Category: Miscellaneous

All kind of posts without a specific category.

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One option that is not available for my Kenwood TS-450SAT is a buildin voice keyer. That’s a shame, but if it isn’t there and you still want it, you probably can buy it or…. build it!

I could find some MFJ voice keyers, but to spend more then hundred euro’s for a voice keyer I think is ridiculous… When I googled around for a design of a home made voice keyer, I stumbled upon a project that has been published in a magazine of my own club (Veron): Electron, august 1998. In this design they use a ISD1016 voice recording chip. After a lot of searching I found the designer and contacted him. It seems like the ISD1016 isn’t produced anymore and is hard to get. So I discussed that with the designer and was able to get my hand on a good replacement: the ISD1020. The designer sells the PCB and programmed GAL-chip himself. So I ordered these. I’m waiting for him to send this stuff to me so I can start to build. Should be fun!

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dxwatchI use DXwatch as my primary dx cluster for years now. Funny how it never crossed my mind I could also make an account for this site so I also can add spots.
The other day I signed up for an account (free) and I discovered another cool thing! You can create filters for specific spots and when that spot appears on DXwatch, DXwatch will send you a mail and/or an IM!

Pretty cool! I should sign up way earlier! 😉

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Besides this site, I’m also writing for the site of our local club Veron PI4RCG. It is really nice to do, but it also takes up a lot of time.

And of course I’m also practicing for my morse skills. First we have to learn how to receive morse code. So this is what I’m practicing now. At about 12 words per minute. I’m at the R-character in the alphabet. Hopefully I can receive the whole alphabet in about 2 weeks from now. Then we will start sending. Pretty cool adventure!