ABOUT THE HISTORY, ACTIVITIES, AND INTERESTS OF 5Z4FT.

After several years as a Shortwave listener, I was first licensed as 5Z4FT in 1991. I spent a brief period in the Czech republic, and Slovakia were I was licensed with CEPT licences OK8EFT, and OM9AFT. I am also licensed as KI4LTH.

I have experimented with various types of wire antennas on HF, these include the ordinary dipole, windom, G5RV, delta loop, inverted-L, and inverted-V. At VHF, and UHF, I have built 2M, and 70CM ground planes, as well as a three element yagi for 2M. My main interest lays with the electronics, and the techniques of radio communication. I have built a NORCAL20 CW QRP transceiver, and have had acceptable performance with it using 5 watts, and a dipole. I have had QSOs with all continents. At the moment, I am developing an interest in digital, and amateur radio space communications. I have several QRP home brew projects under consideration.