by Cees (PA1CA) | Sep 12, 2013 | Digital, HAM Blog, Technology
What a strange hobby this amateur radio hobby is! At home I’m trying to have the highest antenna with the biggest radio and the most power. Whereas while traveling I want the smallest antenna with the smallest transmitter; which means, low power. While traveling size...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Sep 11, 2013 | Contesting, HAM Blog
I discovered another use for the new CW filter I put in my FT-817; I found out it also works in digital modes! During my stay in Montreal, working as VA2/PA1CA, I decided to work an hour or so in the 2013 Russian RTTY contest. Because I was using my Yaesu FT-817 I was...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Sep 5, 2013 | HAM Blog
I decided to add a CW filter to my FT-817. Although I would hardly call it a mod, it still falls under the heading of “doing a modification” I guess, so I will describe it here. A month or 2 ago I decided that it’s time to do another new thing in...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Aug 10, 2013 | HAM Blog, Technology
I re-found my first love! I was 13 when I met here and spend hours playing with her. Than when I was 16 I lost her again….. Since this is a radio amateur blog you probably guessed I was talking about something to do with transmitters… 😉 I was browsing around ebay and...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Apr 11, 2013 | HAM Blog
After looking at my RTTY contest results of the previous weekend I noticed that a contest talk looks pretty much like a secret code! I will show you a contact I had with Japan, first in the real way it happened and then in a more human language! 😉 Good to know is that...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Apr 4, 2013 | Contesting, HAM Blog
I put some of my videos of the CQ WPX contest on youtube! They show me making some quick contest contacts on my FT-950
