OK2CQR

"I'll give up CW when I'm dead! MAYBE!" (Rick, KC8AON)

Ready to QSO on 60M

Today I got my licence for 60M. If you want to make a QSO, please send me an email. I can work on these frequencies: CW: 5227.5, 5290.0, 5299.5, 5314.5, 5332.0, 5334.5, 5363.5, 5368.0, 5373.0, 5396.5, 5400.0, 5405.0 Rig will be TS-590SG with sloper for 80M tuned with LDG Z-100 autotuner. See you on the air!

My 2015 summary

Last year was very successful in my ham radio career – over 5000 QSO. Unfortunately not everything was good… .

Lazarus 1.4.4 for Ubuntu 14.04

Last weekend I was working on CQRLOG and builded packages of Lazarus 1.4.4 for Ubuntu 14.04. It was compiled with FPC version 2.6.4 that is available in the same repository on Launchpad. Enjoy!

OK/OM DX Contest in SO AB HP

My first contest in this category. Actually, it was not all bands, a few days before the contest, something happened with my sloper antenna for 80M. I used it also for 160M. All band category without two bands :).

HF propagation to your Linux desktop

I’m sure, you already know an excellent HF propagation images from http://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html provided by Paul, N0NBH. There are some apps to show propagation on Windows and Mac desktop. I’ve been using Ubuntu Linux for years and also would like to have the image on my desktop as well.

Three new countries in last three days!

Last three days were amazing! The propagation was really good and I made three new countries – E6, T2 and 3D2KM. Especially operators of the E6GG did very good job. Almost no QRM on their freq, no cops and excellent operating. I made QSO in last two days of the expedition. Thank you! Also T2GC expedition has very […]

New website

I spent lot of time developing CQRLOG and HamQTH and didn’t have time to update my personal website. It took me some time but now it’s finished. The website is running on Joomla 3 with a bootstrap template. It should be responsive and faster than before. Now I can write a few new articles and post them more […]