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🖼️ Photo of Bert in his shack. Certainly, he's wearing his wooden shoes.
I live in Hellendoorn, a small village in the eastern part of The Netherlands. I'm 47 years old. I became
interested in radio when I was very young. I had a lot of fun with a crystal radio. A miracle to me that it
worked without battery. I got my license when I was 17 years old. It was a license for VHF and up at that time.
No Morse included. I had a lot of fun working on 2 m, and experimenting with antennas. But as I got older, work
came, family came and the ham radio hobby got out of my sight.
🖼️ Hellendoorn, Bert's QTH. Can you spot his antennas?
In 2007 I got interested in HAM radio again, and at that time my license was upgraded to a full license, so I
could also operate on HF. I got interested in CW, and did a course with a straight key. Made some QSOs but never
got really over my key fright. As I was m not a phone guy, again the hobby got in the background. Till 2020 when
I started to work in the digital modes on HF. But during the year I got interested in CW again, and tried some
self-study. That didn't work. I came across the CWops CW Academy, and decided to sign up for the Beginners
Class.
And so I started in January 2021 in CW Academy. What a great way to learn CW. It's not only about learning CW,
but also about making friends. Of course, it is hard work, but also making a lot of fun. I'm really happy that I
came across CW Academy. Thanks to everybody who puts a lot of effort in it, also behind the scenes.
One thing to mention here is the "Buzz's Super-Secret No merit/No demerit Homework" of AC6AC. If you want to know
what it is? You have to sign up for a class with Buzz, because it is secret :-)
Since May 2021 my log consists for almost 100 percent of CW QSOs. My main interest is contesting.
My rigs are a Kenwood TS-520, which I sometimes operate, and a TS-440. Since October 2021 I have an ICOM IC-7300,
which I mostly use. Since I have not much room for antennas I'm using a G5RV Jr. Sometimes I put up a wire or
G7FEK temporarily to be able to work on 80 m. In the future I have plans to do POTA.
I work as an IT architect for the IT systems of the railways. Some other hobbies are beer-brewing, BBQ,
3d printing and repairing old mopeds.
I hope to work you on the air!
Personal note from Mike SQ6JNX: I met Bert in CW Academy run by CWOps in March 2021, we were students in
the same class. I share most, if not all the feelings about the Academy. We worked each other several times on
CW since then, and I consider Bert not only great OP, but also a soulmate. Keep pounding the brass, Bert!
This post was first published in March 2022 issue of "Solid
Copy", a newsletter published by CWOps. Photo of Hellendoorn was taken by
Gouwenaar and was downloaded from
Dutch Wikipedia.
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🇬🇧 Profiles: Bert Bossink PA1BBO
🖼️ Photo of Bert in his shack. Certainly, he's wearing his wooden shoes.
I live in Hellendoorn, a small village in the eastern part of The Netherlands. I'm 47 years old. I became
interested in radio when I was very young. I had a lot of fun with a crystal radio. A miracle to me that it
worked without battery. I got my license when I was 17 years old. It was a license for VHF and up at that time.
No Morse included. I had a lot of fun working on 2 m, and experimenting with antennas. But as I got older, work
came, family came and the ham radio hobby got out of my sight.
🖼️ Hellendoorn, Bert's QTH. Can you spot his antennas?
In 2007 I got interested in HAM radio again, and at that time my license was upgraded to a full license, so I
could also operate on HF. I got interested in CW, and did a course with a straight key. Made some QSOs but never
got really over my key fright. As I was m not a phone guy, again the hobby got in the background. Till 2020 when
I started to work in the digital modes on HF. But during the year I got interested in CW again, and tried some
self-study. That didn't work. I came across the CWops CW Academy, and decided to sign up for the Beginners
Class.
And so I started in January 2021 in CW Academy. What a great way to learn CW. It's not only about learning CW,
but also about making friends. Of course, it is hard work, but also making a lot of fun. I'm really happy that I
came across CW Academy. Thanks to everybody who puts a lot of effort in it, also behind the scenes.
One thing to mention here is the "Buzz's Super-Secret No merit/No demerit Homework" of AC6AC. If you want to know
what it is? You have to sign up for a class with Buzz, because it is secret :-)
Since May 2021 my log consists for almost 100 percent of CW QSOs. My main interest is contesting.
My rigs are a Kenwood TS-520, which I sometimes operate, and a TS-440. Since October 2021 I have an ICOM IC-7300,
which I mostly use. Since I have not much room for antennas I'm using a G5RV Jr. Sometimes I put up a wire or
G7FEK temporarily to be able to work on 80 m. In the future I have plans to do POTA.
I work as an IT architect for the IT systems of the railways. Some other hobbies are beer-brewing, BBQ,
3d printing and repairing old mopeds.
I hope to work you on the air!
Personal note from Mike SQ6JNX: I met Bert in CW Academy run by CWOps in March 2021, we were students in
the same class. I share most, if not all the feelings about the Academy. We worked each other several times on
CW since then, and I consider Bert not only great OP, but also a soulmate. Keep pounding the brass, Bert!
This post was first published in March 2022 issue of "Solid
Copy", a newsletter published by CWOps. Photo of Hellendoorn was taken by
Gouwenaar and was downloaded from
Dutch Wikipedia.