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!
WITH 217 DXCC CONFIRMED SINCE 1975 I STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN BUT MOSTLY DIGITAL MODES NOW
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 6 METERS.
2010
JANUARY
WATCHING 136 KHZ AGAIN WITH SOME NEW EXPERIMENTAL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.
GOT RID OF THE AUDIGY 4 PRO SOUNDCARD AND THE AUDIGY 2 ZS, WICH I REPLACED WITH
AN USB INTERFACE III FOR LF AND A MICROKEYER II FOR HF BOTH BY MICROHAM.
2011
WITH 255 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 |
30014 |
CALLS |
21540 |
| DOMAINS |
209 |
IOTA |
132 |
| COUNTIES |
503 |
DXCC 160M |
49 |
| WPX |
2595 |
DXCC 80M |
84 |
| DXCC MIXED |
255 |
DXCC 40M |
127 |
| DXCC BPSK |
218 |
DXCC 30M |
158 |
| DXCC RTTY |
170 |
DXCC 20M |
198 |
| DXCC JT65 |
132 |
DXCC 17M |
132 |
| DXCC MEPT_JT |
54 |
DXCC 15M |
155 |
| DXCC CW |
87 |
DXCC 12M |
89 |
| DXCC ROS |
58 |
DXCC 10M |
131 |
| DXCC HELL |
27 |
DXCC 6M |
52 |
I ALSO MANAGED TO COMPLETE
WAS #0067
AND WAZ #0023
AT THE DMC.
2012
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 V2.0.9 JT65HF LOGS DIRECTLY TO MIXW LOG NOW, TNX LAURIE ***
DID SYNC TIME WITH D4TIME, NOW SYNCHING WITH A BU353 USB GPS AND NMEA TIME JUST FOR FUN.
2013 FINALLY FOUND A BUYER FOR MY NRD545 AND FOUND ANOTHER NRD 535 TO RECEIVE LF
AND ALSO FOUND A TEN TEC RX-350 AND A 2ND USB III INTERFACE TO DO DRM, PACTOR AND ROS ON HF
WHILE I CHASE NEW STATIONS AND TRY NEW MODES ON THE MAIN RIG ;-)
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