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...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Nov 28, 2014 | Digital, HAM Blog, Technology
Lately I have discovered online shopping in Chinese shops. Because everything is so very cheap over there, comparing to our prices in the west, it’s easy to buy more than you need! I bought also several radio amateur things, of which I will write in a few blogs....
by Cees (PA1CA) | Nov 24, 2014 | app store, apple app store, Contesting, HAM Blog, ham radio apps, HAMQuickLog, iOS
After a lot of software development and testing I finally put my new app in the Apple app store! The app is called Mircules HAM QuickLog (or just QuickLog) and is an app for the iPad. It’s a logging app for Radio Amateurs and has a lot of very useful features....
by Cees (PA1CA) | Nov 2, 2014 | HAM Blog
Some time ago I wrote 2 small blogs. One about using a CW filter in digital mode and one about doing more with less. It was about a trip I made to Montreal, where I used my small FT-817nd radio to make some impressive contacts. Well, at least to me they were...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Nov 1, 2014 | DXCluster, HAM Blog, ham radio apps, radio amateur apps, Technology
Some time ago I decided to make an application for showing DX Cluster information on Mac OSx. People that know me a bit better, know that I already made a few apps that I’m selling in the iOS app store, one of which shows the DX Cluster on the iPhone and the...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Oct 13, 2014 | HAM Blog, portable operations, Technology
As people that read my blog posts might know; I’m always looking for the best portable setup. At the moment the options revolve around using the FT-817nd with a small linear or using the FT-857d. Using an FT-817nd plus a small linear In my post about using the...
