I live in a small town called Ptuj, which lies in the North-East of Slovenia. Ptuj has about 23,000 inhabitants and is the oldest town of Slovenia. The first written mention of the town of Ptuj (Latin: Poetovio) was in 69 AD.
My first steps as radio amateur began in 1972 in the local radio club YU3DJK (now S59DJK). I got the first license in 1973 (I could work only on the radio station of the club), and in 1974 I got my own call sign YU3TXU. In 1985 I got a new call sign YU3MA. When Slovenia became independent in 1991, I got a new call sign S51MA.
I do enjoy establishing communications with DX stations in CW and SSB mode, in recent years also in digital mode (RTTY and PSK). I have 352 countries in “mixed mode” confirmed, missing only P5.
Currently I use an HF transceiver Kenwood TS-590S and TS-870S, amplifier is ACOM 2000A, the antenna is Optibeam OB16-3 (4 +4 +8) and an inverted V for 40M and 80M. The antennas are on the home made telescopic tower, 17m high. The tower is motor-driven.
I receive QSL cards via bureau or directly to my home address.
73 de Zlatko
photo by S52GC
Balloon festival in Ptuj
photo by S52GC
Ptuj in the winter
photo by S51MA
Shack S51MA
photo by S51MA
Antenna OB16-3 & inv. V 40 / 80 M antenna
photo by S51MA
House and antenna's
