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This summer (2023). I am more active than ever portable. At the beginning of the season I started with my IC-705 to get out and work QRP. At the same time I have also...
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Working satellites portable
On July 26, 2023, I gave a demonstration at the NVRA on how to connect via one of the TEVEL satellites. We were lucky, because on this evening we had a nice pass with...
Portable Satellite Antenna
Now that I’m more portable, I wanted to do something with amateur satellites again. I mainly want to do this with the IC-705. Unfortunately, the IC-705 cannot work full duplex. So we depend on...
Homebrew Manpack for my IC-705 and accesoires
If you have some time on the weekend to work portable. then you don’t want to spend a lot of time setting up and connecting my equipment. especially if this is the same setup...
40m Deltaloop for NVIS
I’ve always been interested in all kinds of loop antennas. This is because closed systems are generally less sensitive to QRM and therefore receive more quietly. What I’ve been wanting to try for a...
Refurbishing Glassfiber Poles
I have always been a big fan of army dump camo net poles to use as a mast, both portable and fixed based. These were always widely available for a nice hobby price at...
Portable with the IC-705
Recently I was invited to my old model flying club for a cup of coffee 🙂 Excellent opportunity to test my IC-705 in peace. Used antenna: an EFHW on a 13m portable mast. At...
Adjust LNB L.O. (BT-180) or any other DRO LNB
Recently I got my hands on a very good performing LNB for 10 ghz amateur television. Available on aliexpress under the name BT-180 with an LO of 9GHz. There was only a slight problem...
ATV Receiver project
Some time ago, Hans PE1ICE developed a compact ATV Receiver that could demodulate FM audio and Nicam audio also. Link to project: https://nvra.net/index.php/nicam-decoder/pe1ice-nvra-mini-atv-ontvanger/ All that was needed was to install the receiver in a...
Getting better 10GHz reception, modifying the mast :-)
Reception at 10Ghz can be quite a challenge, especially if you can receive the station to be received on the edge. I really had the problem that the signal went up and down even...
Update available!: MiniBook Version 1.2.1 - Also a new tool is added for bulk editting.
Ziet er goe uit Bjorn
what can I edit in the arduino environment to make your 'civ.listen' function compile up for the UNO R4 WIFI,…
New update, editting and exporting to ADIF now possible
Dude you are a true inspiration for HAM's. Just love how you live the HAM life. :)