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<\/a>My first shack in the sixtees<\/p><\/div>\n
Above the HF receiver you see an old S&H Morse telegraph which writes Morse code on a paper tape. With this device a cw station could be made visible with the help of a telex converter.\u00a0 Yes, in those days I used that telex converter also for controlling a Teletype TT15\u00a0 telex machine. That apparatus stood stamping regularly to print all kinds of bulletins of several press stations (Reuter, Tass, AP).
\nFrom my first salary\u00a0 I bought a 19-set for fl. 30, – (\u20ac 14,-) at Radio Lensen (a famous army dump store in Amsterdam). On this receiver I listened on the short – and medium wave (Radio Veronica!).<\/p>\n
At a certain time, the higher frequencies got my interest. That was because of the rise of the fm-band. I have got\u00a0 an FM-unit (with EF80 tubes) with LF output and I was experimenting trying to increase (avionic band) or decrease (police band)\u00a0 the receiving frequency.
\nDue to an article in Electron I became interested in the 2-meter band. I built for that band a converter with 6J6 and EC900 (on the photograph on the right site of the HF-Rx). I started with a 5 element beam which was mounted just near the window of my room and could be rotate by hand through the open window (which was very cold in winter..). Later I built a 10 element beam for 2-meter and 70-cm.<\/p>\n
<\/a>2m and 70cm yagi’s<\/p><\/div>\n
In 1965 the second Dutch TV channel was introduced. With a ‘ 2e-net converter ‘ described in Electron and a home made beam under the roof of our house, the first transmissions were received on the UHF (channel 27).<\/p>\n
By my interest in the space travel (the seventies) I went busy with the reception of weather satellites and built a receiver for the frequencies on which they transmit (137 MHz). In the middle of the photograph below you can see the receiver, just above the BC348 receiver.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Modified shack…<\/p><\/div>\n
On that photograph you can see further right of the 137 MHz receiver the device that made the weather satellite pictures visible on an old b\/w television. See also my project page ‘Weather Satellites<\/a><\/em><\/span>‘.<\/p>\n Right of the BC348, you see a 200-400 MHz army receiver. On the workbench the 2 meters transceiver under construction.<\/p>\n ATV in the 70’s was usual on the 70 cm band. I modified the tuner of a portable TV so that it I could reach channel 17, that was the channel where I could receive a lot of ATV stations from Amsterdam and surroundings. However, it was necessary to put a preamplifier between antenna and the tuner. In that time I made much duplex QSO’s with ATV stations. See also my ATV page.<\/p>\n In the eighties the Dutch television started with test transmissions of Teletekst (videotext). In the United Kingdom it was already operational (BBC-CEEFAX). In a magazine of the RSGB I found a description of how a Teletekst converter could be build with a lot of IC’s (approx. 90!). I constructed it on 4 home made printed circuit boards and did most of the connections between the IC’s with povin wire. I got it working (not entirely 100%..) but the adjustments of the analog part were very critical. I received the test pages of studio Irene (on the right) and the start page on the left.<\/p>\n First Teletekst transmission<\/p><\/div>\n Teletekst test transmission<\/p><\/div>\n When I moved from Amstelveen to Alphen a\/d Rijn in 1983, the radio hobby stood still for a wile. Much of my time was spent to get familiar with the Computer. Also the shack got a new look. I introduced a\u00a0 ‘ standard ‘ for the dimensions of my home made apparatus, clearly visible on the photograph below, which was made in 2014.<\/p>\n My shack in 2014<\/p><\/div>\n On the photograph you can see, on the right side of the monitor (from the upper shelf, shelf to shelf down…): The following antennas are in use: Standby antenna’s are: Since I am not such a ‘roof hare’ as I was when I was young (see photograph below), I have mounted the antenna mast (with X2000, mini whip and dish) in such a way that I can handle it out of the Velux roof window. The dish antenna is at this moment mounted horizontal for receiving 3cm ATV. The X2000 is modified by adding longer radials for 50 MHz.<\/p>\n My antenna’s<\/p><\/div>\n The photograph below was taken by my sister Rina when we climbed on the roof of my parental house in Amstelveen together with, on the left, our friends Frenk and Karin\u00a0 (1960?).\u00a0\u00a0 Thank goodness that my parents did not known that………\u00a0 I’m looking with a binoculars towards the ‘old ‘ Schiphol Amsterdam Airport near the ‘Amsterdamse Bos’.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>
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\n<\/span>–\u00a0 Just below the TL-tube, two 13.8V power supplies. On the right my Antenna patch panel and MC70 70cm TRx.
\n–\u00a0 KTH-SDR, EMU0202 USB sound card, WX-sat SDR black box and power-supply with loudspeaker for the MC70.
\n–\u00a0 The modified Teletron T813 2 meter transceiver, DC-HF transceiver and PIC controlled 0-54 MHz HF receiver.
\n–\u00a0 2m \/ 70cm receiver, Loudspeaker for the T813 and DC-set, modified switch box to select the HF antenna’s
\n–\u00a0 1500 MHz frequency counter,\u00a0 LF signal generator + frequency counter
\n–\u00a0 An empty enclosure of my former weather satellite \/ fax picture decoder,\u00a0 TV tuner-IF and Teletekst unit controlled by I2C
\n–\u00a0 Adjustable power supply (5V and +\/- 8-20 Volt),\u00a0 Clock, DCF- and 137 MHz weather satellite receiver
\n–\u00a0 On the workbench the PSoC-SDR
\n–\u00a0 And on the right, my desktop PC (AMD FX4300), no… only the enclosure is ACER…..<\/p>\n
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\n<\/span>–\u00a0 20 meter dipole, under the roof of my house
\n–\u00a0 magnetic loop receiving antenna (design PA0KSB) for the 80 – 10 meter bands
\n–\u00a0 6m \/ 2m \/ 70cm Diamond X2000 vertical with extended radials
\n–\u00a0 Mini Whip from PA0RDT
\n–\u00a0 35 cm dish for reception of PI6ATV.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/span>–\u00a0 137 MHz Quadrifilar Helix Antenna (QHA)
\n–\u00a0 Magnetic loop antenna made of 15 mm copper tube with vacuum condenser .<\/p>\n<\/a>