Biography

Hello and thank you for your visit.

My name is Rob and my QTH is Zoetermeer, a city with 130,000 inhabitants about 45 km (28 miles) south of Amsterdam.

I started my radio hobby in the mid-seventies, first with home-build projects on 3 meters, then on 11 meters (27 MHz). I obtained my radio license in early 1979 and was intensively involved in the radio hobby for 12 years, but after this period the hobby took a back seat.

However, I remained active in the background with electronics, computers, and military radio communications, matters directly related to my daily work.

Now (2026), I restart the radio hobby and listening to new and old signals. After all, the radio hobby remains amazing.

73' Rob

Equipment

Used radio’s:
Kenwood TS-590S HF/6m
Kenwood TM-V71 2m/70cm/23cm
Kenwood TS-780 2m
Kenwood TM-V7E 2m/70cm
Yaesu FT-911A HF/2m/70cm
And a number of historical radios from Philips, Bosch and Siemens and a large number of Dutch and German military radios from Philips, Siemens Halske and Standard Elektrik Lorenz with original antennas, power supplies and related equipment.

Antennas:
Diamond X30 2m/70cm
Diamond X6000A 2m/70cm/23cm
Comet GP-15 6m/2m/70cm
Dares beam (home made) 2m/70cm
Kathrein K731221 70cm
HY-gain 14AVQ 10m/15m/20m/40m
Diamond CP-6HF 6m/10m/15m/20m/40m/80m
Yaesu ATAS 120A 70cm/2m/6m/10m/15m/20m/40m
End-Fed long wire (home made) 10/15/20m
MAT-TUNER mAT-40 with long wire 1.6 to 54.0 Mhz