Hello, all of my friends around the world. My name is Taskin Akansel. I was born in Sinop Turkey. I am living in Istanbul since 1984. I am working as a photographer for a jewellery company. I have had an interest with radio since i was a young boy many years ago, if you hear me on the bands please give me a call. I have been active in amateur radio since 2005, I enjoy DXing on HF, also contesting and digital modes. Outside of amateur radio, my interests include photography, travelling and diving. I am very happy with this hobby and I love meeting people around the world.
Thank you all for our QSOs and for looking me up on qrz.com
Hope we can work again as soon as possible
See you on HF bands Good DX'ing
Wish you all the best with my warm regards
TA2ST - Taskin Akansel
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My second QTH is Sinop and Sinop is the northest side of Turkey
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I will sometimes work at Sinop from 80m to 10m in SSB and Digital Modes as TA2ST/6
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I will be happy to see you in the pileups.
QSL Exchange is possible LoTW, Direct Paper, eQSL
LoTW: My preferred method. I upload 100% of QSOs to LoTW, usually within same day. If you are not a LoTW user, please set up an account and we will both save time, money and energy confirming our QSOs. It is a fantastic system for quickly confirming QSOs. However i want to have at least one QSL card per DX entity, after that I prefer confirmations via LoTW.
Direct: If you do require a paper card you need include a return self addressed envelope and US$2 or1 IRC for return postage. Otherwise QSL Cards without sufficent postage for return, will be answered via buro.
eQSL: I am an AG user on eQSL. but I do not upload my logs. If you need my confirmation please send me a notification to confirm the QSO.
Buro: The buro is extremely slow. I insist to use LoTW.
My equipments in use;
Icom IC-7800 HF Transceiver
Kenwood TS-2000X All Band Transceiver
Yaesu FT-530 Handheld Dual Band Transceiver
Icom IC-PW1 Linear Amplifier
Diamond X-7000 VHF/UHF/1.2Ghz Vertical Antenna
Diamond CP-6 Six Band HF Vertical Antenna
Windom HFAntenna 80/40/20/17/12/10 Meter
Diamond W-8010 HF Multi Band Dipole Antenna
Cushcraft MA-5B 5 Band HF Yagi Antenna
Kenwood MC-90 Desktop Microphone
Audio Technica AT2020 Condenser Studio Microphone
Signalink USB Digital Interface
