by Cees (PA1CA) | Jan 4, 2020 | HAM Blog
After being away for a while I am looking forward to posting again more stuff about HAM radio! Although I didn’t post much I still did a lot of things with the HAM radio hobby. Because I was also busy with family, work and life in general posting about it...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Nov 13, 2016 | Digital, HAM Blog
If you have been into HAM Radio for a bit longer time, you might remember this; “73 Magazine”. It was a United States-based amateur radio magazine that was published from 1960 to 2003. The magazine was known for its deep technical articles and for the lengthy...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Jan 18, 2016 | HAM Blog
After searching the smallest VHF/UHF transceiver with still enough power I found one that looks great and has the right specifications. It’s a dual band (2m / 70cm band) transceiver, 25 watt maximum power and VERY small. The model is the QYT KT-8900 from China....
by Cees (PA1CA) | Dec 18, 2015 | HAM Blog, Technology
Lately I have been listening a lot to the most popular repeater here in the Netherlands (PI3UTR). I need to travel for work and listening to this repeater is a nice distraction. I now and then also talk with people but most of the time I’m just listening. Until a few...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Apr 19, 2015 | HAM Blog, Popular, portable operations, Technology
After waiting for a pretty long time, my new gadget from China finally arrived! It’s a SARK100 antenna analyzer. I wrote about buying one, in February I think, so already some time ago! Most radio amateurs know that antenna analyzers are pretty expensive; starting...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Apr 4, 2015 | app store, apple app store, HAM Blog, ham radio apps, HAMQuickLog, iOS
I found out that my app; Mircules HAM QuickLog was used in the C5DX DXPedition to The Gambia in Africa! Most people that follow my blog will know that I’m the developer of Mircules HAM QuickLog which is an iPad app used for logging Radio Amateur contacts...
