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#cqww #wpx SSB contest 2019 review
Event: CQWW WPX SSB 2019Section: Single Operator Low Power All Band SSBLogger: N1MM+ newest versionStation: Icom IC-706 MK2G 100WAntenna 1: Multiband Inverted-V 2x20m ladderline fed, apex @12m...
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CQWW competition
Unexpected we got a 2nd place in the CQWW SSB 2018 with our contest station PA6AA. We were 24th of the europe and 47th of the world. The last year contest story can be read here. Considering our...
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15 things on FT8
I read this most interesting article from VK3BVW Rob lately. He did some observations on FT8 last year and it gives a insight on some techniques that are available with FT8 QSO mode. Some of them are...
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The quest for a homemade multiband beam
The butternut HF5B I use now.I've been looking for a multiband directional antenna since my antenna tower is finally standing. I've seen several commercial options, some of them are expensive, some...
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PA0DR - follow up surprises
Following part 1 at my blog this is not yet the part 2 I wanted to write about. It is just something in between I wanted to share. With the help of others and specially my neighbourstation PA3BCB...
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So how is #60m these days?
Since it is close to the ES season I'm planning to remove the HF5B and replace it for the 5 element 6m beam again. The days are getting longer and we look towards the summer. Actually I didn't expect...
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ES season ready!
It seems for now this was the last day with good weather this week. So I decided to get a day off the job to get ES season ready. It was a so called antennaday.The HF5B beam was removed. I don't think...
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It is a while ago I found a interesting video relating radio, last time was in 2016 when I posted a video/music from Peter Gabriel. I was attended to this video from the German musicgroup Rammstein by...
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#60m Propagation Survey - Sunday May 5th
Source: hamradioschool.comA interesting e-mail was send to me by SV1GRN Panos about a propagation survey. Although I don't know exactly what they will do with the information they get from it. They...
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Unexpected 10m paths
Inspired by the blog from EI7GL who is monitoring 28MHz FT8 I decided to throw out some CQs and see what is responding or what is spotted.Late in the morning I got no stations that respond to me but I...
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Visiting PC7B
Bram/P on the bike with his dog Mrs.KimmyI know PC7B Bram for about 30 years now. Bram has several hobbies and one of them is cycling. When I first met Bram it was on 11m and he was of course cycling...
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Goodmorning #60m
I woke up this early morning especially to work HR5/F2JD after I saw him spotted last couple of days. And lucky me, I was one of the first that saw him. Then the calling starts, but no response. And...
View ArticleMore radio related music
John AE5X posted a blogpost after he did read mine with lots of radio related music in the genre I call "country" music. I got a e-mail from PF5T Frank who wrote me that in 1975 the german electronic...
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#10m 19 May 19
It has been a few days ago checking for ES propagation, No time for the radio hobby, unfortunately sometimes the job takes too much of my free time ;-(. This morning I took the opportunity to listen...
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Proppy HF propagation circuit prediction tool
I'm not the only one writing about this website and found this useful link through one of the sites in my blogroll. It seems to be new and I think it is very useful. It is easy to use, fast, and gives...
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Radio rally Beetsterzwaag
I've been attending the radio rally in Beetsterzwaag village together with PE1BVQ Hans today. I think this is one of the better rallies exsisting. Didn't want to buy anything but it is always nice to...
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First FT4 efforts
Actually wanted to wait for the stable release but couldn't resist. However, FT4 seems not that populair yet. I listened several bands but there was only activity on 20m. It is evident that you need...
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#FT8 have fun, don't be too serious!
Come on, don't be too serious in this hobby! Have fun, in the end what do you have to prove? All this DXCC counting and collecting band slots is just for you, yourself and I. There are a lot of HAM...
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Best feature from JS8call
My personal opinion that the message feature in JS8call is the best feature of all for this digimode software. Above the message received notice from OH8STN Julian after I send him a message a day...
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Aloha, WSPR DXCC nr.92
Thanks to the blog post from John MW1CFN it was known to me that there was a possible good path to Hawaii on 20m WSPR. And since it is not yet in my WSPR DXCC list I was eager to get a report. So I...
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