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My 5 Band DXCC plaque #8803, issued by the ARRL in May 2017. Actually it is a 8-Band DXCC, as it includes endorsements for 30, 17 and 12 m bands. (DSCN0759) Updated with 6m (50 MHz) band endorsement!

The antenna of the Signaal LW 08 radar aboard HS Kanaris, F464, a Kortenaer-Standard class frigate. The JUPITER/LW 08 2D-early warning radar performs long range (260 km on 2 m² RCS target) air surveillance on board medium and heavy-tonnage ships. JUPITER/LW 08 operates in UHF L-Band (NATO D-band, 1–2 GHz). The antenna is mounted on a lightweight hydraulically stabilised platform (roll and pitch). The synthesiser-driven TWT transmitter provides for a great flexibility over a wideband frequency, with pulse-to-pulse frequency agility. Together with the low sidelobe level of the antenna (with cosecant squared pattern) the radar has a high performance in an electronic countermeasures polluted environment. Good clutter suppression is the result of * the applications of antenna stabilisation, * a receiver with a high dynamic range, * quadrature digital moving target indication processing, * use of circular polarisation. Specifications Frequency: NATO D-Band (IEEE L-Band) pulse repetition frequency (PRF): 500 or 1000 Hz peak power: 150 kW average power: 5 kW Range: 140 nm range resolution: 0.5 nm beamwidth: 2.2° hits per scan: 15 - 20 antenna rotation: 7.5 or 15 rpm. (PC030042) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .

QSL reporting card from SWL station LYC-18 in Lithuania (image side).

Belle Époque beauty Mata Hari (Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod, 1876-1917), 1910.

Schematic of my VLF & LF up converter, using a Simens S042P IC as a 4 MHz local oscillator and mixer.

The VUCC (VHF-UHF Century Club) award certificate #2192, endorsed for 150 confirmed locator squares on 50 MHz (6 meters). All QSOs were confirmed via the Logbook of The World (LoTW) .