Welcome to my amateur radio web site!
Operating my radio equipment
Amateur radio is a fascinating hobby. Radio amateurs experiment with new technology for communications, and many of the pioneers of electrical and communications engineering started out as radio amateurs.
Amateurs carry out communications across continents and around the globe with equipment that may be relatively simple, and frequently designed and made by themselves. On occasions a small transmitter may get a signal half way across the globe with the power of a pocket flashlight. Or, some amateurs construct powerful systems beaming radio signals to the surface of the moon, so that other radio amateurs can pick up the extremely weak reflections at the opposite side of the Earth. Radio amateurs must pass tests in radio technology and communications skills to obtain their licenses.
I received my first amateur radio license on 29-May-1975, at the age of 16. My call sign is TF3KX, but I also hold an extra class license in the USA as AB4ST, from the time I was a student there.
My primary interests in amateur radio include:
- Radio technology, antennas, propagation
- clever designs, classical radio theory, HF propagation - Contesting on HF, almost exclusively CW and RTTY
- measuring my station and skills against others - QRP (low power) communications
- the magic of radio across continents with flashlight power - Top band (160m) operation
- challenging long wave radio in the quiet late night hours - Promotion of amateur radio and club activities
- various volunteer work for our radio club the past 30 years
I hope you find this web of interest. Enjoy!
73 - Kristinn Andersen, TF3KX