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...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Aug 10, 2014 | HAM Blog, Technology
I got a new website; www.ft817.eu ! I like the Yaesu FT-817nd so much that I decided to make a separate website for it! For now it is just full of YouTube movies about the FT-817nd and a few of my blog entries. In the end the site will just have lots of stuff about...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Aug 3, 2014 | HAM Blog, portable operations, Technology
A few years ago there was a rumor going around that a new version of the Yaesu ft-817 would come on the market “pretty soon”. This new model would be called the Yaesu FT-818. The FT-817nd has been the favorite of many radio amateurs for as long as it...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Jul 29, 2014 | HAM Blog
I became a member of the DX Century Club or DXCC! This is an amateur radio award earned by making a distant contact (called DX), with 100 or more geographic entities (“countries”) around the world. The difficulty is not in making contacts with 100 or more entities,...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Jul 1, 2014 | HAM Blog, portable operations, Technology
I got another one; the Baofeng UV-3r+! On a rainy Sunday afternoon, after browsing a bit on internet I went to this Chinese website that sells HAM radio stuff. I already bought a few small transmitters there and some other stuff and I decided to get another one of...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Jun 30, 2014 | Contesting, HAM Blog, Rules
In my previous post I spoke about the conversation I had on Sunday with the King of Spain. Some people asked me what we talked about and if we had a nice conversation. Because this was a radio amateur contest the talk we had was very short but friendly. To give you an...
