I hadn’t posted in a bit so I figured I’d do a little updating…. Missed out on Dayton this year, bummer. With starting the new job yesterday it was just too much to cram into a weekend. Next year is a must! I did however start playing around with Echolink. I setup a simplex repeater on 145.600 here ...
This week I visiting my parents in Hautes Alpes, France (JN24XM) again. Last sunday evening we arrived and the next morning I did check the wire antenna’s on the roof. They were all broken due to heavy snow slidings. After fixing the open dipole for 20 and the long wire for the other bands on the ro ...
Finally the SEØX 3 element SteppIR is back in service after repair following the failure this winter. This picture was taken after the first test QSO receiving excellent reports from Kevin, NL7Z. SteppIR tower with 10 meter mono band yagi on top. In February SEØX lost it’s 3-element SteppIR antenna. ...
This morning I was scanning the 10m band to see if there was any activity and I was surprised to hear what sounded like a 10 meter repeater covering the NYC area on 29.615Mhz AM.
Dankzij een oplettende tekenaar van onze petitie ontdekten wij de volgende blunder van de gemeente Amsterdam. Terwijl het verbod op harde muziek op boten inmiddels overal bekend is, wordt op de site van IAMsterdam schaamteloos geadverteerd met deze zo verafschuwde herrie: ‘ Never has a gridlock been ...
I fredags beställde jag efter en massa velande en Comet UHV-4 från Radio World i Storbritanien. I måndags hade jag SMS från TNT som undrade när de skulle komma och leverera grejerna, vilket skedde i tisdags. Imponerande snabbt. UHV-4 är en mobilantenn för 10m, 6m, 2m och 70cm, vilket ju passar utmär ...