Personal

Happily married to Jos-PA7DW-VP8DLS since 1993. We have two kids, Jens Olav (1998) and Runa Moira (2000). We live in Landgraaf (50,000 inhabitants), in the South-East part of the Netherlands (17million inhabitants), very close to the German (1.5km) and Belgian (20km) border.

Other interests: Outdoor, scouting, nature, photography, geocaching!

 

Technical

HF equipment: Icom 7400, Kenwood TS-50, Kenwood TS-440

Antennas: TH3-MK4 Hygain, GP, Taco-made twinload fed wire

VHF equipment: Icom 910H, Kenwood TR-751, Kenwood TM-271

Antennas: 17-ele yagi for 2m, 21-ele for 70cm, 31-ele for 23cm

 

Amateur Radio

Ham-License since 1992

Former Callsigns: PD0RKD, PE1PNE, PA3GQG

 

YL-fieldday’s with PI4YLC in 1997-1998-1999-2001 ON/PI4YLC/P (1999)

 

Jota (jamboree on the air) with PA3GQG/J in 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2009 PA5YL/J in 2010 and 2011

One of the operators of PA100J/J during the National Jamboree in 2010

 

First operator PI4YLC, QSL manager PI4YLC since 1997

Activated LG5LG/SJ9WL in 2001, 2003, 2009

Active as LA/PA3GQG/p from EU-033 in 1995

Active from the Falkland Islands with my callsign VP8YLH in January 2009 in only YL Dxpedition Team

Active with GB2SLH in the lighthouseweekend (21-22 August 2010) from Sumburgh Head Lighthouse with an YL operator team

Active with MM/PA5YL from EU-008 Isle of Skye in 2011

Active with GB2YLS in the 2012 Lighthouseweekend (18-19 August) from the Southern Lighthouse (Skadan) on Fair Isle (EU-012, LHNR: UK-0127) with an all YL operator team

QSL manager for the 2013 OX5YL expedition from 16-20 August!

Radio active from Sea Scout Jamboree in Roermond with PA14NAWAKA/J from 21 July to 1 August 2014

Active from Lighthouse in Noordwijk (NL0009/NET019) in ILLW 2015 with PI4YLC/LH

 

 

CU on the air!