Biography

I came back to ham radio in 2017 after more then 25 years off-air.

Ex-Yu ham radio trainings:
1984 July: "Ham Radio introduction" 4 weeks course taken (held by ex-Yu YU2AAT club)
1984/85 Aug/Apr: "C razred" operator class training course taken (held by ex-Yu YU2BQR club) ; training included CW 15 wpm

Ex-Yu ham radio certificates:
1985 25th Apr: "C razred" CW operator class exam passed (certificate nr. 14327)
1986 11th Apr: "F razred" phone operator class exam passed (certificate nr. 14979)
1986 11th Apr: "Foreign Language-English" language exam passed (certificate nr. 14980)
1990 3rd March: "B razred" advanced operator class exam passed (certificate nr. 17721)

1985-1991: Active in YU2BQR club radio station, OP WAL (cw mostly)

1991-2017: Off-Air (College, Work, Family)

2017 11th May: ex-YU operator classes nostrified to CRO "A razred" CEPT op class
2017 10th July: 9A5MPV Callsign granted by HAKOM (CEPT certificate ARC-00180/2017)
2017 July-2018 Apr: preparation for getting on-air (equipment, self training)

2018 6th Apr: First QSO as 9A5MPV/P , with HB9GCE . Many thanks Andy!

2018 Apr-Dec: 448 QSO's (cw, mostly 40m); 50 DXCCs (unconfirmed). Not bad for the 1st year!
2019: +1027 QSO's (cw, mostly 40m and 20m); +19 new DXCC, 71 total (unconfirmed).
2020: +1272 QSO's (cw on 20m; ft8, ft4 on 15m); QSL 566.
2021: +1621 QSO's (cw on 20m; ft8, ft4 on 15m); QSL 982.
2022 - till Apr 20th (as 9A5MPV): +186 QSO's (ft8 on 15m); QSL 88.

2022 - from Apr 21st NEW START ! (as 9A5MP): ..............

My setup: working portable /p

I'm living close to the Zagreb mountain Medvednica ("Place where bears live"), or more commonly used name Sljeme ("Top of the mountain").
Whenever weather is fine, I go out to one of the few good locations near my house and spend late afternoons listening and trying to make contact.
Otherwise I'm keying from my balcony.

Below are FB groups I'm active on:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/qrpradio/?ref=group_browse_new

https://www.facebook.com/groups/hamradiooutdoors/?ref=group_browse_new

https://www.facebook.com/groups/122528211696742/?ref=group_browse_new

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1993594694187834/?ref=group_browse_new

https://www.facebook.com/groups/647506928704513/?ref=group_browse_new

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551880321496150/?ref=group_browse_new

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2228282568/?ref=group_browse_new

https://www.facebook.com/groups/210098279574438/?ref=group_browse_new

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1529154683867342/?ref=group_browse_new


73 and good DXing,
Vlado 9A5MP

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

TRX1: LNR Precision mtr3b

- 3bander 40/30/20m
- cw qrp 1-3W rf out (depending on battery 9-10,5 V)
- https://www.lnrprecision.com/store/MTR3B-Mountain-Topper-p45010523

TRX2&3: Youkits HB1-A , HB1-B

- A: 3bander 40/30/20m
- B: 4bander 80/40/30/20m
- cw qrp 3-5W rf out (depending on battery 12-13,8 V)

TRX4: HobbyPCB IQ32 SDR

- 80-10m 5W QRP SDR
- cw, ssb , beautiful big display with waterfall


When little QRO is needed, I'm using small SOTA linear amp 20W.


ANT: LNR Precision eft-10/20/40 "Trail Friendly"

- End-fed lambda/2 resonant dipole
- "Trail Friendly" version, for portable operation
- Deploying as Inverted vee, Inverted L or sloper, depending on QTH situation