ON5SM

It all started with my late father Charles who became after the WW2 a homebrew shortwave radio-amateur ONL02142 tuning the waves. In those times you did not had any fancy Icoms or Kenwoods, everything had to be build by your self and from scrap. So I grew up hearing strainge noises and by the time I was old enough I did not knew better than to become one HAM too.

At young age I started to learn the colourcode of resistors and capacitors or knew the difference between electrotubes.

(Here left : My late father age 42 at work in his

When in 1980 I graduated in electricity with speciality electronics, the army called me. I teamed up the special-forces as radio-operator. I also became active on the 27Mhz band and received my swl number ONL02535. During years I swepts the short waves to hear that one exotic place or lonely tune from far far away. I listen to HAM and I send QSL to broadcaststations.
In 1994 I received my “class B” license call ON1SM. to change it in 2006 for a “class A” license call ON5SM.

My Radio-room equipment

Kenwood TS480SAT
Kenwood TM-D700
Kenwood TH-K2AT

Yaesu FRG8800 (2 times)
Yaesu FRG9600
Yaesu V5000
Sony SW-55
Realistic Pro-2001
Realistic Pro-2010

SAN 137B Sat receiver
Zehnder ATV receiver

Tono 777
Pakratt PK232
Digisat 8
GPA50 Fritzel
Dipool GB5RV
Discone SE900 Sigma
Discone T734 Alan
Long wire with tuner CG3000
X200 Diamond

6 computers to do the work