Biography
"stay home" &"stay safe"
My name is Peter. I was born in 1963 in Sint Niklaas, the heart of the waasland. I currently live in Herzele, "gateway to the Flemish Ardennes"
Since my childhood I have been interested in ham radio and electronics. Licensed amateur radio since 04-06-1981 as ON1BWT.
Started in UBA with my SNW friends radio amateurs.
Since 2004 I uwe the callsign ON4bwt
My profession is Project engineer technical building solutions
Often active on the HF bands
I am a member of UBA , TLS tussen leie en schelde
operator : OT7STAYSAFE
Special callsign used to promote the "STAY HOME/STAY SAFE "campaign
and stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Equipment
My station HF
•Yaesu FT-2000
•Yaesu FT-897+ SP8
•Kenwood TS-2000
Sommerkamp FT277E ( receiver)
•paddle Bencher
antennas
• multi-band dipool: 2x17.3m with 10m open-wire feed(85mm spacing)+1:4 BALUN
trap dipool 160/80/40
deltaloop 43m long for 40m
•4 element yagi Hygain Eplorer 14 20/15/10m
••2 element Yagi for 17m/12m (sleeve coupled)design from DK7ZB build bij ON4TA a 2 element Yagi from Martin's excellent site. The 12m is sleeve coupled, there is no coax or stub connection to the 12m dipole!.
• Vertical GP5 cuschkraft 40/20/15/10 Meter
•5 elements 6M yagi home made
•Tuners
Drake MN2000, Autotuner MFJ993B 300 Watt, AT100Pro
Balanced manual Tuner MFJ 974HB for open feed lines
•Digital modes Microham USBII, HRD
•microphone Heil PR781 + PL2T
UHF VHF TRX
IC251 Icom , TS2000
•Yeasu FTM100D + Fusion C4FM
•TYTERA MD390 DMR DV4Mini hotspot
TYT MD2017 DMR dual band
FT60
Member of B-EARS (Belgian Emergency Amateur Radio Service) Backbone for the Tetra network Astrid in case off..