NO Propagation... Some Awards. EDX Beaming 5, 7, 13, 19, 23 and 28.2 + 28.5 Deg. MTA-1, PA0RDT Miniwhip and OA-50.
1962 MADE IN HOLLAND AND BORN ON JUDGEMENT DAY, HERE COMES "TROUBLE"

1975 RECEIVED RTTY FOR THE 1ST TIME, USING A TONO 350
AND A KENWOOD TS-530S FOR RX, FIRST RTTY SEEN WAS 5W1EJ.

1985 RECEIVED SSTV FOR THE 1ST TIME, USING AN "SR-256" AND THE ROBOT 400
RECEIVING 8,16 AND 32 SEC. B/W LINE SEQUENTIAL AND 2 ROBOT COMPOSITE MODES.
THE FIRST STATION I RECEIVED IN 8 SECOND B/W WITH THE SR-256, WAS BERT, W5ZR.

1989 STARTED COLOR SSTV WITH THE WRAASE "SC-1" AND THE AVT SYSTEM FROM A.E.A.
COVERING ALL EXCISTING AND EXPERIMENTAL SSTV MODES AT THAT TIME, WICH WERE OVER 55.
THE FIRST STATION I RECEIVED IN M1 COLOR WAS LIONEL, VK7HL FROM TASMANIA.

1996 RECEIVED THE I.V.C.A -DXAA AWARD "#5-SWL" FOR MY FIRST 50 DXCC COUNTRIES ON SSTV.
IGNORING ALL THE USUAL COMMENTS I RECEIVED, I ALSO STARTED WITH HELLSCHREIBER THIS YEAR.
AND I GOT MARRIED ON THE 4TH OF JULY, BUT DON'T WORRY I'LL NEVER GROW UP.

2004 HAVE 136 KHZ AND THE OTHER 3 LOWER BANDS WORKING FINE RIGHT NOW, OTHER THINGS
KEEPING ME BUSY ARE DRM AND RDFT ON 80 M... CW, AMTOR AND PACTOR EVERYWHERE.

2007 [25-8] EARLIER THAN EXPECTED I FINISHED THE NEW ALLMIGHTY GEARHELL .....................
PRO'S: SHORTER COAX, LESS INHOUSE AND OUTSIDE NOISE, STABLE TEMPERATURE AND A GHOST!

2008 I AM ACTIVE ALL BANDS ALL MODES AGAIN, AND BY FINALLY BUILDING A 6' LOOP I AM ABLE TO
RECEIVE DRM ON 3733 AGAIN AND WATCH OTHER BANDS, I ALSO ADDED 2 AND 6 METERS.

2010 JANUARY WATCHING 136 KHZ AGAIN WITH SOME NEW EXPERIMENTAL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.
GOT RID OF THE AUDIGY 4 PRO SOUNDCARD WICH I REPLACED WITH A USB INTERFACE III FOR LF.

2011 WITH 244 COUNTRIES OUT OF WAC 5BAND #0008 .. WAC WARC #0009 AND WAC 160M #0002
ALL SINCE 23 DEC 2007, THE SMALL GEAR AND SHORT ANTENNAS SEEM TO WORK FB FOR ME.
THE TABLE BELOW IS UPDATED ONCE A WEEK IF TIME PERMITS, OR IF A THUNDERSTORM FORCES ME.

CATEGORY HEARD CATEGORY HEARD
QSO'S 24347 CALLS 18721
DOMAINS 174 IOTA 126
COUNTIES 460 DXCC 160M 49
WPX 2330 DXCC 80M 81
DXCC MIXED 244 DXCC 40M 123
DXCC BPSK 210 DXCC 30M 157
DXCC RTTY 153 DXCC 20M 191
DXCC JT65 109 DXCC 17M 112
DXCC CW 86 DXCC 15M 137
DXCC WSPR 51 DXCC 12M 83
DXCC ROS 29 DXCC 10M 117
DXCC HELL 24 DXCC 6M 46

I ALSO MANAGED TO COMPLETE WAS #0067 AND WAZ #0023 AT THE DMC.

AFTER 22000 PLUS QSO'S IN BPSK MODE AND NOWHERE TO GO I DID SET UP JT65HF BY W6CQZ
AND JT-ALERT BY VK3AMA TO FILL UP MISSING DXCC, STATES AND GRIDS.
*** JT HELPER V1.5.9 JT65HF LOGS DIRECTLY TO MIXW LOG NOW ***

 

STATION EQUIPMENT
5150 AG and Goldmember
  HF, 6 M RECEIVER : ICOM 7600
  LF, MF RECEIVER : NRD-545
  LF - MF MODEM : USB INTERFACE III, TONO 777
  HF MODEM : PTC-II PRO, MICROKEYER II

  AC LINE BACKUP : APC CS650 + APC RS500
  6 M : W4OP OA-50 @ 43'
  10, 12, 15, 17, 20 M : MTA-1 @ 45'
  30, 40, 60, 80 160 M : 22 M SLOPER @ 25' / 12'
  136, 500 KHZ : ANC-4 + PA0RDT MINI WHIP @ 30'

  AC LINE CONDITIONER : MINISTATIC TS60


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