L.S.

I'm active with radio from 1972. I think I got the radio virus from my granddad who was a CW-operator in the resistance during WW-2. I started listening on a valve-receiver from PHILIPS to "Pirate-stations on the Medium Wave (1636Khz). Through a teacher on school (he was a Ham), I got in contact with Hamradio. I started again as SWL on HF and VHF up to 1981. That year I got my novice-licence and my callsign became PD0MFW, two years later it changed to PE1KNA and again two years later the big license as PA3EKK. I changed my call in 1998 to PA1AT, 2 x a "K" on the end of a callsign is bad in CW!.

My QTH is in the north part of the Netherlands, in Assen, well known from the Royal Dutch TT motorraces , http://www.tt-assen.com/

I'm mostly active in CW on HF,VHF and UHF. I prefer QRP and made much rigs and antenna's by myself. I'm also a FOXHUNTER in the ARDF-competition on 144- and 3.5 Mhz.

I´m member of the G-QRP(6228) BQC(547), DIG(3643) and SMIRK(5371).

I also run a QSL Cards Museum / collection from Dutch Hams with pfx.: PA0, PA6, PI, PK, and other dutch event callsigns. And Dutch QSL-cards from the period before 1928; with pfx. EN0. Also photo material with HAM activities are very welcome.

I show these cards on big events in the Netherlands (Dag van de radio amateur DVRA-VERON and Het Noordelijk Amateur Treffen NAT and local meetings). If you have QSL-cards of Prefixes above, and you willing to help me complete the collection, send your QSL-cards to:

Gerard Nieboer, Kamilletuin 22, 9408 AD Assen Netherlands.

(actual list missing QSL-cards via E-mail: pa1at @ veron.nl) I will return the price of the stamp on your account (if you want).

I hope to meet you on the band, '73 (For my DIG-friends '77).

PS: In July and September 2008 I activated SOTA's in France and Germany, F/VO-002, F/VO-003, DL/AM-060, DL/AM-004 and DL/WS-001.

In 2009 I activated the following SOTA's: DM/BW-015, DM/BW-014, DM/BW-279, HB/SH-002, DM/BW-635, DM/BW-284 and DM/BW-001.

Photo's and logs on the SOTA-site: http://www.sota.org.uk/