 I began in ham radio as a SWL (short wave listener) in 1969. It was fun to receive QSL cards from all over the world. Some of those cards came from countries which no longer exist today. Since 1974 I am a licensed ham radio operator with call sign PA0FVH. For many years I was an active ham from the city of Delft. In 1996 I moved to the city of Veenendaal. Due to many reasons I was inactive with the radio hobby for ten years. After the non active period I picked up the hobby again and started with a magnetic loop antenna. At that time I was living in an apartment building and my antenna space was limited to my patio at the fifth floor. Stealth hamming was the key word. I have been using the aluminum fire escape (10m high) as a vertical antenna on the lower bands. Tuning was done with the CG-3000 automatic antenna tuner. At the moment my antenna space is uncertain, I will be moving to the city of Ede shortly. If antenna space is limited, you have to be creative. On my website I want to share my antenna experiments with you. Fred Verburgh, PA0FVH |
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Paper QSL's have my preference, but LoTW is awesome for digital modes. My current software set up for digital modes: "Ham Radio de Luxe" -> "Digital Master 780" -> "Gateway to DXKeeper" -> "DXKeeper" -> "LotW"
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The 30 Meter Digital Group will promote awareness of this unique HF band where many have called "the best kept secret" in Ham Radio.  The group will also promote good digital operating practices, different digital modes, experimenting, known weekly or monthly activities, skeds/spots, antennas, propagation for just the 30 meter band. If you are a seasoned Digital Mode Operator that have used other bands like 20 or 40 meters looking for a virtually under used band that has unique propagation qualities that follow both 20 and 40 meters then don't skip over 30 meters! You get the best of both bands in this band in the middle be it local propagation to World-Wide DX (its’ open somewhere 24/7).
30 Meter Digital Group See you on my Waterfall! |
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Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a hobby and a service in which participants, called "hams," use various types of radio communications equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for public service, recreation and self-training.
Amateur radio operators enjoy personal wireless communications with each other and are able to support their communities with emergency and disaster communications if necessary, while increasing their personal knowledge of electronics and radio theory. An estimated six million people throughout the world are regularly involved with amateur radio. |
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