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First
a word in Dutch:
De Nederlandse variant van de PG.540 website bestaat ook. Die is nog steeds te vinden op het sinds 2005 gebruikte adres. En uiteraard is het via deze link te vinden! Hans, PA0SNY
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| HAM radio enthousiasts group
together, a fact of radio amateur life. Around 1981, in Haarlem and
direct environment, a group of Radio Amateurs felt the need to meet at
a regular basis, but with limited ties to one of the active local
departments of the two existing Amateur Radio Leagues (VERON and VRZA).
They formed the Project Group PG.540. Founded in April of 1982, and
till this date the PG.540 still exsists. |
| As we started in April 1982, and
continued after the summer break, Season 2 started in September 1982.
So from September 2023 till June 2024, we are in season 43. I state
this here, as there is alway some confusion on the season number. |
| Over the years there have been
many Projects, either as (a part of) the group taking an initiative, or
as doing a Project that was organised by other groups or people. On my
page "PROJECTS from the past" I made a
list of projects where I was involved in, and that we often have
started or completed as a group. This have been Antenna's (2m/70cm combi for on the car, Big Wheels for 70 cm), Radio's (Condors for 2m, 70cm, 4m, Nokia Morbira Mobile Sets, Teletrom T813 for 2m, KF161 for 2m). One eye catcher was the conversion of a MARC set (27 MHz) to 10m and later 70cm. That was really developed within the PG.540 and published in the VERON Electron countrywide magazine. In later years (2011) the Lima SDR HF-transceiver was started. Other projects involve Amateur Television on 23cm, 13cm etc. All in all, there is a great diversity in interests |
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Location
information for the PG.540
The PG.540 resides nowadays in Heemstede, in a building used bij Heemstede's Rescue Brigade on the large Sports Field. The Rescue Brigade itself educates people in swimming and as life guards. We are ready for HF: we use two antennas: an open dipole for 80 meters, and an EndFed for the other classic HF-bands. In 2024 we will expand the antenna park with VHF and UHF antennas. |
| Being a Dutch group, many
communication between ourselves is done in the Dutch language and so
are most publications. We have a WIKI-page that contains many details
of the projects that we run or have runned. In case you're interested
and may need backgrounds or translations, you may e-mail to
[mycall]@kpnmail.nl. The PG.540 Wiki can be found here |
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And now for
something completely different......
Ever watched the International Space Station (ISS) flying overhead? This happens in dusk or dawn, during a two weeks period every two months. Worth watching! On our location there is good opportunity for ISS observation. I managed to get numerous people enthousiastic about this phenomenon. Find website Heavens Above by Chris Peat, and fill out your location (do that first!!!). The website contains many details on many other (also Amateur) satellites and events. |