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
by Cees (PA1CA) | Apr 3, 2013 | Contesting, HAM Blog
Previous weekend I entered another radio amateur contest. This time I wanted to use a nice new feature of my logging software. This is the option where it can make a google map from all the contacts I made! For those of you interested; the contest was the “CQ WP WPX...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Feb 13, 2013 | HAM Blog, Technology
Some of you might know that, next to being a radio amateur, I’m also a professional programmer. I have my own company and work as a consultant making software for big companies. My last project was for a client where I was in a position to study how to make apps for...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Dec 25, 2012 | Contesting, Digital, HAM Blog
After I got more into the digital modes I started investigating this a bit more and found out that there is a real digital modes club! It’s a club for people that do PSK digital modes and will give you certificates for achievements, like doing and / or winning...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Dec 15, 2012 | Contesting, HAM Blog, Technology
I did another RTTY contest, this time it was organized from the radio amateur organization in the Czech Republic. For me it was a way to try out my mobile 40m band antenna which I bought and put up a few weeks ago. In this picture the left antenne is the 40m band...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Dec 3, 2012 | Contesting, HAM Blog
I just keep learning with this radio amateur hobby and what better way to learn than by doing the things! I have done 6 contests already in the last 6 weeks. I started with the CQ World Wide DX Contest, the biggest of the year. After that the Ukranian DX Contest and...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Nov 11, 2012 | Contesting, HAM Blog, Technology
I have a lot of first experiences lately. After my first contest, getting my first tube linear I tried another new thing. I had my first RTTY (Radio Tele TYpe) experience, also known as Telex! I also decided to jump into the deep end and enter the German Worked All...
