by Cees (PA1CA) | Nov 4, 2012 | HAM Blog, Technology
I got my new Christmas tree! Well, not really of course but it comes close. I opened up my new Ameritron Linear just to see what those 4 tubes look like when the thing is turned on. It lights up the room and looks rather cozy! There is also a lot of heat coming from...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Oct 29, 2012 | Contesting, HAM Blog
On the 27th and the 28th of October I worked my first ever radio amateur contest; the CQ World Wide DX contest 2012! On saturday I didn’t have the whole day free to do contesting but the whole Sunday was available for this. In theory I had enough time to make a great...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Oct 28, 2012 | HAM Blog, Technology
I took my next step in this great Radio Amateur hobby of ours! I blew something up! 🙂 Recently I bought a Diamond SX-100 power meter to use with the Ameritron Linear I bought. I’m using the linear with my two dipoles; the 15m one and the fan dipole for 10m and 20m. To...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Oct 26, 2012 | Contesting, HAM Blog
After buying the linear and optimizing my coax cables (I replaced all the RG58 with Aircell 7) I decided it is time for my first contest! Every Radio Amateur knows that around this time of the year there is the CQ World Wide DX Contest! This is one of the most popular...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Oct 13, 2012 | HAM Blog
After getting my Full License I decided to buy myself a present. With my full license I can use 400 watt of power on most bands. My current transmitter only does 100 watt so I “needed” an amplifier. After some searching I decided on the, widely used,...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Oct 13, 2012 | HAM Blog
I made another antenna; a 70cm Quad antenna, and it works like a charm! The “bad” thing about quads is that they are full wavelength antenna’s, which in HF normally means; LONG ANTENNAS! The “good” thing in this case is that a full...
