On September 6th, I visited the PC5T Contest station. They were participating in the annual VHF IARU Contest. They’ve been doing this for 20 years at the same location near the village of De Cocksdorp, on the east side of the northern tip, directly on the Wadden Sea. Time …
MiniBook v1.4.8 Released
Again a new update of MiniBook is ready for download. Download Github: MiniBook v1.4.8 This time Key Features are: SOTA reference lookup added COTA/WCA reference lookup added Serial Sent & Receive exchange some fixes RST Pulldown changed for Button window, More friendly for touchscreen operation Cosmetics: Station info and Activation …
V Dipole 40m Expansion kit
STL FILES: downloads here Although the design of the V Dipole is not new at all, the past few months after building the V Dipole have proven to be a great success. Success in the sense of being very quick to set up, requiring a small footprint for guy wires, …
MiniBook v1.3.8 released
Again a new update of MiniBook is ready for download. Download: MiniBook v1.3.8 This time Key Features are: DX Telnet Cluster added Fully Working Telnet Cluster, Spot click to frequency, and workedbefore status display DXCC.JSON replaced by CTY.DAT for DXCC lookup I have see a lot of mismatching of DXCC’s entities …
MiniBook and it’s new features explained
Setup WSJT-X using HamlibServer for Rig control & How to setup WSJT-X to directly log into MiniBook Direct Rig control using the Callsign Entry box
MiniBook now QRZ ready! and more!
Now that MiniBook is used more and more by myself, but also by others, I keep getting feedback on how things should be improved or added or even removed!. MiniBook is getting more and more mature 🙂 QRZ lookup and Logbook Although I always wanted MiniBook to be an offline …
MiniBook Source Available
Why I Decided to Make MiniBook Public When I first started building MiniBook, it was just a personal project — a lightweight, no-nonsense logbook that did exactly what I needed without all the clutter of bigger applications. I never really planned to release the source publicly. But as the project …
Portable V Dipole
Update 27-04-2025: New body added, for 16mm tube mount. I saw 5.6m telescopic antennas on Aliexpress a while ago. I ordered a set with the idea of doing something fun with them later. I wanted to make a lightweight dipole to hang in the mast. Later I thought it would …
QSL Update!
Great news! I’m once again able to send and receive QSL cards via the Dutch QSL Bureau! As I really love making portable contacts it’s always a special experience. Therefore I decided to confirm these contacts with a QSL card. Just a quick note:➡️ Please don’t send QSL cards for …
XLX880 Multiprotocol Reflector Now Fully Operational! 🚀
Great news! My XLX880 Multiprotocol Reflector is now up and running smoothly. Connections between Yaesu Fusion, DMR (Brandmeister), and D-Star are active on XLX880A. 🔹 DMR users can connect via Talkgroup 2041151.🔹 Yaesu Fusion users can join Room 88880.🔹 Transcoding between all modes is fully functional, ensuring seamless cross-mode communication. …