Biography

I started in 1977 as a listener with the number OK3-27087 and as the operator of the club station OK3KLM in Liptovský Mikuláš (Slovakia), since 1979 with the number OK1-27087 in the radio club OK1ONI in Mariánské Lázně (Czechia).
And because in those days QSL exchange was the rule and the postage was bearable - I managed (in 6 years) to get a QSL from more than 100 countries. For example, I have the HAC (Heard-All-continents) award from JARL and the DXLCA (DX Listeners Century Award) from RSGB. I used various shortwave receivers, mainly the Russian R-250M2 and the original American HRO from World War II.

With my own call sign OK1CSU I started in 1985 with home made equipment purchased from Miloš, OK1DMM. For the whole 8 years, I have had exactly 999 QSOs in my log with this call sign...

Since 1993 after moving to Moravia I have the call sign OK2CSU. In 2007, I became a member of the OK2KCN radio club, which is active mainly in VHF contests. I bought at the same time a used FT-857 transceiver. Until I retired in March 2019, I have just under 4,200 QSOs in 25 years under this call sign.

For the last years, I have had about 2,000 QSOs a year in my log. The cause is more time for hobbies.

Although I always had only wire antennas (LW, G5RV and now HyEndFed 40m) and by 2020 I had a maximum power of 100W, I managed to get awards  DXCC-CW, WAZ-CW, WAS-CW, WPX1000-CW, IOTA World, IOTA Europe e.t.c. 

I bought the ACOM 1000 amplifier in 2020, but I only use it rarely. When transmitting with an amplifier, I have to disconnect the Wi-Fi connection to the Internet (I have to wait at least a year before we have an optical cable in our village).

In addition to this site, I use LoTW, eQSL.cc, ClubLog.org and QRZ.com.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Yaesu FT-991A (FT-857 as a backup), Antenna: HyEndFed 8 Band, PA: ACOM 1000