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Keeping the streak going,
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I got two quick QSOs in the books tonight as January 29th turned to January
30th UTC time. Both were on 30 Meters. The local QRN was non-existant and
sin...
NY State Portable
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Today was a nice sunny day with the weather man calling for a high
temperature of 45 F, I decided to spend the afternoon outside and explore a
new place to...
BITX20 - 6. Measuring the VFO
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Just a small progress update on the BITX.....
A while back i build the vfo part and started to do all the measuring as
discribed in the manual....
Unfortuna...
Optical CW beacon TX now ready
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Today I completed my first keyed optical beacon transmitter (with 100mm
optics) which I'll be using for tests at greater range than hitherto. The
481THz...
France With 3 Watts
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I've enjoyed the Straight Key K3Y Century Club event this year. I have a
total of 10 contacts now. Although they have not been in 10 different call
distr...
Opera v 1.2.0 for 40 and 20 meter
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Now is also 40 and 20 meter available, HF is complete. Also 60 meter, but
this band is not allowed in the Netherlands. Opera is good for checking
band co...
O P E R A is (should be) a Becon only Mode
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OPERA at 200uW ERP is still performing well here, G1OPS at 135km distant
received me earlier today.
I often hear Chris G3XIZ on the Key when I am testing ...
GW/HMW-068 a new HOTA de MW0BBU/p.
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Last week it was decided here at MW0BBU to get a new HuMP under the belt,
Pen-Y-Fan GW/HMW-068 was decided on.
Now as a local I have only ever known thi...
CQ 160 test and VHF 3band 70MHz SWR okay
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poor propagation X2 flare yesterday evening
only NA/VE heard and QSO
VY2ZM and K1LZ
HK0NA redelijk copy maar no ears for EU
in our SR ..
Bu...
Iedereen opeens gek op de zon
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Nu op dit moment is de zon behoorlijk actief en is bij beide Polen van de
aarde het Poollicht (Aurora) weer zichtbaar geweest. Voornamelijk zonnevlek
AR140...
Yaesu FT-847 Earth Station (1)
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This week i bought a Yaesu FT-847 from a local ham.
One of the unique points of this radio is that it's useable on the 4 meter
band.
On the other hand the...
Winning a contest.....another one.
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*Well, I hope you all don't think I'm a top contester. But I won again. I
think it's just a matter of choosing a section the smart way. There was no
other...
2SCxxxx replacements
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I have seen a few posts on lists about possible 2SCxxxx replacements and
chinese fakes and as some know I build a lot and I have used these before I
have b...
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We did have some nice Aurora last night, with good weather, so I did manage
to get a few photos of the aurora.
I have upladed the photos here I have upload...
Propeller takes to the air
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Today I have been playing around with MEPT beacon code on my Gadget
Gangster Parallax Propeller board. First I wandered over to Jeff, KO7M's
blog and borro...
More Matters Enigmatic
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It has been so long since my last post that part of me feels like making an
apology - but the bigger, better part reminds me that this is for my
pleasure a...
Gevonden voorwerpen bij de grote schoonmaak
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De grote schoonmaak. Elke zaterdagochtend moeten we eraan geloven. Dan gaan
we met z’n allen het hele ISS door op zoek naar afval en viezigheid. Ik heb
ges...
600m SDR RX (TX)
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As we know, presently there are a couple of frequencies of the 600m band
open to amateur radio operators.
Most of authorities allow transmission somewhere a...
Ros mode–First timer
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Well after much playing , monitoring, and seeing whats what I called CQ –
and CO2DC came straight back – my 20w to a dipole doing it’s stuff then !
Tnx Jes...
New 70MHz beacon from Skye (IO67)
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Speaking to Ken, G3LVP he told me that GM8RBR is running a 'personal' 70MHz
beacon from the Isle of Skye (IO67UF) on 70.100. The beacon was supplied by
HG1...
Classic Universal Sound Card Interface
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This interface by Skip Teller was put to use this past weekend with the
FT-817 and a laptop running N1MM and using an end fed half wave wire down
the 2nd f...
QSL Cards
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In the last two weeks I have written more than 200 QSL cards. Mostly for
more than 1000 Miles per Watt QSO's. Yesterday I brought a pile of 7 cm
(2.75") to...
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I will be away for an extended period and will have no internet connection.
No regular telephone service, for that matter.
And so it seems an appropriate ...
Final Image?
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This SSTV image acquired by JJ0LTH on Jan 04 at 02:56 UTC may be one of the
last captured from ARISSAT-1. The last telemetry data was received on Wed,
04 ...
UK propagation charts for January 2012
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Good solar conditions continue and we seem to have gone through quite a
long period of settled geomagnetic conditions, which has helped no end.
The solar ...
New firmware for the Kenwood TS-590, V1.06
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Just found out that there is a new firmware update for the Kenwood TS-590.
Version 1.06, came out on 22-12-2011.
Updates the following features.
1. I...
# 186 - Lighthouses of U. S. A.
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Many thanks to Raymond for this post card which feature a stamp showing the
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina.
Observations on Hans' QRSS Kit
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Dear reader!
I was surprised. I can't recall when there was the last spontaneous
contribution for this blog. No, the 12V mod of Hans' kit was not a direct
...
Why am I not surprised?
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A couple of years ago, I subscribed to the CQ-Contest reflector list. That
was back when I was trying my hand at contesting and I thought it might be
a g...
Portland - Boston
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Leaving Portland and it`s heavy traffic I went south along smaller roads
and tried to see more of the shore. Weatherwise was still not perfect,
rainshowers...
Field Day Contest (SSB) and WWF PAFF-038
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Sunday the 4th of September,i was active in the Field Day Contest as PD7BZ/p
I was active just with a small setup and 25 Watts.
The place i was active in,Bos...
Seasonal change of antennas
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Saturday was a nice day in The Netherlands (sunny and warm), so I decided
to change antennas again: 6m yagi out and 30/40m dipole in. After 4 hours
work, i...
APRS weather station?
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I have been looking around the web to find an inexpensive aprs capable
weather station kit. It seems to me that the only options are the FD-WX1from Fox Delt...
We Love and Will Miss You, Angelina
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As many of you know, my wife Angelina Harden unexpectedly passed away a
couple days ago (Saturday, Aug 20, 2011). I’d like to thank all of our
friends for ...
Penny Red: Panic on the streets of London.
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Penny Red: Panic on the streets of London.: "I’m huddled in the front room
with some shell-shocked friends, watching my city burn. The BBC is
interchanging...
Dit gebeurt ook in onze achtertuin!
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Naast het waarnemen van deepsky objecten en zwakke (S)HF signalen kun je dit ook tegenkomen in onze achtertuin! Een echtpaar roodbonte spechten aan het werk!
Quiet times ahead for the Sun...???
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If you have been following the details of the current solar cycle then
you'll know that the peak which is supposed to be coming up in 2013 will be
pretty l...
Clear-Out..
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Ive decided to sell these few items in order for me to get myself a new
canon 40/50D DSLR. or at least a Canon G 10/11, Please feel free to tell
your frien...