Amateur radio station Delft Netherlands
After finishing the PACC contest i ran into two annoying things with the log submission.
I could not export to Cabrillo format from Cloudlog directly and Cloudlog did not sort the QSO’s in the right order
The first point is now taken care of thanks to KD9MJV who has written a PHP script which i addapted a little bit for my situation. Now available on this website.
I hope both points will be addressed in near feature by Cloudlog dev team.
This year i participated in the PACC 2023 contest in the QRP category. I had 40 QSO’s in the log. But nevertheless i am quite happy with the result. Log uploading was a bit of a hassle since the cabrillo log went into error state multiple times. Eventually it appeared to be a sorting matter. Working down the log from header to the End of Log it should be a matter of descending sort. Cloudlog does not support that kind of sorting (well i did not find it at the time of writing) AND outputting it to ADIF (yet). Lucky me it was only 40 QSO’s to put in the right order.
My second activation. for the WWFF program. This time 16 kilometers by bike to end up in the dune area of Monster. PAFF-0160. A sunny day, 3 degrees but in the dunes in the sun just nice and warm.
At the location, of course, I first checked whether I had ended up in the designated area. Set up the antenna with a view of the sea. Adjusted my EFHW with about 20 meters of wire and a 49:1 UNUN with the Rigexpert Stick and then put the XIEGU X6100 on listening mode to see if I could get a free spot. This was on 7.135 kHz. After calling CQ a number of times, an offer came. A small pile-up soon followed. After half an hour I went to 20 meters. Tuned to 14.244 kHz, the pile-up was slightly larger. After an hour of work I was able to log 55 stations.
Worth repeating again.
5 Watt on FT8 into the USA from the Netherlands. Antenna is a EFHW kit from HF-Kits in the Netherlands. Rig is a Xiegu X6100. It keeps amazing me that with so little power such great distances can be achieved.
QRP is the way to go for me. I enjoy making contacts with low power. On the 29th of January I had a short QSO with ON4BW mode SSB. I only used 1 Watt output on my Xiegu X6100 into an end fed half wave antenna. I received a 56 from Johan.
Take a look at his QRZ page and see why he was receiving me….
I came across a 49:1 UNUN design by OMØET which was very appealing. I decided to go to the nearest DIY shop and buy me some materials to build one myself. The priciest part was the toroid which I bought at Ferrite-shop.nl for still a reasonable price. Altogether the transformer costed about € 15,00. Not bad compared to prices in various webshops. Next on will be a 9:1 UNUN for EFLW. Same design will apply. A big thank you to Pavol, OMØET.
This one is for me. I like to be out in the open and I like to play radio. Best of both worlds in WWFF. Despite cold (or hot for that matter) weather bugs and sand all over the place I really enjoy putting up an antenna in the field ,on the beach, in a park and make nature my shack. And if not outside hunt other activators for some “awards”. But why not one program that fits all? I mean POTA, VOTA, IOTA, MOTA, WWFF and probably a lot more. C’mon we can do better!
Today I did a WWFF activation for the first time. First 20 kilometers by bike to end up in the dune area of Meijendel, PAFF-0162. Super nice weather, beautiful skies and a nice sun were my share.
Arriving at the location, first set up the antenna. A 7m rod with the EFHW attached was in a poop and a sigh. The set, the Xiegu X6100, docked and called CQ at 40 meters. Soon the first hunters came into the air. After DK7UDO put some things on the cluster, there was a pile-up. I had never experienced this. Comfortable, because then you are in control I could finish the stations one by one.
After an hour or two with a break here and there for a brew and a sandwich I was able to break off and go back home. Can someone wipe that smile off my face?