#60m band "radar" signal...
We have a interfering signal on our amateurradio digimode 5357 KHz channel since a few weeks now. It is audible in Europe but also in the USA. I've seen very strong reports from stations, sometimes it...
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Todays experiment
Well, it was a rainy dark day with lots of wind. What experiment will we do today? Not too difficult....What do we have here: A bag with lots of cables and a battery, some coax, a 30m WSPR transceiver...
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#60m Georgia worked
Took me a lot of effort although this station was quite strong. The problem is that the 60m FT8 frequency gets overcrowded these days. You can hardly find a place to call. After a while I finally...
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#60m Philippines worked
Just when I finished the post about Georgia I took a look on the screen again and saw another new one. It seems not many saw him since I didn't see many calling. A few calls later I worked another...
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2020 highlights, 2021 goals
And here I am with the traditional last post of the year...2020 was....well special! But I don't want to write about covid-19, luckely we didn't get infected and still hope we don't. It does affect...
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Agenda 2021
As always for archive purposes...My radiohobby agenda for 2021. Feel free to copy.I always have to balance my time between my family and hobby. With a agenda and planning I want to prevent conflicts if...
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2020 statistics
The yearly statistics are always a surprise to me. How many QSOs did I make? On what band? How many DXCC? This year was a remarkable DX year again. And I was active on the 4m band for the first time....
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New firmware update IC-7300, IC-705 and IC-9700
https://www.icomjapan.com/news/3208/The IC-705 update will be available the end of January. For the 7300 and 9700 this update will be in the near future...
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Wake up!
The future of HAMradio?Will we soon be operating DXpeditions remotely?"This does sound kind of crazy, but all the pieces exist today. And, it would cost a lot less than transporting equipment,...
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Set your IC-7300 clock with the computer & scripts for remote
A while ago I saw a topic on a dutch hamradio forum about the failing clock back-up battery in the IC-7300. When this battery is broken and completely empty you have to set the time every time you...
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Antenna lost in a storm, new 1/4 wave vertical
We had a storm earlier this week. But since I leave home when it is still dark and come back when it is already dark I didn't notice my vertical antenna was gone...Found the broken parts in the...
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To all FT8 lovers
Have you ever been bothered by such harmonics when working with the FT8? If you don't have the correct settings, you may be transmitting harmonics too.Harmonic generation can be prevented by software...
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TBDXC Ultra marathon January
Wrote about this marathon last year. And decided to take part in the SSB low power section. I certainly made some nice SSB QSOs, one of them was a long chat with fellow blogger M0YKS Simon who had it...
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CQWW 160m CW contest participation
Event: CQWW 160m CW contestSection: low power assistedLogger: N1MM+ Station: Icom IC-7300 100WAntenna: 160m sloperActually it was not my intention to take part in this contest. But at sunday I was...
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Operating mode comparisation chart including Q65
Hartmut DB6LL once again made another comparisation chart (tnx). It includes the new Q65 mode. I publish it here with permission. I didn't try Q65 myself yet. If you like you can download the first...
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UKEICC 80m SSB, PACC rehearsal
Like last year I find this contest a great way for a small rehearsal before the PACC. The goal is to make as many contacts as possible without any faults.Original the plan was to call till 20:25UTC...
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Historical radio stories
In the past few years I wrote a number of interesting historical posts which I want to promote a little. Got some inspiration from AE5X who wrote some interesting historical stories on his blog....
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FT-817ND drift test
A while ago MW1CFN John tried to find a new mobile rig that wouldn't drift. His first choice, the Lab599 TX-500 seems to a nice choice at first sight, but drift wise it is a disaster. John seems...
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First 2021 ATNO - Barbados 8P4AA WSPR 40m
After the drift test yesterday evening and posting something about it on this blog I totally forgot the radio/computer was still on. Till I remember it late this morning. Checked VK7JJ excellent WSPR...
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Dutch PACC contest 2021 this weekend
Almost forgot but this weekend there is famous Dutch PACC contest. Multipliers are the dutch provences. You can find info on this site:...
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