Radio
I got my amateur radio license in January 2004 at age 17, with the call sign
SM0YSR.
Since then I have been occasionally active on the shortwave amateur bands,
almost exclusively using CW (i.e. morse code telegraphy), generally using
between 2 and 25 watts of output power. I am a member of the
GQRP club as well as the
Swedish amateur radio association (SSA).
QSL info
I prefer paper QSL cards via bureau. By default I send a QSL card, if the
other station accepts one.
I do not currently use LoTW, eQSL, or similar services.
Equipment at SM0YSR
My station has a mix of commercial and homebrew equipment.
- Antenna system: I use a non-resonant dipole in
the attic, with open wire feeder made of plastic bag clips leading down to a
homemade antenna tuner.
- Howes 80m CW transceiver, modified to use a
2N7000 class C final after the original broke down. It uses a simple direct
conversion receiver, has a manual transmit/receive switth, and has an output
power of about 2 watts.
- 30m QCX transceiver using the cardboard box the
components were shipped in as an enclosure. Output power is 1 to 4 watts,
depending on input voltage.
- Yaesu FT-450D transceiver. This is what I use most of the time at home.
- Homemade single-paddle key using a short length of
1mm bare copper wire and two copper nails. Stability is provided by the
sealed lead-acid battery in the background. Not ideal, but it works well enough
that I never bothered to find something better.
- The straight key I use for most of my
contacts. Field model of unknown origin.
List of radio-related projects
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