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Dutch Kingdom Contest 2018 review
Event: Dutch Kingdom Contest 2018Section:Â Low power SSB (A1SSB)Logger: N1MM+ newest versionStation: Icom IC-706 MK2G 100WAntenna 1: Multiband Inverted-V 2x20m open line fed, apex 12m aglAntenna 2:...
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Superantenna MP-1 modifications and experiments
Some years ago Hans PE1BVQ bought a Superantenna MP-1 after seeing mine. Especially the compact size of the antenna when travelling was something to go for and of course how the antenna performed. At...
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Lucky me!
Still busy with the tower. Arranging the radioshack desk and all the wires and coax cables. I need another lay-out on my desk as I have to add the rotor controller. But first of all everything needs to...
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6m vertical on the tower
Placed the 6m/UHF/VHF Watson W2000 (Diamond V2000 clone) antenna in the mast this weekend. It is not on it's final place but so far on top at 16m height. Didn't have much time to play with it though so...
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On the shoreline...
John MW1CFN commented on my last post:6m is subject to ionisation that is shaped into something like the surface of the sea - lots of waves. These propagate from the surface and grow to huge sizes by...
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PE4BAS goes 2m!
Had some hobby time again last evening. The idea was to dismantle the copertape vertical or to install the 6m beam, or both. But on the longest and first day of summer.....it rains. So, radio left. But...
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How on earth could there be water in the tuner? It is sealed! It's my worst nightmare.....Strange enough I didn't have any issues till now. It was still working a few days ago. I just dismantled the...
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6m beam up and running
Took me a lot of work but finally dismantled the emergency mast, it did well in 10 years of emergency service. First it supported a alu CB GPA with 1:9 balun which was very soon replaced by a A-99 CB...
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6m RX 26-June
Best DX was EX8MLT. I have been active and worked a few new DXCC. The map above only shows what I received. Didn't work EX8MLT. Computer locked at 20 UTC. Still have some minor isseus with W10.
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Space clouds
Space clouds as seen at the northern sky at the northern coast Netherlands. Just above my antenna. Wish I had better photograph equipment as making photos in these conditions is difficult without the...
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6m RX Japan 29-6
Japan was visible early this morning. Best DX was JI1FLB. Best signal was JA9IPF (-8dB). Tried several times but was not able to make any QSO or even to be heard in Japan. Working remote at coffee...
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Z68M 6m fox
Unusual late 6m ES propagation. Very late in the evening here Z68M suddenly appeared on my screen. Not one signal but 4 or 5 different signals. Had to be the illustrious fox/hound mode. So I went into...
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S01WS 6m almost? or in the log?
Saw S01WS calling today. But conditions were fading up and down fast. Even a fast mode like FT8 was too slow for this QSO. First time his signal fades out. Second time EA2ARD made a QSO a few hertz...
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Finally DX, USA on 6
After almost 24/7 listening after I mounted my 5 element 6m beam in the tower I finally encountered some DX today. K5NA was no doubt the largest distance I received (-16dB) with 8207km (PSK reporter...
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The quest for smaller, lighter and economical portable digital
This is all KN4CRD needs to workportable digital (and a radio of course).For a while now I'm following posts on facebook, blogs and instagram from OH8STN, MW1CFN and KN4CRD. They all use a Raspberry Pi...
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Get ready for...RaDAR 14 July 2018
What is RaDAR? Well I direct you to my post from last year:https://pe4bas.blogspot.com/2017/07/get-ready-forradar-15-july-2017.htmlI didn't see much promotion for this event this year. Even not on...
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Radioactivities weekend.
1. RaDAR event....went wrong again. I'm definitely not ready for it yet.2. Hunting the WRTC 2018 special calls, ex-DDR callsigns.3. Participating in the IARU HF contest SSB 80m Low power.4. Working...
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Downloadable booklet: Playing the Game of RaDAR
Eddy ZS6BNE just wrote a inspiring booklet about the game of RaDAR you can download it here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTQZkIrwMz3I3jsxecC5NDLcuk0r4unG/viewRaDAR stands for Rapid Deployment...
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Some DX on 6m
I don't really want to transform this blog into a 6m DX blog. I realize it is not interesting for all my readers. However I finally have a great 6m DX antenna I can use and it gives me DX....at least...
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Tune your radio for 80m WSPR from HAARP
http://www.arrl.org/news/haarp-campaign-to-use-wspr-on-80-metersIt will be interesting to receive the signal from the HAARP site in Alaska if you can!
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