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24h 10m WSPR
10m WSPR was very busy this weekend. Including some longpath propagation. Unfortenately there are always the same DXCC that are active. Sometimes you'll see some new ones like VP8ALJ Falkland Islands...
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wspr.aprsinfo.com
Thanks to Tjeerd PA3GNZ I've found a new WSPR map site. Features are nice as you can choose between TX, TX/RX and RX spots. That makes it different from other sites. It also shows a spot count, max....
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First day freedom SES activation
This first day of the activation of the special event stations listed PA-PH 45FREE seems to be succesful. I've seen several stations spotted already at lunchtime. Unfortenately I only have time in the...
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Sad day...
Sorry, I had no time for the PE45FREE activation today. Today was a very sad day as my neighbourstation PD0FF Foppe has no radiostation anymore. He called me several weeks ago that he had to end all...
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#cqww Netherlands record
Remember my efforts last year in the CQ WWDX CW? My goal was to make a new dutch record. Or a Netherlands record as written on the certificate. Oh yes, I managed to do so...
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Free fun on liberation day
Although the weather forecast was bad for today we had a beatiful sunny day till late in the afternoon. Temperature rising to 23,4C. We heard bad weather reports on the news in the rest of the country....
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Intriguing QSL card
Nothing has intriguing me more then this QSL which was received last month. What is it? And why did I publish the card on the side? Well to answer the last question, look at the trees! To answer the...
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1st week PE45FREE - Quick NVIS wire
Quick wire in preparationNot satisfied with the performance of my vertical on 40m I decided to take some wire and make a quick NVIS endfed. I threw out 20m copper electricity wire over the garden to a...
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2nd week PE45FREE - propagation up and down
Actually I was afraid I would not meet my goal of 1000 QSOs before the end of the PE45FREE special event activation. At the start of the week I sometimes had difficulties to get stations into the log....
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3rd week PE45FREE - log around the world
Anyone, anywhere need a QSO with me as special event PE45FREE?. If you want a sked please find my e-mail address on QRZ.com and let me know, I'll see what is possible. I have 5 days to go but have...
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FREE results
eQSL design for the PE45FREE accountJust to let you all know the FREEDOM special event was a big succes! As far as I know the whole row of calls we used made more then 11000 QSOs. Personally with...
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Dutch Kingdom Contest this weekend!
Event: DKC 6/7 June 2015 1500-1500 UTC (24h)A new contest is approaching this weekend. It is the Dutch Kingdom Contest. New and....different. Information can be found on the website from the Dutch...
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10m down, 6m up & waiting for ES
HB9CV dismantled together with my little helper...I took the 10m HB9CV down to take place for the 6m antenna. Last week I was thinking about what to do. Change it for the W2000 VHF/UHF vertical which...
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Dutch Kingdom Contest experience
Event: DKC 2015Logger: N1MM+ most updated version with DKC ADC additionStation: Icom IC-706MKIIG (100W)Antenna: 20m copper wire at 4m AGL, HF multiband antenna at 9m AGL, W2000 VHF/UHF vertical for...
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6M Last week and RaDAR
ES on 6m last week after my first 2 contacts was not too bad. As seen in the map I made several QSOs across Europe and into Scandinavia. Contacts were made in SSB, JT65A and CW. It has been a long time...
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6m ES
Have been on 6m almost exclusively last week. And made a lot of QSOs there. Most of them on SSB, a few on CW and JT65A. One new DXCC TK4LS Corsica Isl. Today is the longest day of the year. ES was...
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Record distances on 6m
Well, for me actually. A new distance record has been set with my 1W WSPR signal been heard in Israel bij 4X1RF. I didn't manage that last year! I've been on 6m WSPR mainly today and I know Roger G3XBM...
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PMR 15km? No way?
A Personal Message Radio can be used for free here in the Netherlands. 8 channels in the 446 MHz band have been assigned for this and power output is max. 500mW. You don't need a license for this and...
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I found this video on youtube. Not only the antenna and tower are nice. This radioamateur has a top location, wow! Would be great to listen to the signals received by this antenna.
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