About HA5AO
My name is Istvan Gaspar, operator name is Pista.
I was born in 1951. I was radio operator in the military between 1971 and 1973. In 1974 I was licensed as HA7VT and changed to HA5AO in 1984. In 1973 I joined HA5KHT club station and was a very active member of the contest team until 1990. Due to family and professional commitments, I wasn't active between 1990 and 2004. I am back on the air since 2004 and active on HF bands (mainly CW). I am DX enthusiast.
Member of the A1 Operator Club, CW Operators Club, EUDXF, GDXF, SDXF, CDXC
DX peditions
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Membership
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A-1 Operator Club |  |
CW Operators Club #1522, Life-member |
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German DX Foundation (GDXF) |  |
Swiss DX Foundation (SDXF) | |
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The UK DX Foundation (CDXC) |  |
European DX Foundation (EUDXF) | |
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Station setup
- Yaesu FTDX 9000D transceiver
- Yaesu Quadra VL-1000 linear amplifier
- SteppIR 3 elemn, 40-6 meters, 16 m up
- microKEYER II interface
- MA160V vertical for 160 m
- Heil Pro-Set Plus headset
- Begali Sculpture Mono Keyer(Serial #: 064)
- Bencher Mercury Paddle (Serial #: 1139)
- TRX-Manager v.5. for station automation
- WIN-Test and N1MM+ for contesting
DX pedition & Field operation setup
- Elecraft K3 100 W fully upgraded to K3S
(with KRX3A subreceiver + TCXO + KXV3B + KIO3B + KSYN3B + KAT3A + filters: 250 Hz, 400 Hz, 1kHz, 1.8 kHz, 2.8 kHz) - Elecraft KPA-500 500 W
- Elecraft KAT-500 high power automatic antenna tuner
- Elecraft P3 panadapter + P3TXMON + DCHF-2000 directional coupler
- Spiderbeam, 5 bands, (20 - 10 m) on 10 m telescopic Alu pole
- Wire Verticals (12 and 18 m), 160 - 10 m + SGC 235 automatic antenna coupler
- Folding Hexbeam for 20-6 m bands
- Hustler 6BTV vertical with 17 m and 12 m add on kit (80 - 10 m bands)
- Heil Pro-Set with HC4 mic element
