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6m band conditions - Reminder DKC contest this weekend! - Another record!
Above the 6m band yesterday evening. Heard HI3T several times but was unable to make a QSO. A directional antenna would be great but haven't got it yet and still do with the W2000 vertical. Neighbour...
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Dutch Kingdom Contest 2017 review
Event: Dutch Kingdom Contest 2017Section: LOW power SSB (A1SSB)Logger: N1MM+ latest versionStation: Icom IC-706MK2G at 100WAntenna 1:Â Coppertape vertical (7,1m) Â @9m aglAntenna 2: Watson W2000 for 6m...
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Digital revolution or evolution (VE7SL)
Don't do this very often. But this post is very interesting and intriguing. I've been thinking about this to write here in my blog but Steve VE7SL wrote about it already.In case you missed...
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Some 6m experiments
Did some experiments last evening. On 6m that was, a band that is only really open during the so called ES season. And wow, it is open for shure. Last couple of years it was not that good I remember,...
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The 6m band holy grail
For us here in Europe the holy grail of the 6m band would be working Japan on 50MHz. There are several thoughts about how a distance like this can happen. But at least you need ES propagation or...
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The PL259 myth
You often read or hear that every PL259 connector on your coax adds 0,5dB loss. This might be the truth on UHF and higher. But on HF/UHF that's not the case.Recently I was thinking about the 50m...
View ArticleVersatile FSQ digimode
Last weekend there was the fieldday. Julian OH8STN noted on facebook he was going to be QRV portable digital as his personal fieldday. I wrote about Fast Simple QSO digimode before. I tested it with...
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40m FSQ this weekend
Screenshot from part of the experiment...I have decided to organize my own FSQ activation this weekend, but choose a different band to experiment within the Netherlands as well. Frequency of choice is...
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40m FSQ last weekend
Heard list last weekendAre you all very curious how my FSQ activation last weekend went? Well, I was not on the keyboard/radio much but at least my station was open for tests en experiments....
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NLCs, PMSE and SSSP
I am not writing something new and am not the first time to write about it. But at the 3rd of this month there was clearly a evidence that propagation between Europe and Japan, Korea and China is not...
View ArticleHow I work JT digimode
I almost forgot but I promised some people to show how I work with the JT digimode. The software I use and what pages on the internet are useful to see were your signal is heard.The video shows how I...
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FT8 digimode
No, it is not a new Yaesu radio but a new digimode from K1JT. I already read about it from beta testers lately on some facebook pages I follow. But today you can download it from the WSJT site. That...
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Get ready for...RaDAR 15 July 2017
The challenge is on for 24 hours from 00:00-23:59 UTC but you have to pick a 4 hour period during this time to make your contacts.Best description of the rules can be found in the SARL contest manual:...
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Looks like RaDAR but isn't
Desperately seeking for time today to get my portable gear and get out for 4 hours.....well I can only dream of a RaDAR participation. But to get the feeling I put everything in the bag. FT-817,...
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FT-817 brackets & more thoughts
With some inspiration I got from OH8STN Julian's videos. Julian has brackets on his FT-817 from a company named Chameleon antenna. They make very neat products for the FT-817 and many other accessoires...
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FT8 and T10 now accepted by eQSL
Happy to see that eQSL is now accepting the new digimodes C4FM, FT8 and T10. I uploaded my log with FT8 QSOs immidiatly. Nice to see that one of the first FT8 QSOs with A92AA from Bahrain has been...
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Magnetic loop experiment
First test with this portable magnetic loop on WSPR TX/RX. The loop setup inside the house as you can see. TX with 5W from the FT-817. Results were good after 2 transmit periods. But receive was...
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Faster QSO in JT mode
Back in 2009, when I made my first experimental JT65A QSO there was no WSJT-X and no JTDX. We used WSJT (for EME use) and later JT65-HF which was developed W4CQZ, W4CQZ also had a reverse beacon and...
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Worlds within worlds
Many of us not realizing that the amateur radio hobby and this blog (other radioamateur related blogs as well) are part of a world within a world. A kind of parallel world besides the "normal" days of...
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Summertime updating
I realize I haven't been updating my blog for a while. I've so many ideas and so many projects I want to share. I really should get it out of my mind spending time for this radiohobby in summer. Too...
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