PA3ANG – Dutch Ham Radio Station – Homepage & Weblog

My short SOTA activity on Col Forclaz.   During our holiday at Lac Annecy, PA3ANG went up the mountain to start some HAM Radio activity as F/PA3ANG/P.  Going on a mountain top and activate your transmitter is called a SOTA (Summit On The Air) activity. You can find more by clicking on the logo. After [...]

Introduction Some years ago, I was lucky in buying ready build Elecraft transceivers. In fact I was able to buy not only the K1 and K2, but also the XV50 (6 meter transverter) and the KX1 portable CW transceiver. In this subsection of my homepage I would like to point you to interesting information regarding [...]

Introduction The Elecraft KX1 is an extreme versatile, ultra-light and powerfull HAM Radio transceiver. I took it with me during a short holiday to the Netherlands Antilles in March 2008. The KX1 has an onboard antenna tuner and with the transceiver you can transmit CW with the bulid in keyer. My KX1 is configured to [...]

QRP Beacon Experiment with the A510 September 1980 till September 1981 Description A510 This HF manpack transceiver was built by AWA in Autralia during the 1950s. Like most AWA productions it was ahead of its time. Looking at its construction, one could easily believe it was ten years newer than it really is. It consists [...]

Operating under the CEPT rules as HB0/PA3ANG from Liechtenstein during one of my frequent business trips to this wonderful country in 2002. Battery powered, 2.5 Watt, 5 Mtrs of wire hanging in a tree at 1600 Mtrs ASL. Most contacts where made on 14 Mhz (20 meters). Only 3 qso’s on 18 MHz. The Rig [...]