Biography

Hi,


I started my HAM activity in high school in Ljubjana in 1976. There I got my first call sign YU3TGT. After completed study in Air military technical academy in 1984 I was wasn't active as HAM since 1989 when I got YT3HA call sign. When Slovenia got independent the call sign changed to S52HA. In 1996 I got present call sign S52V.

After military tehnical academy, I post graduate bachelor's degree on economy and also
specialize on management. I have build few memory tuned amplifiers, solid state amplifier and finish some smaller HAM projects (spectrum analyzer, tracking generator, harmonic converter, frequency meter, storage normalizer, Arduino automatic antenna tuner, digital SWR power meter with 3.5 inch touch display, arduino outomatic antenna switch, wi-fi rotator interface etc.).

For 36 years I was working on the field of military and government communications.

I retired in 2019 at the age of 58. Now I have more time for HAM radio activity and smaller HAM radio projects.

I hope to hear you on the bands.

vy 73, Branko

Equipment

TRANSCIEVERS:

YAESU FTDX101D, ICOM 756PRO3;

ANTENNAS:

M2 KT36XA, 6 element 3 bander on Versatover BP60, 2 phased vertical for 40m band, rotary dipol for WARC bands, inverted L for 80m and 160m, LFA yagi for 6m band.

QRO's:

HOME MADE LDMOS amplifier with pair of BLF188XR LDMOS transistors, 1.5kW RF out with headroom;
HOME MADE memory tuned amplifier with GU78b tetrode, 1.5kW RF out;
HOME MADE memory tuned amplifier with GU77b tetrode which can bee replaced with GU84b tetrode, 1.5kW RF out;

Some pictures of QRO's are on QRZ.COM.