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Archive for the year 2008

Two new ones on LoTW - 6W and OH0


Posted: November 16th, 2008 under DX, Hamradio, LoTW.

I got a few pleasant surprises on LoTW during the week. I got two new countries confirmed and I’m closing in on 200 now with 193 confirmed. The new countries are OH0TA and 6W1/F5PHW. I also got JA6WFM/HR3 on 6M. And I got a few more bandpoints with ZC4ZM on 12M  and 40M. Thanks to [...]


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XV4BM and A5100A in the log on 40M


Posted: November 13th, 2008 under DX, Hamradio.

You know, it’s kinda strange with countries you need. Like V8 that I worked years ago on 15M SSB. A  few weeks ago I finally logged my second V8 with V85SS. He gave me a new one on CW and 40M. On Monday, V85TT was cq’ing with a nice signal on 40M. He had almost [...]


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Last weeks activity


Posted: November 10th, 2008 under DX, Hamradio, LoTW.

The title says it. Since I haven’t been on the radio since last weekend, it’s not much to tell about. The week just flies too fast. However I got the opportunity on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday I did some qso’es on 30M. I heard K7XB calling E7 on 30M, but no luck. I decided [...]


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DX World of Ham Radio - by MM0NDX


Posted: November 7th, 2008 under DX, Hamradio, Link.

One of the interesting sites I have in my RSS-reader, is the DX-page by MM0NDX. It’s called DX World of Ham Radio. MM0NDX reports about happenings in the DX world. It’s mostly DXPedition related and is often updated. I find the page well worth a look. Visit here: http://dx-hamspirit.com


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LoTW updates - lots of DX with recordings


Posted: November 3rd, 2008 under DX, Hamradio, LoTW, Soundclips.

I uploaded an update to LoTW last week. With this upload, I got several new confirmations this time. YB4IR 40M SSB, 5Z4/RW1AU on 40M and 30M CW, HQ9R on 40M  RTTY and ZD9ZM 30M CW, 15M RTTY and 12M CW. With ZD9ZM, I now have 191 LoTW confirmations.
On the DX front is was pretty quiet [...]


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Google earth and hamradio


Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Hamradio, Software.

Google Earth is a great program in many ways, and it can also have many uses in hamradio. I have among other things, used it to find big hamstations, locate IOTA’s and also DXCC’s. I will present a few useful links here. To get Google Earth, download it here.
 
 
 
A few interesting and useful links:

http://www.nearby.org.uk/flyto.php The first link [...]


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Google Earth for iPhone and iPod Touch


Posted: October 28th, 2008 under Software.

An exciting new application was released for the iPhone and the iPod Touch Sunday October 26. It’s Google Earth. If you haven’t given Google Earth a try, you’re missing out on a great program. In few words, Google Earth is a virtual globe program with very detailed views of the earth. The images are obtained [...]


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