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OLD QTH was Rotterdam till 2016 June. Now mainly operational with FT8

2017 and 2018 HF QRP OPERATION

Since moving to Veendam, nowadays only operational with qrp combination FT817 - Z817 - 4 meters wire antenna under the roof of the attic. Again I'm supprised with the number of contacts that you can make with such a 'small' configuration.

Using the FT817 and a  Mirage B-310-G Lineair amplifier with built in GaAsfet preamp.  1 Watt from to FT817 delivers about 100 Watts to the small 1/2 lambda Diamond mobile vertical on the attic window (just visible?). I already made many contacts around Veendam (near Groningen) till about 500 km into France and Denmark.

2019 UPDATE:

In 2019, I changed from the FT817-Z817 5 Watts output configuration to:

HF > Icom IC706MkIIG > LDG Tuner IT-100 > 8 meters outdoor wire antenna. Output 20W erp

VHF> Icom IC706MkIIG with 25W output> Mirage PAC30-130B> 1/2 Lambda Diamond vertical antenna (just visible?).  Output 100W erp.

Hope to work you soon!

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