PA3GNZ's blog about: Hamradio, Lighthouses, 6cm ATV, WSPR

CQ WPX CW contest summary. - Another CQWPX CW contest has come and gone and this year for me it was a parttime effort as the weather was great here and many outdoor "Stuffs" had to be...

So maybe Field Day is not a goner after all. - By now, it's not news that the ARRL has amended Field Day rules for 2020 (only) in face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Of course, that news came out the day *AF...

VHF DX .. - A92HK 70.154MHZ cq +3 strong FT8 ....but i can't work DX on 4m ??? With100W 5ele i was not heard dejavue, looks like 1k + is needed Or move to DL where...

Short range devices (SRDs) - I am very ignorant of the rules in the UK and EU around SRDs. OFCOM has announced making bands at 800 and 900MHz license free. I am not sure what other ban...

QRSS reception reports on 28 MHz - Fri 29th May 2020 - *Friday the 29th of May 2020* was an extraordinary day with widespread Sporadic-E across Europe. While the various VHF bands up to 144 MHz were open, I spe...

Rustpunt - Vandaag maakten we een fietstochtje naar een leuke plek aan het Merwede kanaal. Op de terugweg reden we naar bij het gezellige Rustpunt aan de Lage Dijk Z...

PE75FREE update - few days to go... - Just to let you know I crossed the 4000 QSO mark. Right now I worked 94 DXCC with the SES call. We enjoy to be hunted by stations that want to have the aw...

LCR_EST_FREQ Meter - Just waiting for a couple of kits to come through to me a through hole and a SMD version. Both will have a 2x16 LCD and I suspect I will mount them like...

Boom boom pafffff - Something totally off topic today, OK, it's audio, no electronics involved however. IKEA is known for some interesting projects here and there, beyond the ...

UBITX Project - During this Covid-19 crisis the general advise is to stay at home. Since i have a box full of unbuild projects i don’t have to bore and picked the UBITX to ...

ZW8THANKS - ZW8THANKS Tribute To Health Professionals Fighting In Combat Against COVID-19

Cape Otway Lighthouse, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia - *My own collection. I purchased this card in Australia* *Photo: Neil J. Leed.*

MAI SSTV - Jan 30 and 31 - The Moscow Aviation Institute will be conducting one of their SSTV experiments on Jan 30 from about 13:30 UTC until about 19:00 UTC and again on Jan 31 fro...

Special Edition of "Light Hearted" - Maine lighthouse keeper Ernie DeRaps - Ernie DeRaps at Monhegan Lighthouse in 2007. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. This is a special edition of *Light Hearted*, featuring an extended interview ...

# 423 - Lighthouses of Taiwan - Many thanks to Michael Ho from Taiwan for sending me this cover. Three of the four stamps issued on 20th November 2019 is shown on the c...

Live Jajag Seismogram - * Jam yg digunakan adalah UTC atau GMT. * Halaman auto refresh tiap 3 menit,jika gagal dalam auto refresh silahkan refres manual pada browser anda. Jajag S...

The P*10WCA event has ended - WCA turned 10 years in June and COTA-PA joined in the festivities with eight special calls. It has been a great month with an activity level we have not se...

New cycling tour - After 8 years it's time for another bicycletrip a bit different than the yearly ones. It's time for BUAB 2019 ! Starting in Venice Italy and cycling trough...

How to re-initiallize this MMDVM Main Board? Or re-flash the firmware? Can't connect to it anymore, not wired not WiFi - Method is Here: 1.download Oracle VM VirtualBox 2.install ubuntu 14.x/x64 sudo apt-get install ckermit sudo apt-get install minicom save follow txt ...