Hello my name is Martin Snoek and born in 1959. I am married with Gemma and we have two sons, Jelle and Mathijs.

Since 1973 i am interested in radio and started with a walkie talky" on the 11 meterband wich was illegal in the Netherlands.

After 4 years of "playing" i decided to be a Ham. I started with the callsign PD0GHP in 1977 and two years later i changed from license to PE1HPU.

A good friend of my was working by the coast gard and he learned me to handle the morsecode. A year later i got the call PA3CYQ.

At thatmoment it was not possible to choose your own call sign, but after a couple of years the goverment decided to change their policy and from that moment i took the callsign PA4MRS.

The last three letters are mine initials of my name.

A photo of my wife Gemma (PD0KLS) on the right with my both sons Jelle (on the left of the guy with the silver face) and Mathijs on our holiday in America, San Francisco

My antenna on the roof of my house in Haarlem. Haarlem lies 5 meters below sealevel so the antenna is situated only 12 meters above sealevel.