Me

Let me introduce myself a bit. My name is Jabik. In some circles I'm also known as PA5BUK. That is my HAM radio callsign. It means that I am a Dutch amature radio operator.

HAM radio is one of my hobbies. But as many nerds, I got many more hobbies. Computer programming, guitars, scouting, fountain pens, mechanical keyboards, reading, writing. I count them among my many hobbies.

This site

This site is my personal outlet. You can find here blogs about my radio adventures, computer escapades, or what have you not. The following domains all redirect to here:

SNTH.eu

snth is the Dvorak equivalent of ;lkj. They are the letters you get when you type from your pinky to your index finger on a dvorak keyboard layout.

PA5BUK.nl

My current HAM radio callsign. Of course that deserves a website.

PD3BUK.com

My old HAM radio callsign from back in the days when I was still a Novice.

JABIK.frl

That is where you are now. The main domain for this site.

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Photography

I am a man of many hobbies. Last summer I rekindled an old hobby.

Museum shops

It started in a museum shop in Sweden. It is one of my favorite things in a musuem to visit. I hardly ever buy anything, but I like to look at the stuff they sell there.

We were at Moderna Museet in Stockholm - Sweden. I went into the museum shop before I went into the museum itself. On one of the shelves I saw a few Lomography simple use reloadable film camera's.

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Amsterdam DX Certificate

On January 12, 2024 I became a member of the Amsterdam DX Certificate (ADXC). This is an award for contacting Amsterdam HAM operators. If you work an ADXC amature you get one point. If you have 6 points, you are eligible for the award.

Rules

Contact 6 ADXC-member amatures, you get the award. Since this is an Amsterdam award, if you live in or near Amsterdam it would become a lot easier to contact AXDC-members. Amatures in the Dutch regions 02 and 04 need to work 10 ADXC-members to get the certificate.

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FT-8 on X6100 and Apple Mac

How to setup FT-8 on an Xiegu X6100 and Apple Mac

So I got this new radio, the Xiegu X6100. It is a nice little thing that can do a lot! It can do 5W on battery power, SSB, CW, FM, AM, and of course Digital. One of the best things is that it has a built-in sound card. This means that you can hook it up to your laptop via USB-C without the need for additional interfaces.

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