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) | 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...
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 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...
