Category: HAM Radio
QSL card collector
I am a QSL card collector, have been since I got my first CB radio in the seventies. So, QSL is 100% if sent direct to my PO Box. No need for a SASE or money. Via the bureau is ...
Universe or Palomar
In the late 70's early 80's I used to own the Universe. Have been looking for pictures of this fine radio, but I ended up with a picture of the Palomar SSB, which looks identical. It was the radio I ...
The Yaesu FT-747GX
My previous radio was a very old Yaesu FT-747GX. The guy I bought it from in 2008 told me it had never been used. It just sat there in a warehouse. I did the power-mod to reduce power in SSB. ...
1KW in a contest? WTF?
Today I listened to an Italian station who was competing in the ARRL CONTEST. In this contest you're giving a RST and the power output. He gave the guy in the US 599 1 KILOWATT. Don't you think you're overdoing ...
The first radio that got me ‘hooked’
In the seventies I went to Canada to visit my uncle and aunt. It was there that I bought this radio. It is manufactured by General Electric. It came with a little hand-held. The walky-talky was a 49MHz model. The ...
QSL from Croatia
Card in the mail today. From 9A2UB in Croatia. Actually he has sent two.
eQSL what’s the point?
I confess :-( I upload my .adi file to eQSL. But why? No one knows!?!? What is the point? 90% of the cards look the same. So, I don't feel the need to print these ...
Joomla! site got hacked
My previous site www.pd0y.nl, made with Joomla!, got hacked the other day. I don't think it was a 'major' hack, because no real damage was done to the site. I think the hacker got hold of my FTP details. Anyway, ...
