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 269 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.

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

2017 JANUARY AFTER MORE THEN 2 YEARS I FOUND THE FAN DIPOLE AND PC WORKED WELL FOR ME.
IN THE MEANTIME I AM PRACTICING QT PROGRAMMING AND DX EVEN MORE WHEN PROPAGATION IS GOOD.

ALSO, AFTER 7 MONTHS DELAY I FINALLY FINISHED BUILDING THE NEW PC
DETAILS, SOME CHANGES, TEXT AND PHOTO'S CAN BE FOUND HERE

JUNE ALL DONE WORKING ON WAS JT65, FINALLY RECEIVED AN EQSL FROM HAWAII.

JULY MANAGED TO PUT UP A T2FD ANTENNA [ WD330S ] TO SEE IF IT PERFORMS EQUAL OR BETTER
THAN THE OLD FAN DIPOLE I USED, IF NOT I WILL REBUILD THE 3 BAND FAN DIPOLE TO A 8 BAND FAN DIPOLE.

SEPTEMBER THE T2FD IS UP FOR 2 MONTHS NOW AND IT SEEMS TO WORK, I EVEN CAN COPY SSB AGAIN, IF I WANT;-)
LAST 2 MONTHS OUT OF 3628 QSO'S, 836 PREFIXES, 117 DXCC, 7 CONTINENTS AND 41 STATES WERE LOGGED.
NOTE: IF YOU THINK THERE'S NO PROPAGATION, YOU CAN BET YOUR ASS YOU'RE USING THE WRONG MODES.