Biography

VALENTIN IVANOV - RX1AG

I'm on the air since 1964 as the operator of scool club station UD6KBW . I have been a licensed since --1969 . Some of my calls : RD6DHU, UD6DHU -- /1969 - 1978 / ; UA1AHQ, UV1AG, UV1AG/ UD -- / 1979 -1994 / ; RX1AG -- / 1994 -... /; RX1AG/ 6 --/2010-2012/, RX1AG/ 7 -- 2013

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Hi, for everybody !
I'm Valentin Ivanov - RX1AG from Saint-Petersburg, Russia .

Born June 11, 1949 in Baku, Azerbaijan Republic. From his childhood love technology, especially radio and elektric.First crystal RX constract in 1959 in city radioclub of scout / pioneers/ organization BAKU. Then mastered engendered sales transistors P-401, P-13. eventually home made the famous «pocket radio» to 5 transistors desine of (c)Plotnikov. Later passion was some amplifiers for Hi -sound to electronic tubes 6P3S, 6P1P. The universal passion of youth (and adults) – AM modulation transmit on MW broadcast band /pirate radio/ interested me in 1963. So, in 1964 was constract my fist AM TX on 1 vacuum tube – 6P3S to basis broadcast receiver «Record-52». This is a very simple structure, consisting of only 6 parts can be manufactured at the «knee» a couple of hours without having a large knowledge of radio. A small and simple antenna «long wire», low power /abt 5 watts input / ensure good audibility at a distance of 20-50 km. In 1968, already having experience with the radio, came to the team of operators collectiv radioclub station UK6DAA valid Republican amauter radioclub of Baku. In 1969 I got a personal call --RD6DHU --, which in 1972 was replaced by --UD6DHU--. Lovely band and mode it was 7 MHz CW, which carried out many thousands of interesting and long distance QSOs .Very activity in many national and international HAMTEST”s on HF is composed of commands UK6DAA, UK6DAN, and personal callsigns - UD6DHU. In 1973, together with a friend Vladislav Frolov -UD6DHW - built a legendary transceiver name "UW3DI --1" on vacuum tubes. Participated in radioexpedition: UK6CAA -first hamradio station of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic - USSR in Nakhchivan city - a separate country on the list of R-150-P award /obl.002/; special event call UD26BK - memory feat of 26-th Baku commissars herou communa of Baku. Amateur licens 1-st class have from 1975. Complied with the conditions and received a few dozen national and international awards. In 1978 I moved to Leningrad / now name it is Saint-Petersburg, Russia /, where in 1979 the call UD6DHU was chanch to UA1AHQ. New modern homemade transceiver KRS-78 self-built in 1980. Call sign UA1AHQ was replaced by UV1AG in 1985. During visits to Baku at 1986-1991 usually used the callsign UV1AG / UD, and spent a lot of QSO in the AA-DX Contest * s.Regularly participated in various competitions on the radio on HF: USSR Championship, the Cup of the USSR, Leningrad-match meeting between Moscow on the 7 MHz CW, CQ WW Contest on CW Superiority of the city and the Leningrad region, the various regional «days of activity» and finally, Memorials «Victory Day» Second War. Total received more than 300 different radioamateur diplomas: and sports memorabilia, foreign, national, regional.Confirming QSL cards from 250 different countries and territories, all the continents and Antarctica. With the 90-ies of the activity markedly decreased. After the reforms call my callsign changed to RX1AG. I long could not love with sound listening pronunciations of the «tools» audio. Gradually used and developed only after 2000 g. At this time on «transfer» to include rare, mostly in CW mode. In SSB mode - just for old friends of main. 1975 having liciens of 1-st class .Not a member of any hamradio groups .Summer period of 2010-2012 moving outside from St - Petersburg to my summer QTH on south of Russia. It's small town, which name is Zelenokumsk /44N43E/. My portable callsign RX1AG/6.Prefer CW mode, but SSB mode - just for tolking with old friends of main. Having liciens of 1-st class. Not a member of any hamradio groups.
2011 -- R230Z
2010-2012-- RX1AG/6
2013-- RX1AG/7

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Equipment

K-570DG, FT-897D, FT-1802