Hi !, my name is Rudi Venter, I have been a licensed Ham since 1996 and a SWL long before that when I was still a school boy. I build my first transmitter when I was 10 years old. My previous calls were ZR6VE (restricted 50 MHz and above only) and later upgraded to ZS6VER, I still hold the call V51VE. I was born in Namibia (Windhoek) but I grew up in Pretoria in South Africa.

At the moment I am actively using the calls ZS6DX and ZS2M depending on where I am in South Africa.

I enjoy contesting and DX'ing, mostly on CW but I can also be found on SSB and RTTY on the odd occasion. I also love playing with radios, modifying or improving and home-brew is always fun.

I am also a keen VHF/UHF operator as I find the challenge of weak signal work great fun. All my VHF/UHF antennas are homebrew and I am also building amplifiers for the higher bands.

Apart from playing with radios and electronics in general I also enjoy nature, hiking and nature photography as well as astronomy, specifically astrophotography. Building and restoring aircraft, full-size and RC models, and flying them, has been a passion for a very long time so I can often be found at the flying field on a Saturday morning, or working on an aircraft.

I am also competing in a few RC classes like scale (F4C/F4H), power gliders (F5J) and I have, in the past also competed in pattern (Aerobatics, F3A). At the moment, late 2022/early 2023, I have started practicing for IMAC/LSA, large scale aerobatics contests, it combines my love for scale with my love for aerobatics.

For me amateur radio has become a way of life, I take it into account where ever I am or what ever I do.

My E-mail Address is [email protected] please e-mail me if you would like any more information or if you would like to set up a contact on any band or mode.