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In 1972 I passed the Radio Amateur Examination including morse and started off as a very active RTTY (telex) station. My call signs were PA0QRP, G0IEZ also HB9BXN Now based in South Africa my call sign is ZS5RON. You can find me mainly on 18 and 24 mHz in cw.
QSL information: Please send your QSL card to PA0FI or direct to:
My family is a very radio-active one, my father is pa0fi his website is www.qsl.net/pa0fi/ My brother in law is Joop, pa0jmv, an EME Expert. Joop has a dedicated website www.qsl.net/pa0jmv/ The picture above shows the 2 meter vertical and some of the end wires of the dipole as it was used in Twickenham (UK). For more photographs follow this link pictures Currently I am using a G5RV. After some experimenting and using a full size 2 x 20 meter dipole I noticed that the radiation pattern was unfavourable for Europe. The antenna is 2 x 13.20 meters fed by an open ladder wire of 12.50 meters and matched by a Z -match. Producing a nice clover shaped radiation pattern on 18.1mHz (17m). Lately I changed some of the design of the Z-match, but noticed that there is no difference in the HF current in either leg of the open feed ladder so I referred back to the original design. The Z-Match tunes the aerial to all HF bands except 160meters. My 2m VHF aerial is a simple mobile Whip (5/8 wave length). Since December 2000 I use a 2 elm Mono Band Cubical Quad antenna for 28mHz (10m). I have participated in the various contests ARRL 10meter Contest, ARRl DX, CCQ WPX, etc. All on an one band CW only entry. CW is my preferred mode. I have a daily sked with my father PA0FI on 28.870mHz. On May 5th I replaced the cubical quad with a 3 element mono band yagi for 28mhz. My HF Station is a JRC JST 135 running at about 150 watts output on all HF bands. The VHF transceiver is a handheld by Yaesu FT23R with 5/8 wave length whip. I am an active member of the High Amateur Radio Club. Some links
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