I am an amateur since 1979 - 99 % CW with very little PSK31 (using the K3/K3X CW to Data Mode) - no SSB. The station consists of a Elecraft K3/100 and a KX3 for portable activity. My home antenna is a simple longwire from the roof down to a tree branch - about 15 meters long. For portable operation i mainly use a double Zepp antenna (2 x 5 meters plus 6 meter ladder line). I also have a HFp vertical from Ventenna CA and a Alex-Loop  (magnetic loop). The last 2 - 3 years i have been on the air exclusively with QRP 5 watts.

In September 2013 i discovered SOTA and since then SOTA has become my main activity as a ham. A wonderful aspect of our hobby which combines being outside in the mountains and having fun making QSO's. On SOTA activations - only CW -  i use the KX3 with 5 W output together with the DoubleZepp wire antenna, sometimes i use the Alex-Loop. It is just so much more fun on the mountains - no man made noise on the bands - the reception is much better than in the village or city.

Sometimes i also operate from the local club station (HB9F)  - into a 3 element SteppIR antenna. QTH is Muenchenbuchsee BE not far from Bern. This is a very fine location - it used to be the transmitting station of Bernradio HEB - the swiss coaststation.

In the years 1979/1980 i was in SouthKorea for the NNSC (Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission) as a radio-operator.   I applied for a Korean callsign and was given the call HL9WW - i was active between December 1979 and May 1980.

vy 73 s Bruno HB9CBR