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Call: | YU1WC | ||||||
Personal data: | My name is Vladimir
Ljubojevic. |
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Ham history: | Got my first license in 1980,
and operated from YU1AGL club station. At the end of the eighties, I got
my own call, got a rig, and started operating from my parents' home, most
of that during 1988 and 1989. Then I went QRT for a long time. In December 2002 I decided to reactivate my license, so YU1WC is on the air again! |
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Location: | I live and operate from a
suburb of Belgrade, capital of Serbia. I live in a block of buildings, on a hilltop, but partly surrounded by higher buildings and power lines. So far, the antennas are performing surprisingly well, and there is still some space for improvement. |
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Rig: | In the radio club we used a Yaesu FT200. |
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QRP Rig: | In March 2009 I completed my first radio kit - the Genesis G40 SDR radio. I enered into QRP world. I did not expect much, but soon I realized that my wire antenna is working great. In 3 months I managed to work 100 dxcc on 40 with 5 watts (my current total is 120 countries). I enjoy very much working dx with this little radio made by my own hands, part by part... |
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Antennas: |
My old antenna setup from the FT757/TS930S days was:
In this moment, only the 2 x 21m doublet survived, but it works great on 40 with my Genesis G40. It is just a piece of wire, fed with 300 ohm twin lead, with a home made balanced tuner. I have a feeling that I can work all I hear. |
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Operating modes: | Since I reactivated my
license and moved to a new apartment, I decided to operate only CW.
Digital modes (RTTY, PSK31) are in my plans for the future. I do not hate
SSB, CW is the choice for practical reasons:
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Operating power: | Before reactivating my license, I was anticipating TVI problems, and was ready to operate only QRP if necessary. Even my first contest entry (2002 ARRL 10m contest) was operated with 5 watts. Luckily, at the new QTH there are no TVI complaints so far, and I can run all the 100 watts from my rig. I decided to limit my operating power at that level. This was before I built my G40. Now, I am still exploring the limits of QRP. I managed to break through dx pileups, worked some 120 dxcc, worked VK/ZL, all with 5 watts on 40 meters and a wire antenna. There are still moments when I wish I had some hundred or more watts, to catch a dx... But anyway, so far the limit is on 5 watts and the thrill when my signal reaches another continent is inmense! |
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Contesting: | Since I reactivated my
license, I started to participate in contests. It is a fine way to get
some fun, to improve operating skills and to increase a dxcc count. I am
still a novice contester, and a little pistol. I operate only CW. I was always low power, and now I am QRP since I built the G40. In this moment, I am monoband on 40, but when the G59 is finished I'll be contesting on all bands again! |
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Other hobbies: | My biggest passion is speleology (caving). | ||||||