Biography

Hello Hams,

My name is John and i am living in Tilburg, in the south part of the Netherlands near the border with Belgium.

I got my HAM licence (N) in september of 2020. A little late but i am glad to operate on the bands. There is a new regulation in the Netherlands to use more frequencies and more power.

We are very pleased with that. Full use of 40, 20 and 10 meter band!! Also 2 mtr and 70cm.

Its is a great hobby to experiment, to help and have lot of QSO's arround the world.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

My station

- Icom IC-7300 (HF)

- Icom IC-7610 (HF)

- Icom IC-9700 (VHF/UHF)

- Icom R8600 for listening

- Microphone, Heil Sound PR781

- Studio V3 pre-amplifier (tube)

- LP-500 Digital Station Monitor

- LDG AT-1000 ProII Auto Antenna Tuner (not in use)

- Palstar HF Auto, antenna tuner

- Berhinger mixer QX1204USB

- 2 WSPR transmitters (Zachtek) for exploring propagation on 40-20-10

- 2 Element HF Beam, 20-15-10 mtr, 11 meters high (36 feet)

- Enfed-halfwave (EFHW) antenna (in a sloper position), by Hyendcompany 40-20-15-10 mtr (20 meters long), Dutch product.

- Diamond X50N (on my shed, 4 mtr height)