I noticed that I’ve reached 600 different call prefixes so far. While 400 is enough to get your WPX-certificate in the Mixed category (I don’t have one, DXCC is much cooler), with 600 different prefixes you’ll enter the WPX Honor Roll.
And that’s a nice signal to receive: get listed with the other ‘top’ stations in the world. Not that I am one with my limited antenna set-up (Magnetic loop for 6,5-30 MHz.) but still…
Now let’s work towards the WPX Award of Excellence and get 1000 prefixes. Oh no, can’t. I dont have an antenna for the topbands 80 and 160 meters 🙂
Direct QSL today. C31CT confirmed his 3 QSO’s on 3 bands in 2 modes. That makes the 125th confirmed DXCC. Tough I’d rather see a LoTW confirmation it’s nice to see the numbers rising. Now let’s work towards 150. The QSO’s are already made, but 26 DXCC is still unconfirmed.
When you own a Hytera DMR transceiver you need an optional cable costing 35 euro to program your transceiver and/or to upgrade the firmware. In my opinion, programming cables should never be an option. You can spend the 35 euro to buy one, or spend about 5 euro to make one yourself.
I’m currently testing the Hytera X1p portable DMR-transceiver. The first thing you’ll notice is the size. The transceiver is small, just like an iPhone 5. With the standard battery the portable is only 21mm thick. Still, the set has a full keypad and nicely coloured display to show the status, channel, battery level, etc.
This article is in Dutch and shows how to silence your neighbours’ PLT and lose the irritating noise on HF.
I’m busy preparing a new DMR-repeater. The exact location is unknown but having a look at white spots in the coverage maps from the current repeaters most-likely it will be somewhere in the Northern part of the Netherlands.
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Oldie, but still nice. I’ve earned the 2nd place during the Dutch ‘PA-beker’ contest end of 2012 in the category ‘Novice CW’. Only two people send their log but still, 2nd place sounds quite okay 🙂
