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#cqww cw 2016 contest
Event: CQWW CW contest 2016Section: Single Operator Assisted Low 160MLogger: N1MM+ Station: Icom IC-706MK2G at 100WAntenna: multiband vertical @9m aglAfter a few hours of contesting Saturday evening,...
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A room with a view
A day off the job. Not much time for radio although I was active with WSPR on 20m as there were new ones to get, but unfortunately those did not decode me. We are busy to get the new "living" room...
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One year on 60m
Remember exactly one year ago I was one of the first stations from the Netherlands legally on 60m. Those first days were great and every station was DX. I've been more active on 60m lately if time...
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Revealing 10m HB9CV details
Remember my successful efforts to built the HB9CV without a matching capacitor? Well, many nice contacts were made with the HB9CV on 10m. But it always has to go in summer in exchange for the 6m...
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#cqww cw 2016 raw scores
The CQWW CW 2016 raw scores are available now. So far I think I will have that new Dutch record on 160m. I was the only participant in that section. A good choice!I didn't even end at the last place...
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#28MHz Warming up for the 10m ARRL contest
10 meters or 28 MHz can be a great DX band. If propagation is right you can work the world with low power and a small antenna. Remember my sudden great DX with QRP to Malaysia in 2014? Or my mobile...
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#28MHz high hopes monitoring
This blogpost is about monitoring 28MHz just before the ARRL 10m contest this weekend. It will be updated regulary till the weekend. It is not only my own monitoring but I keep track of others on 28MHz...
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#28Mhz The incredible 10m band
Some people believe that due to extra radio activity for example during a contest the radiowave reflecting layer around the world is more ionized. You can compare it with what the HAARP does in Alaska...
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#28MHz ARRL 10m @PE4BAS and neighbourstations
Well, this is my contest review for 2016. The 10m ARRL contest is not over yet but after sunset the band is completely dead. So it ends for now.There were hours I only heard noise and then suddenly a...
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Johan Papa X-Ray SK, my memories (English / Nederlands)
Well, I doubt if I would write this here but since it is very personal I want to share some sad news I heard from PG0DX Henry. Johan Papa X-Ray is silent key and this is my story how we met through the...
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Lars PH0NO was mailing me a few days ago he would be QRV with his special call PA44FF today. I asked him to let me know as I really wanted to earn his beautiful QSL. We first tried 40m, I just finished...
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2016 highlights, 2017 goals
Slowly this year comes to an end. Traditionally the blog yearly last post is about the highlights of this year and goals for next one. 2016 has been a rough year as 2 of my radio friends died...
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The downfall of Ham Radio Deluxe
Lately some very unpleasant things happen regarding Ham Radio DeLuxe. First of all the issue most of you heard of a while...
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2016 statistics
Just for archive reasons like every year I post some graphs about my radio activity. Though due to a lack of time I was unable to post this in 2016. Unlike previous years I will rely on the statistics...
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Ham Radio Deluxe Blacklist Official Apology
As I am one of the bloggers that wrote about the Ham Radio DeLuxe issue I feel I have to give this link to my blog readers as well. I think the HRD developers do their best to earn the trust of users...
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A small 4A power supply
Look, matching display colors!Mean Well RS 50-12 12V 4A power supply €18,30 (Conrad electronics)ABS box 120x122x55mm €19,20Pelican Maxivolt €10Fuse holder with fuse €1,50Mains supply cord €0 (from old...
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Finally ZS on 60m
Finally managed to work South Africa on 60m this evening. I aimed my signal several times before but since 60m is allowed in many countries now the 5357 JT frequency is very busy. South Africa is not...
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2017 Agenda
This will be my (contest)agenda for 2017. I have to balance the hobby with my family and so it's better to make a schedule so my family knows when I definitely have to be in front of the radio. Not...
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FSQ (Fast Simple QSO) mode experiment
Remembering my V4 chat efforts back in 2010 experimental chat mode software I tested with Kees PE2KM? Well, ZL2AFP made another experimental chat mode software called FSQ or Fast Simple QSO in 2014....
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