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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 (in Dutch) I started in August 2008 and it thus took me almost 3 years (30 months). A great experience in CW, as I applied for CW-only. Results after 30 months: 1412 QSO’s, 1161 unduped, 57 DXCC all on 40 meters.… Read the rest

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 the rest

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 on our local NOV repeater (Noord Oost Veluwe radioclub) Still I find it useful for SSB and even made in 2010 my first 2m CW QSO on this rig. I, m using a simple 2/70 antenna in the attic and it’s still amazing how sensitive…

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. My Drake TR4 story: Saturday 12th of june 2010, radio flee-market of our own radio club NOV (Noord-Oost Veluwe) One of the stands is presenting a Drake TR4. It catched my eye in the very first moment, already half an hour before the market was…

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 Seiki Key from my colleguae Guus Henkens, who worked with this key aboard the merchant vessel “Ocean Express” in 1973 with the callsign: H3OA. In return, Guus is receiving all the stamps from direct my QSL cards, as collecting stamps is his hobby. These Semi-auto…

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 the corner of my shack and I’ve decided today to try it. Connecting the mains, turning it on and see the warming lights of the tuning band scales of this old naval comminication receiver. Some noise in the headphone, some more noise when rotating switces,…

Radio hobby can join a HAM perfectly on any holiday. Last expedition was Madeira Island in May 2010. CT9/PA3AM Madeira Island 2010. You can find the modified Madeirian Flag as a QSL-card on my QSL-card page on third position. Holiday Expedition from the 29th of April until the 13th of May 2010. RIG:IC706 / 100 Watts / Dipole 2 x 25 M / S-match. (10 – 160M) IOTA: AF 014 QTH Camacha 700 Meters ASL Preferred mode CW, but also QRV in Phone, especially for the NOV and APD friends. QSL card is shown else on this site, design was…