand that
callsign at all, you have G and M and then 2? Hmm that’s weird.
Make no Bones about it, I’ve been an Intermediate licence holder since 2017 when I passed at ML&S in their upstairs
academy as it was then, so this is going to be hard to adapt to my new M8 callsign, I’ve already slipped up twice by
answering people with 2E0IPK (a now totally illegal callsign)
Essex Ham
I saw an episode of TX Factor that featured Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society and also Essex Ham.
I contacted Pete M0PSX via email and he said come along to our skills night (Sadly gone now) anyway we
went and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, anyway that being said, I took Pete up on his invitation to join the
Essex Ham Foundation Course, which I might add is excellent and very informative.
You sit through each module and at the end of each of those modules you get a short questionaire. I sat
through all of this on the run up to my proper Foundation Course and exam that Pete was also involved in, so
many thanks to Pete M0PSX.
Although it says ESSEX Ham it’s not primarily for Essex, anyone anywhere may join it.
The Home of Terence M8IPK
Welcome
Okay, so here we go again
Website number 3
I recently encountered a major attack, yeah not nice considering I do nothing to hurt anyone whatsoever. This website is designed not only for people to reach me but also to help those wishing to get into the world of Amateur Radio. When I was looking at getting into the hobby I looked anywhere online I could to find out as much information as I could. There are many helpful sites out there, all you need to do is find them and with this site hopefully I can steer you in the right direction. I will as you can see add information that I think can be of help to others and as things change these will be updated, can’t say fairer than that can I.
ipklondon.uk
So, Who Am I?
Okay possibly the most boring bit. I am Terry M8IPK (formerly 2E0IPK and M6IPK) I’m a Radio Amateur from Dagenham, which is 13 miles from the very centre of London. I was first licenced when I took my foundation licence in February 2017, I also passed my Intermediate Licence in November that very same year When I took both my Foundation and Intermediate licences we had to sit practical assessments, then with the onset of Covid all practicals were dropped and now they’re no longer required at all. One of my first contacts was made from Dover White Cliffs Kent using a Baofeng UV5R (el cheapo) Radio and spoke to someone in Holland 100+ miles away, mind you, Tropo was excellent that day
IPK London
Built by M8IPK
Unable to find the RSGB
EMF Calculator, well look
no further I have added it
here.
Live within 100km of Charing
Cross?
You are not allowed to transmit within 100km on 431-432MHz. As we are not primary users of the 70cm band we have to respect that we can be asked not to transmit anywhere within that band and this is one of those area’s, so please respect the rules. See map below
