Biography

The operator
My name is Edwin married to Esther with two children Minke and Florian. Got involved in cb radio in 1981 and SSB in 1984. Licensed in 2003 and became active in 2006.

My credo
My life is pretty simple too: sleep - eat - work - family - sports - hamradio

Transceivers
Icom IC 775DSP + SP20 and SM-8
Icom IC 765 + SP20
Elecraft K2/100

Accessories
Microham Microkeyer II
TigerTronics SignaLink USB
Daiwa CNW419 (tuner)
Cap.Co S.P.C. 3000D (tuner)
Kent twin paddle

Antennas
KLM KT34a @ 11meters
Magnetic loop
Hyendfed [10, (15),20,40,80]

Bands
10, 20 and 40m

Modes
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK

My website
http://pd5l.webklik.nl/page/home

My daughter
Minke [12 years old] sometimes operation my radio, under my supervision.
She likes to practise her English, so be patient with her.
Minke likes to receive QSL cards, so if you worked her sent her a card and 100 % reply.

Minke in my shack. Minke on the cover of the Electron magazine october 2016 Minke her personal QSL card.

Instagram

@pd5l

Other hobbies
My hobbies besides Ham radio are traveling, playing fieldhockey, longboarding, and photography. I like Aztec, Maya and Inca history. I did visit major historic ruins in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador,Peru and Bolivia.
I like 80's, 90's and 00's dance music. www.danceradio.in

I collect Amateur radio Pins.

QSL
I take QSL-ing seriously. I'm happy to answer all reguests for a QSL card. I prefer the classic paper card for every new contact!

eQSL
News. As a service to eQSL users I now have an eQSL(AG) account and now I can reply to eQSL requests. Please remember I don't collect eQSL cards only Real paper QSL cards.

Clubs

VERON
RRDXA
KPrc# 624
EPC# 15466
DMC# 04001
CDG# 0804
NDG#1060
9A QRP #96
TRC# 024 Holland
FPQRP club #3030
ERC#1219
10 - 10 international #76913
Feld Hell club #5192
NAQCC#8897
SWL NO: NL11299

DX code



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Equipment

Icom IC775DSP
Icom IC765
Elecraft K2/100
KLM Kt 34a