"I'll give up CW when I'm dead! MAYBE!" (Rick, KC8AON)
After two years as OK7AN I dediced to return to the old callsgin. The new one was good, quite short but I could not get used to it, maybe because I had been using OK2CQR for over 20 years. The decision was made, from 1st of May 2019 I returned to the air with OK2CQR.
We celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic (Czechoslovakia) on October 28, 1918. I’ll be one of the special callsigns on the air. You can get very nice award for QSO with OL100 callsigns. I’ll be active as OL100C. More information about the award is on OKDXF website related to this event.
I had been dreaming about this radio for long time. Finally the dream comes truth and the Elecraft KX3 is on my desk. It takes some time to adapt to a new radio but right now I can say, it has the best receiver I’ve ever had!
I ordered this excellent QCX QRP TRX from QRP Labs (40m band version) at the beginning of December 2017 and had to wait almost two months but finally got it. Order volume of this kit was (and is) extremely high. You’ll get very good radio for very low price. Especially the RX is really good.
A few days a go I found an article written by UIf, DK5TX about problem with cooling fans installed in TS-590. Unfortunately I had the same problem.
Today I got a licence to my new callsign OK7AN. All new articles will be published on https://ok7an.com and new email is petr@ok7an.com. See you on the air!
The PA L-4B is back in the OK1KMG’s hamshack. I made over 5000 QSO using this PA. Now back to low power category :(.
I drive around this area always when I go to work or return home. It took some time but I decided to visit it this afternoon. We have a few last sunny days and it’s really nice and relaxing to spend them in the nature.
I really like EU HF Championship. You make only EU to EU QSO and it’s fun even with my small station. Propagation was not good, I expected more QSO on 20m. Finally, the contest was over with 683 QSO in the log including 3 dupes :).
I was part of the 15M CW team in IARU HF Championship. The contest started at 1200 UTC and first 40 minutes was great but I had to leave the station because of horrible headaches. I had to spend the rest of Saturday in bed and returned to the radio at Sunday 0500am and left […]
