Operating from JO70VA
History:
Born 1945. HAM since 1959 (SWL and club stn operator). Licensed since Mar 1, 1967 as OK1ATB 1967-1979, OK1DIS 1979-1989, OK1ATB again 1989-1998, OK1ZF 1998 - 2004, OK1NE 2005 - till now. From March 1st to 31st, 2008 a call OL1ATB was used in parallel with OK1NE to remember my first callsign OK1ATB.
Equipment:
FLEX-3000, IC-7000 (especially for 6m, 2m and 70cm and for SSB), AL-811XCE, home-brew ant tuner. Logging software: Logger32 and N1MM.
My IC-775DSP and ZZ-1200 retired. For very long time, the IC-775DSP was the best CW gear I knew. Last year gave me enough time to find the FLEX-3000 is even better for CW and very good for SSB reception (anyway I prefer CW). The ZZ-1200 amplifier is too big for me. It can produce up to 1500 W what cannot be used in my location so it was replaced by the Ameritron AL-811XCE, its 400 to 600 W is adequate for my location.
I terminated my usage of the YPlog by Tony, VE6YP. The reason is that the FLEX-3000 has a Kenwood-like interface and the YPlog does not understand it well.
Antennas:
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tribander ZY-33 @ 15m
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4el Yagi for 6m
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dual band vertical for 2m and 70cm
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dual band 5/9 elements Yagi for 2m/70cm
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symmetric fed2x33m @ 15m used almost for 160, 80 and 40 m bands
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GP-7DX (by SP7DXP) for 40 to 10m bands (incl. WARC)
All the antennas were installed in years 2004 - 2012 thanks to great help of my friends OK1ADT, OK1ELA, OK1XAV, OK1PA, and OK3UA.
There are living 6 people, 2 dogs, 5 cats, and 1 HAM in the house.
Operation:
I prefer CW operation, especially I like the CW contesting. Now at my old age I am learning the SSB also. I also tried various digital modes and SSTV but I did not found it much interesting for me.
Contest administration:
I manage the monthly repeated CW and SSB "Activity 160m" for CRC - see more at http://www.a160.net/. I organize and manage the "OK1WC Memorial" to remember all our friends that are gone for ever. The rules are published at http://www.memorial-ok1wc.cz/.
LoTW (ARRL Logbook of The World):
On October 24th, 2012, all existing contacts (since January 1st, 2005) of the OK1NE were upoaded to LoTW. The new contacts will be uploaded there regularly.
eQSL:
All existing contacts of OK1ZF and OL1ATB were upoaded to eQSL. The account of OK1NE is maintained occasionally. Sorry I have no electronic logs of the OK1ATB and OK1DIS.
Paper QSL cards:
I'm answering via bureau all paper QSL cards that were received via bureau. My problem is that sometimes I do it very late.
I'm answering direct all direct received QSL cards that were accompanied with nearly sufficient return postage.
See more at http://www.hamradio.cz/ok1ne/ and http://www.memorial-ok1wc.cz/.
