by Cees (PA1CA) | Apr 14, 2012 | HAM Blog
Just a quick follow up on my previous blog about a U shaped dipole I made and put up in my attic. I decided to make it a “Fan Dipole”. This is a dipole which has one feed point for more than one dipole. Because I’m mostly using the 20 meter band and the 10 meter band...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Mar 31, 2012 | HAM Blog
The title of this blog is a bit misleading; I’m already way past part 1 of any antenna story I have to tell. Because this is the first time I’m actually writing about it I’m gonna call it “part 1” anyway! I recently found out that, although I have a nice dipole for...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Feb 29, 2012 | HAM Blog, Popular
After buying my new QRP transceiver, the Yaesu FT-817nd, I found out that not all the bands on it are available for transmitting, some are only available for receiving. I thought that it would be possible to use some software (widebander.exe) to open all the bands for...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Feb 8, 2012 | HAM Blog
As some of you might know, I’m a freelance software developer with a big interest in iPhone and iPad development but lately I haven’t been doing a lot of software development in my spare time. The reason for all of this can be found almost 30 years ago! When I...
