Biography

Hello,

my name is Ger and I was born, raised and still living in Schiedam, a city close to Rotterdam in the west part of The Netherlands. In 1980, at the age of 14, I bought my first CB-transceiver and made my first QSO's. Over the years the interest in this fantastic radiohobby was growing and I bought the Yaesu FRG-8800 receiver for listening to the official radioamateurs. I had a dream at that time, to become a real radioamateur myself. Unfortunately it never happened those years. And when my big fiberglass antenna broke in an autumnstorm the radiohobby even came to a standstill for about 10 years.

But the love for the radiohobby was still there and in March 2013 I decided to make my old dream come true. I started studying for the Novice license, subscribed for the exam 2 months later and the result was great. Since October 1, 2013 I now have my Novice license.

At home I use my Yaesu FT-950 with MD-100a8x microphone and I only use vertical antennas and only 25 Watt. In the field I use the Yaesu FT-897D and the HyEndFed multiband 10-20-40 antenna or really QRP with my Yaesu FT-817ND or Albrecht AE2990 handheld for 10 meter. And sometimes I'm mobile too on 10, 20 or 40 meter.

You can find more information about me on my website, so please visit: http://pd1evp.simpsite.nl

Equipment

Yaesu FT-950
Yaesu FT-897D
Yaesu FT-817ND
Yaesu MD-100a8x
Yaesu FT-60
Albrecht AE2990 AFS
Diamond BB7V vertical antenna (20 & 40 meter)
Solarcon A-99 vertical antenna (10 meter)
HyEndFed Multiband 10-20-40 antenna
K40 mobile antenna (10 meter)
Diamond HF20FX mobile antenna (20 meter)
Diamond HF40FXW mobile antenna (40 meter)