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Collins TCS-12
I have acquired a TCS transmitter 23rd November 2017. It was an ebay bargain, just a try for a few dollars and bingo! (additionally 110$ shipping costs ;-). It travelled in some 10 days from a reseller in Dyer, Indiana, USA towards my shack. So this is probably the start of my TCS station, as…
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GRC-3030 on the air in AM.
Since february 8th, I am the new and proud owner of a GRC-3030 in mint condition. Former owner Henk, PA0HTT gave me the pleasant opportunity to become the next SRS-operator of this beauty. The set was complete and fully operational, giving a fine and stable 12 Watts output in CW and AM. Until now I,ve joined…
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PACC 2017
I’ve joined this time in “recreational mode”, SO-LP-CW. Made 5 runs of 100 QSO,s, had coffee and meal inbetween and ended up with 515 QSO,s and 132 multipliers. Time on: 6:41 hrs and at 23:09, I went to bed for a good night sleep. Rig: IC756PRO 100W 3el 10-15m and 160m Horizontal loop for 40-160.…
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GRC-9 met perfecte CW-toon
Er zijn een aantal artikelen uit de SRS bulletins over dit onderwerp: 1998 nr. 12 blad 7 en 8 “Weg met die vervelende OC3” 1998 nr. 13 blad 8 “Aanvulling op Weg met die vervelende OC3” 2001 nr. 23 blad 17 “Weer de GRC-9” 2001 nr. 25 blad 29 “Tjoep in de GRC-9” Vandaag eerst…
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Fritzel UFB23 in Tower.
I already had a UFB13 from Fritzel and bought the UFB23 extension in 2015. 28 and 29 December 2016, Johan PE2J was able to help me getting this 2-el beam for 12, 17 and 30 meters, in the tower. During unpacking, installing and raising the tower it looked like this: Johan PE2J connecting the driving element.…
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GRC-9 Zelfbouw voeding AM88
Na de aankoop van de GRC-9 met plankvoeding van Jan PA3AMG is het tijd geworden om een mooie netvoeding te maken die het volgende moet kunnen leveren: 105V @ 20 mA voor de ontvanger 1,4V @ 450mA voor de ontvanger 6,3V @ 2A gloeispanning zender DC 6,3V @ 500mA zend/ontvang relais 580V @ 100mA zender eindtrap Update 21 december 2016, Alles…
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PACC 2016
The 13-14 February weekend was the biggest Dutch contest event called PACC. It was a fine contest, good conditions, personal record 1327 nett qso,s. Equipment: IC756 100W FB33 and Skywire 160M Loop & LL-S-Match. Time on: 22:34 hrs. Overall good activity, lots of EU AND usa, Lots of UA. Some fine DX surprises, tnx! Enjoyed it working you…