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The truth about antennas
"The more metal you put high in the air, the better your signal will be!"I obtained an old Solarcon I-Max 2000 which is not working anymore. I want to exchange the A-99 wrapped with Alu foil and...
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PE4BAS/P
Hama tripod, MP-1 antenna in tube, left case: P.Supply 13V, digimodem. Right case: FT-817, Bag: Acer laptop, coax cables.
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PE4BAS WSPR Beacons
Next week I will turn on the W5OLF WSPR VCXO-AXE kit on 30m again. It will do 99 transmissions with 98 minutes in between. I will also transmit/receive from another QTH with the FT-817 and...
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?/PE4BAS find me!
I had never thought that finding me was difficult. I've done transmisions on WSPR, JT9, JT65 an PSK31 on 30m. But haven't seen the right location on my comments? It can't be hard as I am appearing in...
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?/PE4BAS QSY 40m WSPR
It seems not to be easy to receive me in the Netherlands. Though my signal has been seen worldwide on 30m WSPR. I did receive some dutch stations on 30m but not too many. So, the second half of the...
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OZ/PE4BAS last day 20m
After some PSK/JT65 on 20m I decided to stay on WSPR this band today. I will pack the station in the evening and leave tomorrow morning.
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Denmark holiday
Actually I'm glad we are back home safe. As driving the German autobahn is almost suicide without any speedlimits. Imagine you're driving 120-130 km/h (80 mph) and it's like you're almost not moving at...
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A good laugh ;-)
After reading some article on the blog of N0UN I had a good laugh. We all take this hobby too seriously. We really need more thinking "out of the box". Of course it is good to have a goal inside the...
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Obscure digital modes
I had the opportunity to make 2 THROB QSOs today. Why? Just because stations were calling and had RSID signal on so I knew it was the THROB mode. Never ever heard any station before in THROB. Now after...
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Mills on the Air contacts & first 6m QSOs
Had some "Mills on the Air" contacts today after I heard a small item on the regional radio here. Unfortenately the bands were all almost closed. Nothing could be heard on 20m. On 40m a few stations...
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More mills
Well, not many more. It looks like propagation died, at least at my end. 40m was almost dead here and I only worked 2 more mills in this special event.GB0SNM Jim from Sturminster Newton watermill,...
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Dutch Kingdom Contest 2016 reminder
Just to remind you all. The Dutch Kingdom Contest (DKC) starts today at 15:00 UTC.Last year I became a winner in the A1SSB section. I wish I had some more time to participate again in this contest but...
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DKC & QSO today
DKC what can I say? Well, it seems propagation was not working for me this weekend. I hardly heard any station or only with low signals just above the noise. The only stations I heard that were strong...
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Veron A60 & Hunsotron
Lately we have been busy to move our clubsite to another CMS platform. The problem is that our old website was written in HTML and I was the only one that could maintain it. Since I haven't got all the...
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Predicting
Predicting radio propagation is like predicting the weather. That means nothing is for certain.Things can change within a hour or even in a few minutes. Radio propagation is depending on the sun, day...
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UK Air Cadets 5MHz Radio Exercise
Air Cadets on the Air - Exercise Blue Ham 2016 On 18 and 19 June 2016, the ACO (Air Cadet Organisation) will be organising and running a military style national radio exercise named ‘Exercise Blue...
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Royal Air Force Blue Ham unique experience today
A unique experience this weekend. Contacting militairy stations on 60m instead of other hamradio operators. Unfortenately I only had about a hour to try. And luckely worked 3 stations. It was nice to...
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6m in, 6m out
Very instable propagation today. I didn't hear any activity on SSB/CW. On 50.276 MHz JT I discovered more activity with signals going in and out. One moment you see several signals in the waterfall,...
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A promise
I made a promise to PD0FF Foppe I would come back to install a HF antenna for him so he could listen with his Kenwood TS450. As you probabely all know Foppe has a muscle disease called ALS....
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On The Air
"On The Air"Built in the belly of junk by the river, my cabin stands;Made from the trash I dug off the heap with my own bare hands.Every night I'm back at the shack, I'm sure no one is there,I'm...
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