I am a skilled radio- and TV technician (1965), I am a Master of Science in electronics and telecom (1969). For some years I worked as a senior teacher at Odense Teknikum (now the Southern Danish University), and for many years I worked as a freelance photographer and technical journalist travelling in many countries.

I retired in February 2011, and moved to Langeland, a small island with a population of 13000 located close to Germany in the south west corner of Denmark. Langeland (in English Long Island) is 52 km long and 6 km (on average) wide.

I got my certificate as a ham radio operator in 1978, class A, OZ8ZY, but due to too much work I soon after gave it up. In 2006 I took up this wonderful hobby again, now as 5P8ZY, and I enjoy it very much. I am QRV on the 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, and 6 metre bands, mainly phone, and on the 2 metre and 70 cm bands, FM.

I very much like to talk to friends all over the world, contesting is not me! From January 24th 2012 I am OV6A.

In the shack you will find an ICOM IC-7800 transceiver, an ICOM IC-910H transceiver, and an ICOM R-9000 receiver. You will also find an ACOM 1000 power amplifier and different auxiliary equipment. I control the ICOM transceivers and the AlfaSpid rotators from the Ham Radio Deluxe programme, where the logbook is integrated.

My garden is big enough for some effective antennas: A Mosley TA-53M 20-17-15-12-10 metre beam (13 metre up), a multiband Zeppelin (2x12 metre, open air feeder), and a 6 metre groundplane.

I do not collect QSL cards, but I accept cards sent direct (2 GS or 1 IRC, addressed envelope) and give a receipt for them. I upload all QSOs to LoTW but not to eQSL. I am not a member of the QSL bureau, so if you send me a card via the bureau, I will never receive it.

Other hobbies: Family history, travelling with my girlfriend, creative photography.

Upper shelf: Antenna switch, ICOM IC-910H VHF/UHF transceiver, Power Master

power meter, control box for remote antenna tuner (www.hamware.de), ICOM

SP-20 loudspeaker, ACOM 1000 linear power amplifier.

Lower shelf: Loudspeaker for IC-910H, ICOM R-9000 general coverage receiver,

ICOM IC-7800 HF/ 6 metre transceiver, Diamond GSV 3000 13,8 V/ 20 A linear

power supply.

On the table: Heil GM-5 microphone with two inserts, HC-5 narrow, and a broadcast.

This arrangement at the ends of the Zeppelin antenna makes the antenna more

broadbanded and easier to tune

Left:

On the top of my tower (13 metre up) you will find a Mosely TA53-M 20-17-15-12-10 metre beam antenna.

Right:

The Zeppelin antenna is tuned via this remote controlled antenna tuner (more info www.hamware.de).

At the beginning of March 2012 I installed a 2 kWp solar power unit producing about 1600 kWh per year (estimate). The DC voltage/current from the photo voltaic panels is delivered to a DC/AC inverter connected directly to the 230 V AC grid from the electricity company. I don't pay for the first 1600 kWh, if I use more electricity I have to pay the standard price. If I use less than 1600 kWh, I sell to the electricity company for a special rate. All the OV6A radio equipment is power supplied from the sun.

In the background you see my 2 metre ground plane antenna (at the top), and a 4 element 2 metre yagi directed against a distant FM repeater. In the foreground to the right you see all my receiving antennas (TV, FM broadcast, 30-1300 MHz scanner, and 900 MHz cell phone).