HI THERE! MY NAME�S ED. THIS IS MY PAGE. 

AUTO-BIOGRAPHY & INFO

My name is Edwin Nicol�s Koessler, but I�m called ED more frequently in radio. I started doing radio when I was 10 years old or so. At the age of 14 I was an amateur radio operator. I am 18 years old. Not my father, nor my mother, nor any relative is a ham. Stupid, senseless legislation in my country doesn�t allow boys&girls less than 12 yrs old to have a licence.

I was born the 12th of October of 1986, here where I live, in a town called San Mart�n de los Andes, in the province of Neuqu�n, in the Southern part of Argentina, and in the North-Western part of the region called Patagonia. It is a 30k population community located 40km from the border with Chile, dispersed along about 15km in a valley and facing Lacar Lake at the end of it. If you want to get to know the place where I live click here.

My station has improved quite a lot since the last actualization of this page -which was quite some time ago, because of some problems with my local ISP-; I nowadays own a YAESU FT-1000MP with MD-100 mic and DVS-2 digital recorder. I installed both INRAD mods in it and... I also bought some power, I got a dual 3-500Z Eimac tubes, separate-power-supply, really-good-looking desktop DRAKE L-7 capable of 1300W (1,3kW key-down) of FURIOUS QRO POWER which looks as if it was just taken out of the box! -love my Amp.-, but that�s not all; meanwhile, I put up a 20 mts high tower (top of it at 35mts of the street level) with heavy duty rotator, got a brand-new KLM KT-34XA (6el fullsize for 10, 5el linear-loaded for 15 and 20, dual-driven, on a 10mt-long-boom) tri-band yagi with re-inforcement kit for extreme conditions and locate it @20mts high, put an EXTENDED dipole for 80mts @20mts, a temporary dipole for 40mts @15mts, a 4el monoband fullsize yagi for 10mts fixed north manually -or rope-ally, in fact :-) pointable between EU/NA @10mts high, a 5el monoband fullsize yagi for 6mts fixed north @16mts high, a 20mts ground plane with 16 radials at ground level, verticals and 2el vert. polarized yagi for VHF, a 1,5kW DRAKE LPF, two 25Amp high quality Power Supplies, GBR headset, home-adapted Professional footswitch, BENCHER BY-2 Paddle, bought 100mts of good coax, got a 4 antenna high power -3kW at least- remote coax switch and some more things and now I got a very decent station for being only 18, I�m really happy and proud of my station, but I also realize I only have it because I spent every single cent that I had in it, not a cent since I was 12 was used for anything else apart from it. I worked hard summer, winter and during the year for 6 years -apart from studying, etc.- in order to get money, everyone can have a nice station, you just have to get moving - otherwise you�ll get nothing. I made a very big improvement, I had nothing at first, then got a VX-150, then an FT-2600M, then stopped bothering with the VHF, sold everything and got my first real rig, the faithful lil� ALINCO DX-70TH, which gave me very nice QSOs, then sold it, got some extra money and bought a TS-850S with DSP-100, then sold it and got MORE money and bought the FT-1000MP, I think I�m gonna keep this radio, I LOVE IT!. In a year I upgraded from the lil� ALINCO and two dipoles hanging from the trees to everything I have right now. That�s big.

My plans -short term ones at least- include constructing a vertical for 80mts -1/4 wave fullsize-, buying a Cushcraft 2el 40mts yagi -I�m lacking very little money and I get it!- and getting up a 160mts inverted L with a 20mts vertical part... Long term plans include lots of things, from a new tower or two -one 30mts tall and the other 15mts- rotatable dipole for 80mts, 4el yagi for 12/17mts w/rot. dipole for 30, to the dream station!  :-)  Every ham dreams of a dream station...

I like to work DX and take part in some of the major International Contests (CQWW, CQWW WPX, ARRL, ARRL 10, RUSSIAN DX, ALL-ASIA, etc), I�m mostly active in 6, 10, 15, 17, 20, 40, 80 and 160mts.
I�m member of  WWYC -WorldWide Young Contesters- a very nice and united Club for contesters under 30yrs, and also member of LU8YE, my local Radio Club.

Regarding Music I mainly like Rap, Hip-Hop, some Rock artists, and some Pop artists.
I like to practice Outdoor Sports (I practice Free-Ski, Rappel, some Ice climbing, I swim, Snorkel, do a little MTB, and a little Downhill, Camp, Canoeing,  Trekking, Tirol, Snowshoeing, all kinds of Fishing, etc.).
I study in a technical school for Electro-mechanical Technician. I�m in the last year out of 6. I plan to study for Telecommunications Engineer. I also study to enhance my First Aid and CPR.
I also like to study English, I have my First Certificate in English of the Cambridge University passed with an A, and my Certificate in Advanced English from the same University also passed. This year or the next one I plan to sit for the Certificate in Proficiency English.
In the winter I work teaching little kids from 3 to 8 years old from a local Club to ski in the Chapelco Ski Resort, I really have fun, I Love KIDS!!!
In the summer I work in some Adventure Races and every outdoor job I can get, I enjoy being in contact with nature, I Love OUTDOORS!!!
I am a Volunteer Firefighter-EMT at the local Fire Department since a couple of years ago, I enjoy helping people and I really Love FIREFIGHTING and Rescueing!!!
Within the year I help the well-known telegraphist and technician Sergio Landoni (LU7YS), from what, of course, I learn a lot of  very valuable things. Yeah, guess what... I HAPPEN TO LOVE RADIO!!!

I would like to thank my elmers, I had, have and I expect gonna have great support from them, they are :

LU7YS (Sergio)
LU4YAO (Jorge)
LU5YDK (Ale)
and others...

Please feel free to click on the links below to access to my pages. You�ll find many photos and some comments. Also feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions or comments, I�ll try to help you as far as I can. ... hope you enjoy this... ED.

LU1YNE AMATEUR
RADIO STATION

FIREFIGHTING

SKI-TEACHING

PATAGONIA

MAILING ADDRESSES

My e-mail address is:  [email protected]

My current mailing address is:
Edwin Nicol�s Koessler ("ED") - LU1YNE
Calle Los Manzanos 269 - B� Chapelco
San Martin de los Andes - CP 8370 - Neuqu�n
ARGENTINA

Anyways, I ONLY receive QSLs via my manager:  W�HFG (Jim Fox - KANSAS - USA)
NOTE : PLEASE TRY TO INCLUDE A S.A.S.E. FOR STATESIDE STATIONS AND A S.A.E. WITH 1 GREENSTAMP OR 1 I.R.C. FOR RETURN OUTSIDE U.S.A.

LINKS

WWYC�ers page: www.wwyc.net 
The worlds largest e-callbook: www.qrz.com
Dx spots, rig reviews, etc, check it: www.eham.net
Want a free web page?, You�re a ham?, this is your place: www.qsl.net
Another e-callbook: www.wm7d.net
Photos of rigs: www.qsl.net/sm7vhs/radio
Another e-callbook: www.buck.com
Page of the Argentinian Radio Club: www.lu4aa.org
Argentinian Radio Clubs Union: www.uarc.com.ar
Argentinian CW Group: gacw.no-ip.org
Photos of rigs: www.rigpix.com
Radio mods: www.mods.dk
Cluster, etc.: www.lu6dts.com.ar
Visit North Patagonia DX Group page: www.npdxg.com.ar
Send and receive QSL�s via internet free!: www.eqsl.cc
My radio clubs page: www.qsl.net/lu8ye
Great .tk FREE-auto-redirect domains: www.dot.tk

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