Saturday October 8, 2011: This week I,ve re-installed my FT817, as this is a true QRP-rig that I really love, since  I bought it in 2003.  I,ve used it last year in the O-QRP contest, and before that on a few “holiday-activities”. A few 5W qso’s proved that one can work the world with QRP.…

Friday 17th of June 2011 made a qso wd Ray G4NBQ on 40 meters 20:11 UTC, working for my Aktio40 Award. This was QSO #100 for this month. This means I can apply for a full award as this is the 12 month, good for sticker number 12. The Aktio40 is a DIG-Award, see http://www.dig-pa.net/actio40.asp…

Sunday, 1st of May, I have just sold my Murphy B40 to Rommert PE1CDF. Rommert already owns a B41 an was very pleased to take over my working B40. Testing this old Navy-receiver was done by listening to the surplus AM-net on 3.705 MHz. Now my old Drake TR4 is the only remaining tube-rig.… Read…

From Single, Twins to Triplets? Three VHF/UHF all mode rigs on the shack-shelf. IC251E (image) I have owned my IC-251E for more than 28 years now as I bought it in 1983. It’s old tech and low-powered but I still use it almost every day. Most of the time in FM tuned on 144.675 MHz…

Drake TR4 Restauration My Drake TR4 snr 32.514 (1972) came alive today (September 25, 2010) in a CW qso with Rune, SM2EKA on 14.036 MHz I used my left-handed Vibroplex key, a wonderful combination. Since today (November 7th 2010) working in phone in combination with Turner +3B microphone. (Thanks to Martin PE1PRM) See story below.…

Some of my  keys: Russian or Slowak Key, brand new in paper, bought (September 25, 2010) on the Meppel Radio market for 5€. I’ve used it once in a Straight key party, and it was doing fine. The key below is a Japanese semi automatic Key made by Dentsu-Seiki model no.BK100. I got this Dentsu…

Today my Murphy B40 came alive. I’ve got this good old radio as a good bargain on Saturday 12th of june 2010, on the radio flee-market of our own radio club NOV (Noord-Oost Veluwe) from clubmember and radiofriend Daan PD0RAA, who needed some more room in his shack. This old lady was stowed away in…