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PA-beker 2015 verslag
Event: PA-beker SSB 2015 contestLogger: N1MM+ most updated versionStation: Icom IC-706MKIIG (power max. 100W)Antenna: 84m horizontal loop @7m AGLSorry this post is only in Dutch as it is probabely not...
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A gaming element with WSPR
Challenging or gaming? Contesting or gaming? I think the whole radiohobby is sometimes a game. Although some people are taking it all (too) serious.Remco PA3FYM and Rob PE1ITR are currently developing...
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EU cookie notice in blogger...
You might notice that a annoying message is showing up at top of your blog about cookies. This is only when you live in Europe. But does affect all blogger blogs. Very annoying as it is showing on top...
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Frysian 11 cities contest this Sunday
Route of the skating eventEvent: Frysian 11 cities contest, Sunday 22 Nov.2015For those wo don't know this contest: this is related to the legendary 11 cities skating tour. It is a Dutch (Frysian)...
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Today
Today, saturday. Together with my daughter. Weather was too bad to play outside. Since we were done inside the house we went out. We drove the car to the always attracting coast. The growing industrial...
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Friese 11 steden contest - Frysian 11 cities contest review
Event: Frysian 11 cities contest 2015 80m (SSB) section outside region 14 Logger: HRD logger V4 export to a excel sheet later TRX: Icom IC-706 MKIIG - 100W Antenna: 84m horizontal loop on 7m agl Ik...
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PCH - famous Dutch operators
I was at a impressive clubmeeting yesterday evening and met famous dutch HAMradio operator PA1HR Hans. Although I don't think he see himself as famous, most of the dutch HAM's however know him as he...
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#CQWW DX CW 2015 experiments
Event: CQWW DX CW ham radio contestLogger: N1MM+ most updated versionStation: Yaesu FT-817ND - 2,5WAntenna: 84m horizontal square loop on 7m AGL.CW decoder: FLdigi & CWskimmerDid you know there are...
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5 MHz allowed tomorrow!
According to a new publication from the goverment we are allowed to transmit on 5 MHz in the Netherlands tomorrow. That is exactly after 11 UTC today (Midnight 00:00 local time). Frequency between 5350...
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First day 5 MHz in the Netherlands
First stations spotted. TX on exactly 11 UTC.It was exciting and I had to wait till we could transmit on 5 MHz. First QSO was with my neighbour PA4GB Gerrie who was waiting together with me and about 3...
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Chinese KX-3 clone?
Is this the answer from the Chinese on the Elecraft KX-3? Well, I don't know. Haven't seen this one on any other blog. The type of radio looks very much like the populair little Elecraft. And it isn't...
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5 MHz on the other side of the world
I was just spotted on the other side of the world on 60m. VK7BO Alan from Tasmania (Australia) gave me a -13dB report. I saw he spotted a lot more Dutch stations in the last few days (even before we...
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A useful simple online analyzing tool
According to the logs received page there is another QRP 40m participant (PA9M) that send in his log. So I guess my chance to hold another Dutch record is minimum. Well, it doesn't matter. In the mean...
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Nice contact on 60
Just switched on the radio yesterday evening for some fun on the new acquired 60m band. A big signal came in from OY1R/MM. Wow, 9+30dB! I suspected he was in the "Eemshaven" harbour nearby. And indeed...
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A week on 5 Mhz
We are allowed to transmit on 5 MHz for exactly 1 week now. Time to evaluate the band conditions and my log. Band conditions as far as I experienced are going up and down and are sometimes very local....
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Get back to 28 MHz
With the upcoming 10m ARRL contest I had to leave 60m and concentrate on 10m again. I hope propagation will be good for 10m. And as far as I can see via WSPR spots last days it will be good enough....
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Disappointing 10m band just before the 10m ARRL contest
Monitoring and transmitting WSPR on 28 MHz (10m band) I was a little disappointed. You see propagation decreasing as expected. The 10m ARRL contest will be more and more a challenge in the next couple...
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Bad luck mobile contesting
First contact this morning was at 6:24 UTC before going to the job with PI4DX in the southern part of the Netherlands. PI4DX was booming in with S5, they don't need propagation at all...Of course I...
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#10m arrl contest review
Well, not much to review. I had less time then expected and I end up with only 43 QSOs from 25 DXCC. Conditions were not that good but also not that bad if you had a good antenna. Again it occured to...
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