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RX VK 160m JT65A
Amazing, I received VK5PO a couple of times on 160m. Strongest signal was -18dB. Several stations were replying but he didn't make a QSO. My own signal was spotted across Europe and part of Russia....
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Alpha Charlie (Air Cadets)
In between busy familie chores I found some time to be in front of the radio and work some of the air cadets in their blue ham radio excersise. I think many stations did not know what it was all about...
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#cqww WPX SSB 2017 what's interesting?
Well, in the weekend that our time changes from winter to summertime (or vice versa) it's contesttime. So is this weekend. I've been looking at the announced operations for this contest. So far the...
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Alpha Charlie (Air Cadets) again
Last chance for dutch stations to work these rare blue ham exercise air cadet station. Is it legal? That's a question that has been asked due to the posts and my activity on 60m. Yes, in the...
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#cqww WPX 2017 contest review
Event: CQWW WPX SSB 2017Section: LOW power SSBLogger: N1MM+ latest versionStation: Icom IC-706MK2G at 100WAntenna 1: 84m horizontal loop @7m aglAntenna 2: Coppertape vertical (7,1m) @9m aglAntenna 3:...
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RaDAR challenge April 1st Saturday
Not a contest but a challenge. If I would have time this Saturday I certainly would give it a try. The challenge sounds most interesting:The RaDAR “Challenge” is a unique event aimed at promoting the...
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60m allocation change in the Netherlands today
Sorry to announce this, it certainly is not a april fools joke....Above the official statement from the dutch goverment. From the 1st of April 2017 on we are allowed on 5351,5 - 5.366,5 MHz with 15W...
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We radioamateurs investigate the radio spectrum, we experiment we listen to others trying to get a signal out. But if you live in a dense populated area like most of people do in the Netherlands it can...
View ArticleInto the future...I was right!
In the past years I wrote some articles about the future of radio. 4 years ago I did a prediction. I found out today that with availability of the Icom IC-7300 this prediction was right! The new Icom...
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HAM radio consuming (or downgrade your hamradio station)
Lately I saw a documentary about a american woman that lives in northern Thailand. She told the interviewer that she wanted to live outside the consuming world were everyone wants things better and...
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Preliminary portable digi tests
Unfortenately I'm not a fulltime experimental radio researcher. Wish I was and could do that for a job. Just experimenting with antenna's, setup, power, supplies etc. ect. Unfortenately the real world...
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QSL
A QSL is the final courtesy of a QSO. I know as that is one of my own rules. So I have to apologize. It took almost a half year since I updated clublog and LoTW. I did update eQSL but didn't look...
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More portable tests
Had one evening to do final tests. I think all the radio gear is still too heavy. I use 8 Mtr Aircell7 coax and a small piece of 3 Mtr RG58 with a home made window "throughput". The Aircell is heavier...
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??/PE4BAS/P from ? (give-away contest)
At the time I write this I'm somewhere on the bands. I'm portable but will not tell my location or exact call. I don't tell which band or mode I will transmit. Like last year I would like to know if...
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OZ/PE4BAS update
My separate shack on the left!!!A small update from mu vacation qth in Denmark. I'm surprised there is still no definitive winner in de give away contest. PE1BVQ is close but does miss the QTH name....
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We have a winner...
We finally have a winner. It is PE1BVQ Hans who came with the final location. Was it hard to find me? It seems so because there were no other right answers. Actually not many seem to have a interest in...
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While we were away...
While we were in Denmark last week this huge windmill was build en visible from our Garden. So we went out to take a look nearby. This windmill is 200m high and supposed to be the largest one in our...
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Some solutions...
Sorry for not updating the blog for a few weeks. Other things besides the hobby occupied my time. Not that I was completely absent from the hobby. I removed the 10m HB9CV again and it was replaced with...
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Prize giving and Jutberg 2017 radio rally
I had the opportunity to do the prize giving myself as Hans PE1BVQ did invite me to travel with him to the Jutberg radio rally. Hans did win the book "The complete DXer" when he finally found my...
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GPS timing for JT modes
After my last post about the Denmark holiday experimental radio activity I got a lot of e-mail if the GPS timing I wanted to make is already working. Strange not many amateurs use GPS timing instead of...
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