by Cees (PA1CA) | Feb 22, 2015 | HAM Blog
Today I decided to buy a Chinese antenna analyzer. I already have a RigExpert analyzer and am very happy with it, so why did I buy another one?! Well, I must say that the price was a big reason to buy it. It’s only 77 euros (USD 88) which is very low for such a...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Feb 14, 2015 | app store, DXCluster, HAM Blog, ham radio apps, radio amateur apps
A few years ago I made a DX Cluster app for iOS (iPhone and iPad) called Mircules DX Cluster. I’m a freelance software developer and found it interesting to make some software for mobile devices for my amateur radio hobby. A DX Cluster app seemed like a nice...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Jan 14, 2015 | app store, apple app store, HAM Blog, ham radio apps, HAMQuickLog, iOS, portable operations, radio amateur apps
Previous week a new version of Mircules HAM QuickLog came out. As most people will know, QuickLog is a logging app for Radio Amateurs voor the iPad. I wrote about this earlier in another post. The 2 most important additions to the app are “import from...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Dec 24, 2014 | HAM Blog, Technology
I got myself a Miracle Whip antenna! Although the things I read about it weren’t al that positive, I decided I wanted to get one anyway. Why did I get one after reading all these mixed reviews? Well, I was missing a HF antenna for one specific situation. 🙂...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Dec 21, 2014 | HAM Blog
Some time ago I had a contact with the king of Spain and I wrote about this in my blog. Now I got this short contact with him confirmed with a card! A lot of radio amateurs will confirm their contacts with a QSO card. QSO is the short term for “contact” or...
