Member of the Finnish Radio Amateur League SRAL, The CQ-club OH6AG, RSGB, Swedish Heathkit Club #158 and FeldHell Club # FH3236.

QSL INFO:

I prefer verification via Logbook of The World (LoTW) since it is FREE for both sender and recipent and saves environment. Paper QSL is still OK via SRAL QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 73, FIN-11111, RIIHIMÄKI, Finland, and cards received via bureau vill be replied via bureau. HAM:s who claim they cannot afford to print and send QSL:s via bureau should definitely use LoTW instead of complaining! QSL:ing is part of Amateur radio and should be free for the recipient. However, I will reply to direct QSL card requests. Send a SAE + 2 x GS or 1 x IRC. But I PREFER LoTW!

Current station:

• HF main: Yaesu FT-2000+SP2000+DMU2000 + SPE Expert 1K-FA PA
• HF summer cottage: Yaesu FT-897D multimode + Cushcraft R6000 and dipoles
• HF mobile: Icom IC-7000 + LDG Z11 + 2 x Hustler mobile whips on 80/20 m (all bands available).
• VHF/UHF: 2 x Yaesu FT-7800.
• Several modified commercial VHF/UHF rigs for APRS, summer cottage etc.

Boatanchors:

• Heathkit HW-8, HW-12, HR-10B, HW-101, SB-102 w. console, HR/HX-168x, Trio TS-515, Harris RF-301,
  Drake 4B-line, and an historic 50 W CW tx with an 807 final.

Antennas:

• Main HF:
• 3(5)-ele Fritzel FB-53 beam for 20-15-10, in 25 meter tower
• Inverted V on 80 in guy wires
• Sloping dipole for 40 m (guy wire).
• VHF/UHF:
• 2m: 15 ele X-yagi by QueDee, Slim-Jims and whatnot.
• 70 cm: 23 ele long yagi by QueDee or commercial logperiodic.
• Other antennas under construction.
• Summer cottage antennas:
• HF: Dipole on 80/30 m , 1/4 λ vertical on 40 m and Cushcraft R6000 on 20 m up.
• HF: Long wires, loops and other experimentals at times.
• VHF: 6 m Delta-loop, 2 m Wilson vertical & whatnot.

Edu & family: Electrical engineer. Married since 1977, three kids. Living in a small village,
BENNAS, 10 km outside of the town Jakobstad on the Finnish west coast. Summer cottage at the seashore.

Work: IT support technician

Hobbies: Amateur Radio (of course!), photography, model railroading. Collecting Heathkit's, straight CW-keys
(send me all you want to get rid off), old telephones, old clocks & other cool stuff.