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Dr OM / (x) YL

As you may have seen my name is Hans and I am living in Vlaardingen, a town about 15 km west of Rotterdam.

Around 1978 I started my radio-hobby as a listening station (NL-7425).

I am licensed since December 1980.

My first license (as from december 18, 1980 and with callsign PD0KEK) was a novice license. At that time, with a so called "D" license it was allowed to work on 6 fixed channels in the 2 meter band, output power 10 Watt in FM mode.

However, after 1 year D-licensed amateur were allowed to use the range from 145.000 to 145.600 MHz. Output power and mode still unchanged.

After an additional theroretical exam I got the "C" license with the callsign PE1ISM, so as from January 6, 1983 I was allowed to work on both VHF, UHF and SHF.

On June 12, 1986, after a CW exam with limited speed (5 wpm), I obtained a "B" license with the callsign PB0AGS. Apart from VHF and higher, now also some (parts of) HF bands were allowed.

Finally, as from June 15, 1987, after an additional CW exam (12 wpm) I got the full "A" class license with the callsign PA3ESZ.

Since a couple of years the former license classes A, B, C and D are replaced by only 2 classes, namely "N" for Novice and "F" for full license. CW is no longer required for a full license.

In december 1980 I started my activities with an Icom IC-260E, whereas after getting my B-class license I was able to ontain a good old Kenwood TS-520.

At the end of 1995 the station was extended with a Kenwood TM-742E.

After a period of "silence" (due to personal reasons), since about 2015 the shack was build up again to what it is now:

Yaesu FT-991A, Yaesu FTM-300DE and Yaesu FTM-100DE, as well as a Yaesu HRI-200.

Apart from that also some handhelds:

Yaesu VX-7R, Yaesu FT-70D, Tytera MD-380 and Anytone AT-D878UV.

And for digital modes I also use an OpenSpot type 2, a BlueDV30 stick and a Jumbo MMDVM hotspot.

Due to limited antenna possibilities I only have a Diamond X50N, a Diamond X200N and a Yaesu Atas-120A, which all do their jobs.

The above station gives me the possibility to be active both in phone (AM, FM, SSB) as well as in several digital modes (C4FM, DMR, NXDN, FT8, etc.).

And what about the old Icom IC-260E, Kenwood TM-742E and Kenwood TS-520?

Well they are still in my shack as a "museum" (nostalgia, hi).

I do hope to have given you some impression about both myself and my HAM-station.

Hope to meet you on one band or another in whatever mode.

Best 73!