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Another Dutch contest record
Just for the fun of it. QRP on 160m CW. As anticipated I hold another Dutch record....what will it be this year?I hold 5 Netherlands records now:2014: 80m CW QRP assisted2016: 160m CW LOW assisted2017:...
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PE75FREE 10 days update
Worked 1500 QSO with 66 DXCC personally. Overall the 75FREE activation does good. Over 100 DXCC are worked. More as 5100 uniques and over 8000 QSOs in total. There are already 3 stations that earned...
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Future WSJT-X
From the new WSJT-X beta release-notes:...For those looking even farther ahead: We are well along in thedevelopment of two new modes designed for the LF and MF bands. Onemode is for WSPR-like activity...
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Ongoing
Remember my projects to come list? Well, from the 14 projects I have 13 to go for. I'm busy with several projects at the same time. Received this package from Russia today. I find this fascinating. I...
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#10m One way opening JApan
Jaap PA0O already mentioned the exceptional propagation to Japan and China on his blog today. I received several Japanese stations well on FT8. But unfortunately it seems they didn't receive me. It was...
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PE75FREE 17 days update - JApan propagation on 10m
Above the map of my contacts with the special event call PE75FREE. It includes Hawaii but till now I didn't work VK (Australia) at all. I made over 2300 QSOs and worked 81 DXCC till now. Last update I...
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PE75FREE SO2R update - growth
Probabely no one has noticed but I managed to get 2 stations on air now with FT8. Both with about 40-50W in the same time slot on 17/10 or 15/10 meter bands. It gives the opportunity to work me on 2...
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#10m propagation
As a matter of fact I'm operating SO2R with the call PE75FREE on both 12m and 10m right now. The propagation is exceptional. I finally managed to work Japan (JH3AIU) and China (BD7BS) on 10m yesterday....
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Just a impression....Featuring the IC-7300 on 12m and the IC-706 on 10m. Both transmitting in the same time slot. I can do other combinations as well of course. Both transmitting with 50W, 12m on my...
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PE75FREE update - few days to go...
Just to let you know I crossed the 4000 QSO mark. Right now I worked 94 DXCC with the SES call.We enjoy to be hunted by stations that want to have the awards, some are pretty fanatic and ask for skeds...
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PE75FREE final results
The 75FREE event is over. The results are really overwhelming...propagation was really good at times. Worldwide DX could be made. Of course the use of FT8 helped a lot but CW and SSB contacts were made...
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4m/6m yagi - new antenna project
Beam made by SP3RNZEarlier this year I made a list of projects and ideas I want to do/make. One of them is to build a 70MHz yagi. I was thinking about a LFA fro 70MHz (4m band) since I already have a...
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4m/6m yagi - some progress
Wish I had more time for hobby projects like this. But have my daily job. It has benefits though and of course you need to get payed for a living. I had only a half hour to spend on the antenna project...
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4m/6m yagi - some progress 2
Todays progress building the antenna is small. Had other things to do...Reflectors, 6m dipole/inductive 4m dipole and directors are mounted. I was a little worried since the first 4m director is longer...
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4m/6m yagi - rise and shine!
Weather forecast was very bad for today. Expecting rain for most of the day. But it didn't happen...Time enough to finish the yagi...Align the 6m dipole.No fancy boxes, just the KISS system.Had to...
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First 6m DX with the new yagi
UN7ZO Dmitriy in his shack (photo QRZ.com)I had high hopes for DX on 4m with the new yagi but there is not much ES propagation at the moment. However, I did give some CQs on FT8 and managed to be heard...
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Longest day DX
21st of june, longest days of the year at the northern hemisphere. A excellent day to try for DX on the upper HF bands and VHF. With my new 5/5 element 4/6m yagi I've been trying today and worked...
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4m, 6m and 10m DX today
I already noticed that the 4m band is open very briefly. It is a short "window" of ES you can use to make contacts and it can be very strong one moment and gone the other. I know it is the same on the...
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FD? DX or not?
There was finally some propagation with the USA on 10m this afternoon. Happy me.....not. They are all calling FD, so what the heck??? So I just gave a report and in return I get a strange code. What do...
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Finally in the 6m DX spotlight
I had a afternoon off the job since I had a dentist appointment. So I had some time for radio on a unusual time for me. Unfortunately didn't hear or see much signals on 6m but trying on 4m gave me a...
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