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My 1st Contest; CQ World Wide DX!

Follow After buying the linear and optimizing my coax cables (I replaced all the RG58 with Aircell 7) I decided it is time for my first contest! Every Radio Amateur knows that around this time of the...

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My 1st Contest; Doing the Contest

Follow On the 27th and the 28th of October I worked my first ever radio amateur contest; the CQ World Wide DX contest 2012! On saturday I didn’t have the whole day free to do contesting but the whole...

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My first RTTY experience

Follow I have a lot of first experiences lately. After my first contest, getting my first tube linear I tried another new thing. I had my first RTTY (Radio Tele TYpe) experience, also known as Telex!...

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I got the contesting bug!

Follow I just keep learning with this radio amateur hobby and what better way to learn than by doing the things! I have done 6 contests already in the last 6 weeks. I started with the CQ World Wide DX...

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Contest results on Google Maps

Follow Previous weekend I entered another radio amateur contest. This time I wanted to use a nice new feature of my logging software. This is the option where it can make a google map from all the...

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My contest on youtube

Follow I put some of my videos of the CQ WPX contest on youtube! They show me making some quick contest contacts on my FT-950       Follow

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Using a CW filter in digital mode

Follow I discovered another use for the new CW filter I put in my FT-817; I found out it also works in digital modes! During my stay in Montreal, working as VA2/PA1CA, I decided to work an hour or so...

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See who I talked to!

Follow One of the biggest HAM radio contests of the year was this weekend; the CQ World Wide DX Contest 2013. This is a voice contest (we talk to each other) and the goal is to make as many talks to...

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I talked to the king of Spain!

Follow Concurso El Rey de España   Today I was again in a HAM Radio contest; the Concurso S.M. El Rey de España SSB (the King of Spain contest). I haven’t done many contests this year so I decided...

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My talk with the King of Spain

Follow The Royal Armor In my previous post I spoke about the conversation I had on Sunday with the King of Spain. Some people asked me what we talked about and if we had a nice conversation. Because...

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