HF, 6 M RECEIVER : IC 7600
HF, 6 AND 2 M RECEIVER : IC 7400
HF MODEM : 2 x µ HAM USB III NO CAT, PTC-II PRO
HF MODEM : 2 x µ HAM MICROKEYER II + CAT
WSPR / QRSS / DSSTV RECEIVERS : 2 x ALINCO DX-R8
137 MHZ RECEIVER :WESACOM APT 06, SB REACON 3D
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6 M : W4OP OA-50 @ 43'
10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, 160 M : D-303 @ 45'
15, 20, 30, 40 M : FAN DIPOLE @ 25' / 12'
LF / MF PA0RDT WHIP @ 29'
144MHZ : DIAMOND D-303 @ 45'
137 MHZ : WRAASE KX 137 @ 46'
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1962
MADE IN HOLLAND AND BORN ON JUDGEMENT DAY, HERE COMES "TROUBLE"
1973
AT THE AGE OF 11 I SWAPPED A DIRTBIKE FOR A 5 WATT AM HT, CLIMBED ON THE ROOF
OF OUR HOUSEBOAT AND MADE A FIRST CONTACT WITH SOMEONE LOCATED IN NEW YORK USING 5 WATTS.
HAVE BEEN ON AIR FROM 1973 UNTIL 1981, USING 10 WATTS ON 27 MHZ AND 1 WATT ON 6.6 MHZ
USING A TS530 AND A 4 ELEMENT YAGI ON 27 MHZ AND A 2X20 M DIPOLE FOR 6.665 MHZ
I LIVED IN A BOATHOUSE FROM 1962 UNTIL 1984 WITH
LOTS OF SPACE FOR ANTENNAS OVER THE WATER.
AFTER 1981 PROPAGATION GOT WORSE AND WENT SWL ONLY
1975
RECEIVED RTTY FOR THE 1ST TIME, USING A TONO THETA 350, A KENWOOD TS-530S FOR RX
AND A 2x40 METER DIPOLE, FIRST RTTY SIGNAL I RECEIVED CAME FROM 5W1EJ IN WEST SAMOA.
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.
1988 ONE OF MY FIRST AWARDS WERE:
WAC 5 BAND SSB
AND THE HEARD ALL VK CALL AREAS AWARD
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.
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
2011
PREVIOUS DXCC COUNT WAS 215, STARTING 1975 UNTIL 2007, STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN DEC 2007
WITH 262 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.
I ALSO MANAGED TO COMPLETE
WAS #0067
AND WAZ #0023
AT THE DMC.
STILL WORKING ON
WAS JT65, RECEIVED MOST OF IT BUT STILL NEED HAWAII TO COMPLETE IT.
THE TABLE BELOW IS UPDATED ONCE A WEEK IF TIME PERMITS, OR IF A THUNDERSTORM FORCES ME.
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COUNTING SINCE DECEMBER 2007 |
| QSO'S |
45319 |
UNIQUE CALLS |
30608 |
| DOMAINS |
283 |
IOTA |
147 |
| COUNTIES |
561 |
WPX |
3296 |
| DXCC MIXED |
263 |
DXCC SSB |
48 |
| DXCC DIGITAL |
259 |
DXCC 160M |
50 |
| DXCC BPSK |
222 |
DXCC 80M |
86 |
| DXCC CW |
92 |
DXCC 60M |
22 |
| DXCC HELL |
34 |
DXCC 40M |
142 |
| DXCC JT9 |
100 |
DXCC 30M |
165 |
| DXCC JT65 |
176 |
DXCC 20M |
213 |
| DXCC MEPT_JT |
88 |
DXCC 17M |
152 |
| DXCC MFSK |
42 |
DXCC 15M |
176 |
| DXCC OPERA |
32 |
DXCC 12M |
107 |
| DXCC ROS |
74 |
DXCC 10M |
152 |
| DXCC RTTY |
187 |
DXCC 6M |
56 |
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Last time i checked my log: |
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 V2.4.20 JT65HF LOGS DIRECTLY TO MIXW LOG NOW, TNX LAURIE ***
2014
FEBRUARY
ORDERED 2 NEW ALINCO DX-R8, THEY COME CHEAP SO WHY NOT BUY 2, ONE SET UP FOR WSPR
OR DSSTV ON 40 METERS AND THE OTHER ONE, UNTIL I GET A THIRD USB-III, IS DOING 144.750 ATV TALKBACK.
ANTENNA SWITCHING BETWEEN THE 2 MAIN RIGS IS DONE NOW WITH THE
ELAD ASA-42 ANTENNA SPLITTER
HOW ALL IS CONNECTED CAN BE SEEN IN THIS
DIRTY DRAWING
NOVEMBER
NEW SETUP, GOT 1 ALINCO DX-R8 SET UP FOR DSSTV OR WSPR,
THE OTHER ONE DOES 10140 KHZ BEACONS FEEDING THE GRABBER.
BOTH THE 7400 AND THE 7600 ARE FEEDING A MICROKEYER II TO TUNE AROUND THE BANDS.
AN UPDATE FOR JTALERT WAS TAYLOR MADE BY LAURIE VK3AMA TO KEEP MIXW 2.19 IN USE FOR LOGGING :-)
MAINLY DOING CAT CONTROLLED / SYNCHED BY GPS JT65 AND JT9 ON ALL BANDS NOW TO CRANK UP SOME DXCC.
DECEMBER
CLONED BOTH ALINCO'S TO HAVE IDENTICAL FREQUENCIES BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL
SO I CAN USE WHATHEVER ALINCO FOR WSPR AND QRSS OR ANY OTHER STATIONARY MODE ;-)
AND I ADDED 20 METERS TO THE FANDIPOLE WICH OPERATES NOW AT 20 AND 40 METERS
2015
FEBRUARY
AS I NEEDED MORE CPU POWER I RECYCLED 3 PC'S TO ONE BIGGER SYSTEM.
FOR SURE IT'S AN UGLY SUCKER ...PHOTO'S HERE "FRANKENSTEIN"
DOES THE JOBS.
DIFFERENCES ... THE OLD XP SYSTEM [ FIRST PHOTO ] WAS A FANCY 2GHZ AMD AND 2 GB RAM AND SLOW HD DRIVES.
"FRANKENSTEIN" IS A QUAD CORE 3.9 GHZ [SET @ 3.5 GHZ] I-7 3770 WITH 32 GB RAM @ 1600MHZ - 2 SSD DRIVES.
RUNNING
JTALERT/JT65HF + JTALERT-X/WSJT-X + 2 INSTANCES OF WSPR-X AT 10% CPU AND 20% RAM USAGE MAX!.
WHILE WAITING FOR THE SSD DRIVES, CPU AND FASTER MEMORY MODULES I ALSO TOOK DOWN THE 2 BAND DIPOLE
FOR 20 AND 40 METERS AND REPLACED IT FOR A 4 BAND FAN DIPOLE FOR 15, 20, 30 AND 40 METERS
THE APEX IS ONLY 25' UP BUT SEEMS TO WORK WELL HERE AT SKIDROW! THINKING OF A 8 BAND VERSION ALLREADY ;-)
MAY
DID SYNC TIME WITH D4TIME FOR USE WITH WSJT, WSJT-X, WSPR AND JT65HF BUT WAS ALLWAYS 0.5 SECONDS OFF
SWITCHED TO
BKTTIMESYNC
BY IZ2BKT KEEPING IT CLOSER BETWEEN -0.001 AND +0.002 SECONDS USING A BU353 USB GPS.
2016
JUNE
2ND OF JUNE I WAS RAMMED OF MY BICYCLE BY SOMEONE HOLDING A MOBILE PHONE IN TRAFFIC
I BROKE MY COLLAR BONE AND MOST OF MY SHOULDER WENT TO CRAP SO I HAVE SOME EXTRA
TIME TO PLAY RADIO AND KEEP UP WITH SOFTWARE FASTER THAN USUAL.
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