Few words for me:
I started with the hobby since 1987 in radioclub LZ1KNP and later for few years I become a member of student radioclub in Sofia LZ1KDP and had been licensed in 1991 as LZ3SF. I haven't been active for sometime on HF and recently /summer 2010/ I bought an ICOM 7000, September 2011 - FT990.
My rigs can be seen on the primary photo:
FT990 and ICOM 7000 - both are 100w, no PA
Tunner: MFJ-945E used only with ICOM 7000
Antennas: home made kind of verticals, depends on restrictions.
Main ham activity is HF DXing - for 2 years, since I get back in HF ham radio,
I was able to work with 100w 234 DXCC entities on SSB and CW - mixed:
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From 2011 up to present: Prague
On the primary photo are my radios in Prague, Czech Republic. Currently I am located in Prague. Unfortunatelly, good anntena is a dream now, I am missing Brno and my previous landlord. The anntena is kind of GP - close to outfall of the house 10m hight mast, shortened to 8m /not much space/ + few short radials, 5 meters each. This somehow works not too bad on 40m.
For 80m I am using the same telesope mast and same radials /added more radials, including full size for 40m/ with separate cable - configuration is Inverted L
For higher bands, I am using the same antennas with tuner /do not ask me how they are perform, somehow they are working - better on some, worse on another/.
from Prague:
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For 6 mounts with 100w and mentioned bellow antennas from Brno, I was able to work 162 countries:
Anntenas - all of them are home made:
GP with 16m fibreglass mast for 80/40m with 50 radials, with tuner - works almost everywhere
Especially good resaults on 40m,30m and 17m
Delta Loop for 40m, 7m above, sloping to South-East, with tuner - works almost everywhere
Wire Moxon for 20m at 3,5m above the ground, beaming to North-West
The following pictures are from garden in Brno winter, 2010:
The delta loop for 40m can be hardly seen on these pictures, but Moxon could be recognized behind the tree /2 white wires, first picture/.
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HA/LZ3SF:
04-07 July.2011 I was in Hungary in Heviz, Nr Balaton lake. I was using GP made by fiberglass mast, 10m long wire as director and 4 radials, 5 meters each.
Thanks for contacts.
Here are some pictures from the hotel:
The GP could be seen on last picture in full size on the left.
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November.2011, during CQ WW CW Contest we were in Chotikov, Czech Republic, small vllage near German border and
I build a full size vertical with 8 elevated radials and an inverted Vee antenna, which allow me to
increase my resault in the contest:
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23.June - 30.June 2012 was active from JN11IP like EA3/LZ3SF mainly on 6m with home made dipole on the balcony of the hotel.
Tnaks for contacts.
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25.Aug.2012 - 08.Sept.2012
The pictures bellow are from my home town - Petrich, Bulgaria QRA Loc: KN11OJ
The Vertical is home made, full size on 40m, with 9 elevated radials on top of the roof on 8 floor's building /28m up/ and ICOM IC-7000
All the best to everybody,
Looking to hear you soon on the bends,
73! de LZ3SF
