1962
MADE IN HOLLAND AND BORN ON JUDGEMENT DAY, HERE COMES "TROUBLE"
1974
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
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
2016
JUNE
I GOT IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT HEAD ON COLLIDING WITH A GOOK RETARD USING HIS PHONE.
CRACKED MY NECK AT 2 PLACES AND MY BACK AT 2 PLACES, ALSO BROKE A COLLARBONE.
22 WEEKS AND SURGERY FIXED MOST OF ME BUT HAD LOTS OF FUN DX-ING DURING THIS WEEKS.
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.
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 WORKs, I 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.
2018
PREVIOUS DXCC COUNT WAS 215, STARTING 1975 UNTIL 2007, STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN DEC 2007
WITH 278 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.
SEPTEMBER
DUE TO A CHANGE FROM FTP PORT: 21 TO SFTP PORT: 22 MY QRSS GRABBER IS DEAD & GONE.
THE GRABBER ARCHIVES ARE STILL ONLINE ON THEIR OLD ADRESSES:
40 METERS -
30 METERS -
73 KHZ -
137 KHZ -
500 KHZ
ALSO UPDATED SOME STUFF ON THE "FRANKENSTEIN PC" PAGE [PROPAGATION MADE ME DO IT]
FRANKENSTEIN
OCTOBER
REPLACED THE 2 MICROHAM MICROKEYER II FOR 2
MICROHAM MICROKEYER III DEVICES BY OM7ZZ.
2019
FEBRUARY
LATEST AWARDS DONE IN FT8 MODE USING VARIOUS JTDX VERSIONS ARE
FROM THE FTDMC CLUB:
WAS #0539,
WAZ #0077 AND
WAC #1025.
ALSO GOT 4 METERS, 6 METERS AND 60 METERS GOING WITH THE : "WORKED SIXTY" 60 METERS #0015,
"50 GRID LOCATORS" 4 METERS #0001 AND
"250 GRID LOCATORS" 6 METERS #0006 AWARDS
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