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Opět po roce jsme se rozhodli zúčastnit A1 kontestu a rozdat závodníkům pár bodů. Použili jsme zase rig Icom706 na maximální výkon. Anténa tentokrát 6 elementů yagi. Normálně by se dalo dělat pěkné DXy, ale po dlouhém čase jsem slyšel na 144MHz i Ludvíka OK2BDS a to mnohem více, než bych si přál. Nakonec všechna spojení navázána S&P.

My dad use old good MMVARI for digi modes and he has his logbook there too. I like simple straightforward user interface with possibility of user scripting. Only difficulty of that old version of MMVARI is that output ADIF file which does not meet standards of ADIF file.

I made simple python script to correct it. PSK MODE is transformed into PSK31 (no other modes used). When there is not BAND specified, it does mean, it is 4m band. In this case it tries grab frequency from COMMENT field.

Etherkit (Jason NT7S), který se zabývá vývojem Open source radioamatérských stavebnic včera spustil “crowdfunding” kampaň na pomoc při financovaní jeho stavebnice Si5351A Breakout Board. “Crowdfunding” je způsob podpory, kdy široká veřejnost pomůže s realizaci představeného projektu finanční podporou, ještě před jeho vlastní výrobou.

After analysis of Czech active hams on CW, I got idea to modify script and do world wide overview. I have still data downloaded from RBN.

Tak si tak pročítám OKLIST a zaujalo mě filozofování OK3AA a OK2PDN kolik by mohlo být aktivních OK stanic na CW. V dnešní době skimmerů by to neměl být až tak velký problém zjistit, říkám si. Stáhnul jsem RBN data za poslední kvartál 2014, hodil do stroje a vyfiltroval OK na CW v pásmech 160m-10m.

Výsledkem jsou hrubé počty zachycení každým skimerem na světě, takže to nesvedčí o tom jak byl kdo aktivni, ale jak intenzivní výkon dokázal po světě vyprodukovat(hlavně během závodů)..

Weather was pretty awful during that weekend. Temperature was around 0°C, overcast with low clouds. It was freezing during nights and temperature dropped slightly bellow zero and all got frozen, better stay at home.

Due the weather conditions antenna did not cooperate too much. All bands except 10m had very bad SWR. So, decision was made and on Saturday morning I looked on 10m. Band scope indicated a lot of activities there.

^{OK2BX after successful antenna installation}

Today, we gave few points to everyone, who heard us in VHF activity on 2m. Used rig ICOM 706Mk2G, power 50W and portable single 10 elements Yagi at low height.. It was one of great fun activity in that foggy day.

There is wide hamradio community on Twitter. Unfortunately, if somebody use his/her hamradio callsign does not mean automatically hamradio content. That inspired me to develop some Twitter tools and first task was assign callsign to twitter accounts' screen_name. Here is list of several amateur radio operators who have WWW link in their profile and which I am connected with them somehow.

Luckily we have got access to place which, I would say, is hamradio friendly and also on 160m band. So, our participation in CQWW 160m hang in the air some time before. Also weather cooperated and weekend before contest temperate reached 8°C during beautiful sunny day.