Last weekend I’ve experimented with psk31 for the first time. Made a really simple setup. Connected my girlfriends laptop (the only Windows one in the house) directly to my FT-817 with 2 mini-jack cable (audio in and out) and the data-cable.
Run Ham Radio Deluxe. Could get it to work very well. After a few hours of searching for the right settings, I was able to receive some signals. Just couldn’t get the rig transmitting anything at all.
The next morning I’ve tried the same setup on my Mac. This time with Cocoamodem. Same story, receiving okay, transmitting no go.
Hmmm, looks like I need to do some more googling first.
Category: Miscellaneous
Wrap up PACC 2009
Well, that was a very nice contest! I went from Schalkwijk (see previous post) to our new clubbuilding the NERA-building. There were a few club members so I joined them. Later on that evening I went home to pick up my own rig. The evening went by and I made a few (35) contacts. About 1:30 am I went home for some sleep. This morning I continued about 9:00 am. When the clock hit 13:00 hours I had made 60 QSO’s. I know I know, it’s nothing compaired to the big guns. But I don’t care. It was a very nice experience, it was my first PACC. I have many ideas how to do the contest next year.
For starter I want to have some kind of voice sampler (external) between my microfoon and my rig so I can record samples and play them by just pressing a button (cq contest cq contest). Because it wasn’t very nice to have to repeat it a few hundred times. That’s why I stopped CQ-ing after a while.
Anyone good tips for such a device?
PACC 2009
Every Dutch radio amateur who loves to DX just a little bit, is putting everything in place for this weekend. Some ham’s polishing their keyers at home. Some hams are putting up just another wire to be able to work that special band. Others are joining in groups and use a piece of farming land to put up antenna’s and gathering together in sheds to join the dx-party!
Saturday 14th of februari on 14:00 hrs local time (12:00 UTC) all PA-PH-hams will fire up their rigs to work as many countries as possible in the PACC 2009!
I will visit this weekend a few hams in the center of the Netherlands. Maybe I’m gonna make a few QSO’s myself. Of course pictures and experiences will be posted asap!