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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)…
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Membership SRS and WS62 Restauration
Recently joined the Dutch Surplus Radio Society or SRS. Her goal is to keep, share, and grow the historical and substantive knowledge of radio communications installations. This all in the broadest sense and within the rules of the law. The SRS is trying to achieve this goal, by: Doing research, reviews and documentation of equipment, techniques and components; Providing advice on and stimulation of restoration, conservation and implementation of installations and components and the actual use of it; Making promotion, for members and other enthousiasts. PI4SRS is the club callsign and regularly active in Telegraphy / CW (Operators are PA0CWF /…