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Last week I was qrv, for a few days, from the village of Zuidlaren. My set-up was the Yaesu FT817nd and a ZEPP for 30M.This antenna is on the top floor and when I'm there I span the last few meters via the window on the top floor to the end of the garden behind the house. Conditions where reasonable and I work different station on 30, 17 and 10M.On this last band I made a nice qso with JY5HX. I

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This is my first publication for this year. Reason? I'm busy with work and with my hobbies happens not to much.In early December I received a large envelope from the institute where I had followed the course "medical terminology". The exam for this was in October, I successfully completed and received the diploma.The exam was multiple choices. Despite this I had to wait almost 2 months for the

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On September 5th of this year I wrote about the fieldday contest. During this contest, I made in about 3 hours 31 QSOs with QRP. In the QRP section, I was unfortunately the only participant. It was inevitable that they sent me the certificate belonging to the first place.Next year I expect more competition.Last weekend was the CQWW CW contest. The condition in recent weeks are a lot better,

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This article goes about a Dutch contest. Therefor written in Dutch.Afgelopen zaterdag heb ik in de QRP sectie meegedaan aan de PA Beker contest. Thuis heb ik geen antennes voor 80 en 40 en kon beschikken over de shack van een bevriende amateur hier in Tiel, ik had mijn Yaesu FT817nd mee genomen.Deze set beschikt niet over een memory keyer en had een zelfbouw keyer meegenomen, deze werkte helaas

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A visit to a Dutch fair, so I write this article in Dutch.Afgelopen zaterdag naar de DvRA in Apeldoorn geweest. Omdat ik erg vroeg was had ik geen parkeerproblemen en kon zelfs dichtbij de Americahal parkeren.Het hoofddoel van deze dag was het bemannen van de CGR stand. Ondanks dit was er tussendoor de gelegenheid om over de beurs te lopen.Mijn aankopen tijdens de DvRA.Thuisgekomen met een Cuna

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A few week ago, during my holiday, I removed my 6M antenna from the balcony. On that moment I thought the Es season for 6M was over. Until this moment I'm right.This Es season I made the first qso on May 9, it was with HA8CE in KN06EN. On August 8, I made my last Es qso. In this period I worked 9 DXCC countries.All qso made with 5 watts, SSB or CW, from the Yaesu FT817nd. Antenna: a 1/4 wave on a

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Today between 11:00 and 15:00 local time I had to stay home to receive any visitors. This because my apartment is on sale.The bad economic situation and possible also the nice weather played tricks. There was no visitor to watch my apartment.Because the weather was fine I just want to go out. With my FT817nd and a HB9CV for 70cm I drove to my regular location in the field, JO21QW. Meanwhile I saw

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After 2 weeks holiday it's, next Tuesday, time to work.We stayed in the Netherlands and have visited different places. Wijk aan Zee, Amsterdam and Schoorl.From Wijk aan Zee we drove to IJmuiden to take a picture of the lighthouse "high light". Nearly 10 years ago I was by this lighthouse, in that time I had no digital camera.During the stay in Schoorl we drove to Den Oever for a picture of this

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Last week, in a second hand store, I found a new frame for my DXCC certificate.The frame is a little bit larger then the certificate, the small whit border is not a problem for me.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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Last Saturday I had my own fieldday. My intention was to make more qso's then last year (8). Between 13:00 and 15:30 UTC I made 31 qso's. This with only 2,5 watts from my Yaesu FT817nd with a small battery. The additional support of the pole was now on 3 and 9 meters. The variant off the ZS6BKW/G5RV antenna was mounted in the middle about 10 meters high. I used the antenna as an inverted V.

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Last week I wrote about the certificate I received. It was folded in the envelope. Yesterday the post ring the bell with the announcement that there was an envelope to big for my mailbox. So, she gave it personal to me. This time the certificate was between 2 pieces of cardboard. A very good & quick service from the ARRL. The only thing I have to do is put it into a frame. Until now I did find a

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Last week, via the LOTW site, I made a request for the DXCC mixed certificate. Yesterday I received the certificate in the mailbox. Unfortunately, the envelope is so large that it was folded into the mailbox. Despite the board, there was a big crease in the certificate After an email exchange with the ARRL helpdesk, they promised me a new certificate. This time it is shipped in a tube at no

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Last week I import the certificate I received from the LOTW administration and upload my log to the LOTW website. I separate the qso's made as: PA3GNZ, PA3GNZ/P and PA3GNZ/LH. The summary on the LOTW page tell me that I made 4337 qso's until yesterday. 556 of them are confirmed by LOTW. When I request for the DXCC results I saw this summary. 2011-08-14 I have more countries confirmed via

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A few weeks ago there was the plan, together with Geert, PA7ZEE who had been here before, to activate SOTA PA-005 "The Galgenberg". Last Saturday, August 6, we decided to go. According to the expectations it could remain dry until around noon. To protect us for some rain we had a fish-umbrella with us. First we have to set-up the DX-wire pole for the delta loop, then my FT817nd connected.

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Saturday, August 6, will be qrv from SOTA PA/PA-005. Watch for PA7ZEE/P and me on 30 and 40 meters. We will be qrv with cw and qrp power. 73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ/P

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Since a few months I've the Baofeng UV-3R portable transceiver in use.It works very well and is very handy to take anywhere. The shock was great when I heard that the second harmonic of the 2M signal is far below the allowable requirement. But what do you want for this money?Earlier this week I had the opportunity to connect the portable transceiver to a spectrum analyzer. And what was wrote is

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Last week I was busy with other activities and there was almost no time for the radio hobby.Besides my work, I started repeating the course of "medical terminology". I registered for the exam in October.Faces in my house.2 weeks ago I started a little photo project. With my camera, I walked through my apartment and all the faces photographed. A gave this project the name "Faces in my house". The

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Currently, it's bad weather in Tiel and it seems a good time to write on my blog.Before I started this post I read on Twitter the sad news of G4ILO. At that moment I was without words.I realize again that we have no influence on the duration of our lives.Last weekend I tried something to do with WSPR on 6 meters. On my FT817nd I had the wrong antenna connector set and therefore no results. Sunday

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Wednesday, June 8, was the monthly evening at the regional meeting of radio amateurs in Tricht to go.In addition to (social) discussions there is the possibility to receive qsl's and submitting via the QSL bureau.The number of cards for me was modest. Besides some squares on 6 meters confirmed there were also 2 QSL's of a liighthouse and lightship. These were confirmations of QSO's made ​​in 2008

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Almost three weeks long I have been QRV with WSPR on 6 meters. Not the full 24 hours but still fairly frequent.At the moments I was not at home my system was only listen. At home, I switched on the transmit mode.The overview shows which stations heard my signal and what I heard. To made the list not to long I used the "unique" tick on the website to generate this.The greatest distance is CN8LI,

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Last year I was a few hours QRV in the IARU Region 1 Field Day (SSB) contest. Despite the short time, I was in the QRP section finished at the first place (the only one in this section).Through a misunderstanding, I received a certificate that I was finished at the second place.Last week I received the certificate with the correct classi-fication.Today, Ascension Day, there was a radio-market in

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Some weeks ago I came across an announcement on the internet about this 2 band pocketradio. Given the price and the possibilities it seems to me a nice gadget. Therefore I toke the step and place an order in Hong Kong.Yesterday I picked up the package at a collection point of our national mail carrier. What I noticed was that the box is very small. At home, I found everything in the box to which

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Last weekend we were in The Hague to visit the Tong Tong Fair at the Malieveld.A successful trip with an overnight stay at the Parkhotel. On Sunday there was at "Lange Voorhout" a book-, antique- and curio-market.Despite the baggage, we brought with us, we are just walking along. The weather was dry.In one of the book stalls, I found this auction guide of the collection of Boudewijn Büch. A

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Last week it was a holiday week for me.I planned a few days to Bolsward (Friesland) and the other days I was in the village of Zuidlaren in JO33IC. On this location I wanted do some wspr experiments, it’s the village where my mother lives.Mondayevening I switch on my equipment for WSPR, start on 30M. In combination with the attenuator I wanted to transmit with 50mW, but………….I saw lines on my

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Last week I received a few QSL's via the buro. One of the cards is from SP3JMZ. With this card square JO82 is confirmed on 6 meter.The sporadic E season is started but the signals in my QTH are very weak, maybe they will be stronger in the next weeks.Yesterday, I worked (cw) with DK3EE in JO41, a new square. I think this was via Tropo.Today I worked (cw) with 9H1XT in JM75GV, a new DXCC country

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Today the Es season on 6 meters began for me.The first signals where very weak, I could hardly take the stations. Around 14:30 UTC the signals were stronger and could I work via morse code with HA8CE in KN06EN. Almost half hours later I worked with YO6XK (SSB) in KN25BS, a new square.For this season I will use my Yaesu FT817nd, 5 watts and a modified 5/8 for 2M to a 1/4 GP for 6M.73, Tjeerd (Gose

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Today (queens day) was a beautiful sunny day. It seemed a good idea, for the first time this season, to be active from the field.I put the suitcase with the FT817nd and ATX-1080 antenna in the car. A folding table + chair was already packed.I unpacked everything in the field near Maurik. On 20M was not to much activity and the strength of the signals was also disappointing. I made ​​1 (ssb) qso

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In my previous post I forgot to publish a picture of the Q5 30M transmitter.Built into a peppermint can, including the filter.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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During Easter I visited my mother in the northern part of the Netherlands. In her house is a ZEPP for 30M hanging, on the topfloor. Normally I span the last few meters via the window to the end of the garden. This time I put the last few meters to the floor in the attic.I brought my Q5 30M transmitter and wanted to see whether the signal would be heard by someone. The next project is a switchbox

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I have the FuncubeDongle for 3 weeks at home. In these 3 weeks I've listen several moments to different frequencies. All this with my GP 2M on the balcony.Different signals on 2M, this morning for the first time downlink signals of the VO-52 satellite. In this orbit I heard UA9FFF.Furthermore, some signals on 70cm, 119,050 (AM) aircraft and digital signals of the C2000 communication.During the Es

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Afgelopen zaterdag een bezoek gebracht aan deze vlooienmarkt in Rosmalen. Rond 09:15 waren wij hier en konden relatief dichtbij de ingang parkeren. Problemen zoals door andere gemeld hadden wij dan ook niet.Het was weer een drukke markt waarbij het mij opvalt dat er steeds meer handel komt waarbij ik de relatie tot onze mooie hobby niet zie. Of is dit meer bedoeld om je partner tevreden te houden

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Last week I said goodbye, after almost 25 years, to my Kenwood TS700S, a allmode 2 meter transceiver.In 1987 I bought this transceiver and made many ssb qso's via tropo, Es and Aurora. I made 1 cw qso via Aurora.This was a period of several years that I was very active with 2 meter DX, until I got my B license in 1991. In the last period as PE1MDM and the beginning of the period as PB0ALS I was

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People who know me, know that there are plans to move to the province of Utrecht.From the very beginning that I am a member of the VERON (1984) I joined the department Wageningen (A43).Now I have to transfer it to the department Nieuwegein (A29).A good weekend for my regular readers.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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On my camera I found some pictures that I've made in December 2010. These are some shots from the back of the Limerick Sudden receiver.On the left is the on/off switch, underneath the chassis to the 9 volt battery to charge.Originally there was an RCA chassis in the kit for the antenna connection. I replaced this with a BNC chassis.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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The last few weeks it's quiet here and don't publish anything here.My free time is consumed by other matters. This year I want to move to another house and I'm still busy with studying. In March I hope to do exams.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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Every year I get in January, from a good friend of my, the Radcom of last year. Similarly this year.In one of the QRP categories I found a description of a homebrew transceiver from Japan. I visited the webpage of the maker of this kit.This Marconi Basic-7 transceiver looks very nice only be pricey for a mono band transceiver. Did I misread the website?73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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As regular readers may have noticed I was not actively in recent weeks. Busy with other things, including my study.My "new" desktop computer has no serial connector anymore. The cables I have for my Yaesu FT817 and FT7800 are not directly used on this computer.A serial-to-USB cable that I had did not solve this problem.In the Far East I bought 2 new programming cables with a USB connector. After

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Among the other activities of this weekend, I listened to the "Limerick Sudden receiver". I had a wire antenna of no more than 5 meters. Despite this short length for this frequency signals were heard.I heard Sweden, United Kingdom, Italy and Belarus (EW8O).This last station had a way of qso's which seemed more like a contest. Something I think this is not needed on this band and in my eyes

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Wednesday, December 8th, there was a local meeting where the ability is to get the QSL cards from the buro. Through other activities, I was not able to go. The cards are taken by an amateur friend and I received it today.There were some nice QSL's from QSO's made with the ATX1080 antenna at home and from the field activity in Maurik, last summer.The project "Sudden Limerick receiver" has

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This will be real very soon.70Mhz, 4 meter bandDutch message.announcement of the Dutch government.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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During our stay in the Algarve, Portugal, we saw some lighthouses."Farol da ponta da piedade"The highlight was the lighthouse "Farol de S. Vicente". It was open to the public, a unique."Farol de S. Vicente"

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a few days before my trip to Portugal, I was at the monthly meeting where I can bring and get the QSL.There were a fair number of QSL's for me, including some remarkable.There were QSL's of the QSO's with OK1AUZ and 8S0C. Both QSO's are made with my FT817 + ATX1080 antenna and 2.5 watts output. My setup was on the dinertable.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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Komend weekend vindt weer de jaarlijks PA-beker contest plaats. Zaterdag 13 november het CW gedeelte en zondag 14 november het SSB gedeelte. Het reglement van deze contest vind je hier. Helaas ben ik er dit jaar niet bij. Volgend jaar hoop ik weer in de top 3 te eindigen (CW QRP).73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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Yesterday I was at the annual "Dag voor de Radio Amateur" meeting in Apeldoorn. With the CGR we were there with an information stand that I have manned with the others most of the day.In between there was the opportunity to walk around past the stalls. This time I barely bought, there are still many projects to finish.8 tickets for the lottery, I bought a commissioned material for a ZS6BKW

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It's been a while since I've written on my blog.since 2 weeks I work in Utrecht and have more travel time than before. Time for the hobby is therefore hardly. Occasionally from time to time my station is running with WSPR, 5 watts or 500mW.Last weekend I was at the reunion of the CGR, I am the chairman of this committee. A successful weekend, I made some qso's with ssb / cw.Photos, you will soon

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From Friday night my FT950 was running with WSPR on 40M. Given the results, I think that the conditions are not so good.My 5 watts signal is heard by 4X1RF several times, a distance of over 3000km. 4X1RF was also my longest distance I received.In 2 newsletters of the Benelux QRP Club is an article by Albert PA3EKN about an universal cw transmitter. The crystal, some capacitors and inductors are

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Yesterday I started with WSPR on 40M. This morning I saw that my laptop was restarted last night.With my sleepy head I restart WSPR and don't saw that the program was on 30M. All received data is passed as spots on 30M, while 40M it should be. My apologies for this mistake!Now it is restored.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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Last weekend I was in Zuidlaren for a few days, JO33IC. On Friday I setup my station, FT817 + 10dB attenuator. And the 30M ZEPP on the topfloor and a few meters outside. With WSPR I used only 50mW.I made also a few cw/qqb qso's on 30 and 40 meters.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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After a long time I'm qrv again on 30M with WSPR.This time with my FT817nd with battery power and the ATX1080 antenna mounted on the back of the set. Mostly just listen, otherwise the battery is empty very soon.Visit this link to see the results73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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This weekend is Heritage Day in the Netherlands. This means that many old buildings opened to visit, for free.Yesterday I was one of the volunteers at the lighthouse in Noordwijk. In the afternoon I made some cw qso's, with the call PG6N, on 20 and 40M. The rest of this afternoon I guided the visitors at the entrance.At the end of this afternoon there was for me the ability to take some pictures

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Yesterday I started installing the capacitors on the board of the "Sudden Limerick receiver" project. All capacitors (18) are mounted, now all components on the PCB. The next step is to build the enclosure. The PCB with components is the bottom of the enclosure. When attaching the front and back, the connection to the antenna connector and dial must make. This also applies to the on/off switch

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The Benelux QRP Club celebrates his 35 anniversary. To celebrate this there is a special call active from September 5 to October 2 2010.Several members of the club are active with this call around the QRP frequencies on HF.More information is available at: PA35BQC. QSL manager is PA1AT.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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This weekend I continued with the "Sudden Limerick receiver" project. I do this in a leisurely pace and spend my free time also with other things.So I have watched a DVD of Michael Pailin, "The circkel around". From the 3 DVD's in the box I have now seen 2 episodes of the first DVD.Yesterday I soldered until all resistors were mounted. At that time, the 2 IC feet, 3 coils and resistors mounted on

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This morning I began with the further building of the "Sudden Limerick receiver. Meanwhile, all (6) resistors soldered. It's tougher than I thought to get everything straight on the board. It will be my limited experience. Tomorrow publish a photo on the blog.Yesterday, I received the Electron magazine of the VERON, the September issue. Today I received also the "Nieuwsbrief" of the Benelux Qrp

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The last 1,5 weeks I have nothing done with the radio hobby. After the experiments in the field, I filled my leisure time with other pursuits. My 2 meters transceiver was sometimes standby in the evening but made no qso's.Last Saturday I was with my girlfriend in the Zoo of Arnhem. For me it was more than 15 years ago that I had been here. The pictures are a little compilation. After buying a new

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Last Wednesday, the predictions for the weather where not so good and we decided to do this activity yesterday. We were lucky: sunshine and good temperatures.The purpose of this event was to build up the portable mast and see if the additional support is good enough. At about 6 meters height, we made an extra point with 3 ropes. It looked good and solid but from this upper point of the mast was

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Wednesday evening I went to the monthly meeting where the QSL manager for our region is always present. This time there was a nice pile of cards for me.In 2008 I had the opportunity during the lighthouse weekend to activate the Lighthouse of Vlieland. Due to circumstances we had only 100 qso's made and yet I wanted a special qsl. I looked around on the Internet and saw that the most companies

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This morning I setup my portable situation on the dining table. This means the FT817nd with internal battery and on the back of the transceiver the ATX-1080 antenna.First it seemed very quiet on 20M but during the morning I heard a few signals. While I had other activities in the house, I leave the transceiver on 14.060. Suddenly I heard HB9DAX CQ'íng. After one reply Man(fred) came back for me.

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Yesterday morning around 8:00 local time, I heard during my breakfast signals from the beacon I0JX/B on 6 meters. Unfortunately, no further action was heard and gone outdoors for other activities that day.Today I borrowed a swr meter to see what the swr is of my homemade 2 meters J-pole antenna made of 300 Ohm ribbon cable. The swr was reasonable, 1:1.4.The J-pole antenna hung in the doorway to

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It's almost a week ago since I put my last post on this blog. This means that there was't to much time for the radio hobby.Last week there was a chance of Aurora Borealis by an eruption on the sun. Unfortunately, the Aurora was to weak for me in JO21RV to hear signals on 6 meters via this propagation.The antenna for 6 meters has not stood on the balcony for a few weeks. This antenna is a 5/8 wave

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This week I walked around in my house with my camera and came up with the idea of yet another new picture of my homebrew corner. This is the result. On the desk are the components of the Limerick Sudden receiver project I'm doing.As the manual shows I started assembling the IC holders for the LM386 and NE612. I haven't found more time in the past week for this project.Wednesday afternoon I had a

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Today I have made a cw qso on 20M with HA8LTQ. It was a "normal" qso where we both could share our details, like: name, name of the town and the equipment we used. This was on my side the FT817nd with 2.5 watts and the ATX-1080 antenna on the back of the set mounted.Today I prepare the sides of the print and enclosure for the Limerick Sudden receiver with a neat file. Next week I can start

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Today during the IOTA contest, I had the opportunity to try my ATX-1080 antenna on 15M. I'm getting a good swr with the following settings:15M10 segments of the telescope extended, counterpoise for 17M in use.Then I made connections with: Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic, unfortunately, no stations on an island. My conclusion is that this antenna on 15M will work. On 20M I worked 2 stations

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Yesterday I opened the envelope of this kit to verify that all components are in the packaging. In the manual there is a list of components and I soon found out that all these components are present.This weekend I read the manual and make a plan how I going to start the building.My idea is to make the wiring to the antenna connector with RG174 coax and not with the twisted wire which is written

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Last weekend I took the time to experiment with the ATX-1080 antenna. My expectations of this type of antennas have never been high. Now I have a somewhat different view.In the limited manual of this antenna is discussed by making a counterpoise for them as possible to function. This manual is a guideline given for each band. After some soldering,cut and try, I came to the following lengths:A

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Last Friday I received the kit of the Limerick Sudden receiver, a quick delivery from the GQRP club in England. I've chosen for the 30M version.Yesterday I experimented with a counterpoise for the various HF bands. This has not gone to no avail. In the next week I will describe my findings.Now I go with a book sitting in the balcony, it's sunny.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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Last week I bought a second hand ATX-1080 antenna for my FT817nd. Yesterday I received it by the mail and today I had the time to try this antenna.With a cup of coffee I sat quietly at my diningroom table and listened to 20 meters, swr reasonable. I heard the special call SI9AM, this time with ON5RZ as a guest operator. A lot of stations called him and it seemed that he not heard my QRP signal.

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This week, no radio activities. The weather is too hot for hanging over the soldering iron and I am home with a painful ear infection.By post was the latest Journal of the club GQRP 'Sprat'. A Magazine with always interesting articles. By this time the announcement of a kit what the GQRP club is sold. The Limerick Sudden Receiver.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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I wonder if there is a possibility for the FT817nd to receive 4M signals. Any ideas?73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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Saturday afternoon, I was listening on 6M because there were conditions. I heard that there was a contest and on the internet I found out what kind of contest this was. I came to the following information. In this contest you change a report, serial number and locator.Among the other activities, see previous posting, I have made a total of 20 QSO's.In this picture are the lines through the

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Today I repaired my Genesis Q5 transmitter.First I had to remove transistor T2 and then I could remove the IC. Then I placed the new IC and I measured that the oscillator was working, yes! Now I could replace transistor T2 and the transmitter was working again, the frequency 10.11574, it's too low. (When you've read my previous article about the Q5, you could see that with the value of 33pF (C7)

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Last week I made a J-pole antenna for 2M. This antenna is made of 300 Ohm ladder-line I found in my junkbox. Yesterday evening I used the antenna indoors, hanging from the curtain rail, and could reach PI3AMF, a repeater in Amersfoort. A distance of 28 km. I used my FT817nd with 2,5 watts output.This weekend I want to measure the swr with an external SWR meter. The rest of this week I had no time

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Yesterday I came home after a weekend in Utrecht. When all things were cleaned up I started my computer. There appeared some reports that I made me not optimistic. After a restart everything seemed to function normally.This morning started the computer again but this time the monitor was just on and off again, the situation remained so. Checked all cables but this did not solved the problem.

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Yesterday evening I visited the monthly meeting in this area where the QSL manager of R30 is always present.The last time I made a lot of qso's on 6 meters and gave this cards to the manager. What I got back was not much, only 2 cards.A card of IK5ACO. Last year I worked this station on 6 meters. With this card the square JN52 is now confirmed.The other is a qsl of OH5B.This is a confirmation of

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Today was a day with almost the entire day Es on 6 meters. I made my first qso at 7:20 UTC with Poland. The last QSO for this day was at 10:24 UTC with 2M0DDS in Scotland. In the meantime I have made a total of 8 QSO's and did some other things in the house. I made the qso's with ssb/cw. My conclusion is that I make the most qso's with cw.This afternoon I had my weekly sport.At present there is

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This day began sunny, although the sky was overcast.Readers of my blog will sometimes wonder if I'm square hunter on 6 meters. No, not really. This is something left over from the days when I was a DX'er on 2 meters. I am not specifically looking for new squares but it's always nice when a new square can be worked.Today I worked around 10:30 UTC with IK5ZWU in JN53VB, a new square. Then it was

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This morning I was out of bed early and first listened to 6M. The band was quiet but around 7:30 UTC I could work with IK4AUY in JN54QM (SSB), a new square.The rest of the morning remained rather quiet here on 6M and have other things in the house. On the balcony with a cup of coffee and magazine I enjoyed the sunshine.By 15:00 UTC I went into the field, the same location as on May 23 Today the

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All day there were Es clouds over Europe but not so good for the Netherlands.In the evening I often listened and heard weak signals. Around 7:15 p.m. UTC the signals were louder and I could work via cw with YO7LCB in KN15OA and YU7AU in KN04HU. The qso with YO7LCB gave me a new square.With good Es propegatie the last days it seemed a good idea to try WSPR on this band.Through the WSPR site I saw

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Today there are again conditions on 6 meters. My goal for today is to make qso's with QRP (5 watts maximum).I made 3 qso's with a power of 5 watts.2 stations from Latvia and one from Estonia. 2 of the 3 qso's made with cw the other with ssb. It was more difficult then yesterday and on the moments that I listen there where not so many signals like yesterday.I listen also in the beacon part of the

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It seems that the signals are getting stronger each day on 6 meter this Es season. Today there were a lot of strong signals heard on SSB / CW.In about one hour time I worked the following stations.SM7FJE - JO65ML, ssb (new square).LY2X/P - KO15ID, cwSF4J - JO79NC, with 10 watts cw.I wonder what tomorrow brings us on 6 meters, I have a day off.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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On Monday I have my part-time day and a little bit more leisure time. In the afternoon I have only one hour sports to do.When I turn on my set this morning I heard already signals on 6 meters. Between 10:30 to 11:30 local time there was considerable activity and I worked the following stations: YO5PLD in KN34CK. YL2CZ in KO06XW, new square. And YU2MMA in KN04HG, also a new square.I heard the

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After I wrote in my blog yesterday, I had made some more qso's on 6 meters to Estonia, Croatia and Finland. All the qso's made with Morse-code. The Es was still going on but I had to stop, this morning I got up early to go to work.Tonight I am writing cards to send. I use this QSL (cards) as confirmation of the qso's I made.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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Es season has really started. Today, after 16:00 UTC, I worked 4 stations (cw) from Finland, Estonia and Lithuania.Distances between 1500 and 1800 km.Via the mailman I received a QSL from MM0CAE today. I'm a member of the GQRP club and this club has a own QSL service between members.This was from a 2 way QRP QSO in 2006.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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Another day at 6M Es. According to the data on the internet there was all day in Europe the possibility to make QSO's.Before diner I worked with a station in Poland, SP3JMZ in JO82KJ, a new square. The power from my FT950 was 10 watts.Good luck the comming period on 6 meter with Es.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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Today there was a big Es opening for hours, not only on 6M but also on 10 and 4 meters. I was only active on 6 meter, I have no equipment for 4M.From 4:15 p.m. UTC I worked with:SP8DWI - KO10NDSP8LXE - KO10WTIK6FXP - JN62PISP7HKK - JO91QIAll QSO's where made with SSB, the last one with just 5 watts, the others with 20 watts.The Es was still going on but I had to take care for my diner and other

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During this Sunday, I had the goal to go into the field with my FT817nd and mobile whip for 20M. I had the mobile whip for 6M also taken with me. With the internal battery the output is 2.5 watts.When arrived on location in JO21QW I parked the car on the side of the road and put the ground wire of about 5 meters rolled out across the grass. With the rig in the hand this way I got a good SWR. In

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When I getting out of bed this morning, around 08:30 local time, I turned my rig on to hear if there was something to do on 6M.According to the DX cluster much activity but I heard not too much. Around 7:15 UTC, I worked with ER1SS in Moldova (KN46JX). This is a new DXCC country for me on 6M and also a new square.The rest of the day remained silent on 6M, and I've done other things.73, Tjeerd (

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When I came home of my work I switched on my Yaesu FT950 and heard several signals on 6M. This signals were stronger then earlier this week.Worked with: UR5URW in KO50FF (ssb) and UX1BZ in KN29VA (cw). KN29 is a new square for me. Heard also other stations but it was crowded and there was a lot of fading on the signals.Enjoy your Whitsun weekend.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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When I came home from my work I switched on my radio. Worked 1 station on 6M, EA1EDU in JN01WK (ssb). JN01 is a new square for me, the third for this season.Heard a few other signals from Spain but they were to weak for me to work.After this I take time for household and a visitor.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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De Benelux QRP Club heeft vanaf vandaag een eigen plek op de digitale snelweg.Het nieuwe adres is: www.beneluxqrpclub.nlWe werken er hard aan om de website zo spoedig mogelijk naar deze locatie te verplaatsen.emailen kan al: info(at)beneluxqrpclub.nl73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ23-05: Website staat op zijn nieuwe plaats, bqc.

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Tomorrow I return to work after almost three weeks holiday. Unfortunately the weather was generally bad. In recent days, I was in Wassenaar, it was slightly better.Photo made by TjeerdToday we had Es on 6M but not really good for the Netherlands. Between 11:30 - 11.45 UTC, I worked with: YU1SV (cw) in KN13DV and YU7RF (ssb) in KN05PC.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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When I was on the local meeting last Wednesday someone told me that 17M is in a good shape the last days. Special at the end of the day till late in the evening.Yesterday I tuned my magnetic-loop for 17M to find out what was possible on this band. On that moment (21:00 UTC) I heard one weak ssb signal but didn't copy the callsign.When I woke up this morning I saw on my laptop the results.73,

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Today I made the first qso's on 6M via Es for this season. I saw on the internet that there were weak signals for the last few days but I didn't hear nothing until today.The picture shows the 2 qso's I made. Around 15:00 utc I heard IK7FPU with cw and I answer him with 20 watts. This station is in JN71SU, a new squaere for me.Around 15:30 I heard IK8OFO calling in SSB. After a few calls I worked

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On Wednesday I had the whole day WSPR on 10M running. During this time I heard no signals from other WSPR stations. My signal was heard by 2 stations for a period.PAøO heard my signal over a distance of 172km. What kind of propegation was this?Every second Wednesday of the month we have a meeting with local radio amateurs in this area. During this evening the QSL manager of R30 is also

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Yesterday I started this project, unfortunately I can not finish today.This morning I saw that J3 + J4 is not in the box I received. I wrote a email with the request to send the missing parts.Last week I toke some new pictures of lighthouses in the Netherlands and today I updated the page about this subject.The captions on this page is in Dutch73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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I still have my holiday from work and have a little bit more time for the radio-hobby.From Sunday evenening I listen and transmit with WSPR on 6M. No one heard my signal (except PA3MET) and I heard only his signals.WSPR is switched off for this moment. It's another rainy day. No weather to be outside and I started with kitbuilding. A few weeks ago I ordered this kit. Tomorrow I make a photo for

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Yesterday my WSPR station listen and transmit on 40M. A lot of stations received my signals from 1 watts down to 50mW. VK6BN received my 1 watts more then one period.In the begin of the evening (May 7) I made my first qso on 10M for this season. S58P gave me a 55 with my 5 watts in SSB.73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ

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Yesterday in the evening I setup my station for WSPR on 30M. Around 19:00 UTC 2 VK stations heard my 1 watts signal, VK2/VK6DI and VK2DAP. Distances around 16500 km.Later in the evening I made 2 CW qso's on 30M. Worked with OM30CAQ and a longer qso with SP7HOV, Zbig in Skierniewice. Both qso's with only 1 watts.On my laptop I don't have the possibility to make graphics for my Blog. When I'm back

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After a holiday of a few days in the province of Friesland I'm in Zuidlaren (JO33IC).Yesterday in the afternoon I start up the station for WSPR. The best DX was K1JT, he heard my 500mW signal.Today my WSPR station is running on 10M and OY1OF heard my 1 Watts signal for one period. PE4BAS and PC1CP heard my signal serveral times. from 5 watts to 50mW.On 40M I made 1 CW qso with DF3MI in QTH

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Today I have modified a 2M 5/8 mobile antenna for use on 6M. The antenna is extended and there is a reasonable SWR on 6M.Later this week, I make the final modification.Next week I will do some WSPR experiments (from JO33IC). This means that I'm active with a power of 100mW or 50mW. This is mainly on 30M but maybe also 6M, when there is propegation.Keep an eye on this site.73, Tjeerd (Gose) -

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