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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 I want to put it into the air again. This will take some weeks I suppose and in the the mean time I will search for some more materials, connectors, add-ons and of course a receiver. If you have any? Please let me know. Picture below shows…
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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 the Sunday AM-net twice, getting good signal and audio reports from 40-60 Km distance. I only had to make one small modification in order to reduce the vibration of the Dynamotors I have mounted 4 rubber doorstoppers underneath the frame. You can see one of them…
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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. I enjoyed the fine pile-ups, no endless calling CQ in the lonely hours, just working call after call. No keyboard connected to set, you heard me playing the Begali_key. 104 new calls in the log from stations I have never worked before and worked a lot of well-known…
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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 het relais schoongemaakt en 3 x 3A4 getest en vervangen door nieuwe exemplaren. Resp. oude/nieuwe testwaardes op de TV-7D/U buizentester: Oscillator: 92/100 Doubler: 95/98 (oude was niet stabiel) en Modulator: 80/95. Om 15:40 een test QSO met Henk PA0HTT, de toon was best goed volgens hem.…
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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. PA3AM installing elements. The Final result @ 24 meters (60m asl) looking over the trees. 3-el FB33, 2-el UFB23 and in top a V2000.… Read the rest
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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 toch maar weer op de kop gezet. Het probleem was een on-stabiele 6,3 Volt. Hiervoor een trafo toegepast die ik bij Conrad vond: 6-8-10-12V bij 4A. Hiervan de 8V wikkeling genomen en een stabiele 6,3 en 1,4V gemaakt. De hoogspanning van een andere trafo genomen,…
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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 all, “playing my Begali-key" as I am not a keyboard CW contester. Overall I had 371 new and unique calls in my log (not un-doubled per band) which means new entrants or call changes, however, activity! 9H6A 5 Band (1.8 – 21) DU3BC (14 & 21)…