Saturday, November 28, 2015

PCH - famous Dutch operators

I was at a impressive clubmeeting yesterday evening and met famous dutch HAMradio operator PA1HR Hans. Although I don't think he see himself as famous, most of the dutch HAM's however know him as he wrote several articles in the past and is quite active on the radio. Hans gave a presentation about famous Dutch coastal radio station Scheveningen Radio callsign PCH. Which was at the time a big and very famous station providing radio traffic between ships and land. Radiocommunications at PCH was Hans his job for 25 years, a dream job if you're a radioamateur and crazy about radio. I write this blogpost as I know there are readers that are interested in this kind of subjects. I dicovered most of the presentation can be found on PA1HR's website. The only thing that is not on his website are the small personal stories he told us at the meeting, so if you ever have the chance to attend his presentation I can recommend it.

Visit Hans his page...

2 comments:

Paul Stam PAØK said...

Hallo Bas, PCH ken ik goed. Ik woonde er vlak bij, die op het Marktplein IJmuiden. Nog wel eens storing veroorzaakt bij PCH terwijl ik aan het seinen was op 20 meter. Zelf heb ik ook nog de ETM2b keyer, die het nog steeds doet. PCH had al eens gevraagd of ik geen oproepkracht wilde worden tijdens vakanties. Maar dat heb ik toch maar niet gedaan. Dat was in die tijd dat Hans daar ook werkte. 73 Paul PC4T

PE4BAS, Bas said...

Hallo Paul, ja ja die ETM2b had hij ook bij zich geloof ik. Toch jammer dat je dat niet gedaan hebt, dat zou toch een mooie ervaring zijn. Overigens waren die vakantiekrachten berucht want ze zaten aan de afstelling van die keyers ;-). 73, Bas