LA4LN Amateur Radio

LA4LN -- QTH Locator JP50JA -- NORWAY

Tom Victor Segalstad, Box 15 Kjelsås, N-0411 OSLO, NORWAY

E-mail: "la4ln" followed by "@arrl.net"

Web: http://folk.uio.no/tomvs

Other calls held: DL/LA4LN, EI4VBH, G5BLT, GM5BLT, GØ & GMØ/LA4LN, HB9/LA4LN, HBØ/LA4LN, I/LA4LN, JW4LN, J37ZF, J6/LA4LN, J73ALN, J8/LA4LN, KH6/LA4LN, KH8/LA4LN, KL7/LA4LN, LA4LN/SM, LA4LN/TF, LA4LN/VE, LA4LN/W, OE/LA4LN, OH & OHØ/LA4LN, ON8XJ, OY/LA4LN, OZ/LA4LN, PA/LA4LN, T32T (1992), XE1ISC, 8P9CR, 9A/LA4LN, 9Y4/LA4LN.

Station Manager / QSL Manager for: JW1V, LA1V, LA3JAM, LA3SS, LA4JAM, LA4SS, LA7ERS, LC1J, LC1V, LC3JAM, LC4JAM, LC4LN, LI1V, LI4LN, LN1V.

Look here for more info about LA4LN

Or enter there in www.qrz.com JW1V, JW4LN, J73ALN, LA1V, or LN1V for info about these operations.

Radio Scouting Jamboree - look here

Weekly radio propagation and DX info by LA4LN (in Norwegian) - look here

Realtime Monitor for radio propagation by LA7SL & LA4LN - look here

Nye amatørradiobånd 500 kHz (600 meter), 5 MHz (60 meter) og 24 MHz (12 meter) 6. november 2009: Forskriften er HER

NRRL norsk båndplan for de nye MF- og HF-bånd

Internasjonal 60 m (5 MHz) frekvensoversikt med NRRL norsk båndplan [rettet 10. mars 2010]

Radiobølgeutbredelse på HF med spesiell vekt på 5 MHz av LA4LN; fra "Amatørradio" nr. 5 / 2005 side 21 - 25 [HF Radio Propagation, with emphasis on 5 MHz in April-May 2005 by LA4LN; in Norwegian - with FMUF and ECOF propagation diagrams].

Worldwide 60 m (5 MHz) frequency chart with NRRL Norwegian Proposed Activity Centers [corrected 10 Mar. 2010]

Translated permission for amateur radio club stations to use 5 MHz in Norway (history; 2005 - 2009)

NRRL norsk båndplan for 70 MHz 2009 [NRRL Norwegian Band Plan for 70 MHz as of 2009]

Program for Hovedstyret 1998-2000 for revitalisering av NRRL

Norwegian Position Paper to the IARU Region 1 HF Interim Meeting 2004 - look here

Minutes from the IARU Region 1 HF Interim Meeting 2004 - look here

Digitized Speech on HF by LA4LN (in Norwegian - with pictures and sound samples; see also my article in "Amatørradio" No. 2 / 2005, pages 10-15)

Digitale transceivere - en utstyrsrevolusjon? Fra "Amatørrradio" nr. 2/2004 p. 13-15. [Digital transceivers - a radio revolution?; in Norwegian].

A story by G8PL about our common 6 m effort in the Nordic Activity Contest, August 2005.

Using the HA1YA ME4T 4 m transverter (70 MHz <==> 28 MHz) with the Icom IC-756 PRO 3 transceiver.

Konstruksjon av dipol-antenner. Fra "Amatørradio" nr. 6/2006 p. 26.

Construction of dipole antennas.

Solen, vår velgjører for radiokommunikasjon. Fra "Amatørrradio" nr. 4/2006 p. 20-22. [The Sun, our benefactor for radio communication; in Norwegian].

Distorsjon i radiomottakere. Fra "Amatørrradio" nr. 9/2009 p. xx-yy. [Distortion in radio receivers; in Norwegian].

Konkurranse på programmet NEWTON, NRK TV1, 21. januar 2007, mellom morse-telegrafi (LA4LN sendte til LA8AJA) og SMS via mobiltelefon (spol frem til starten 22 min og 56 sek ut i programmet). SE HVEM SOM VANT!

Challenge in the children TV program NEWTON, NRK TV1, 21st January 2007, between morse-telegraphy (LA4LN transmitted to LA8AJA) and SMS (Short Message System) via GSM cellular mobile phone (spool to the start 22 minutes and 56 seconds out in the program). [Norwegian language]. SEE WHO WON!

IARU Region 1 HF New 40 m Bandplan from 29 March 2009.

IARU Region 1 HF Bandplan from 29 March 2009 (courtesy of DARC).

IARU Region 2 HF Bandplan of 2008.

IARU Region 3 HF Bandplan (as of 2007).

IARU Region 1 HF Managers' Handbook (Version 7; 2009).

Put your cursor on top of pictures below and click to read stories relating to some of the pictures.

The photo shows my home made, computer optimized, 7 band trap beam antenna for 40m (3 el.), 30m (3 el.), 20m (4 el.), 17m (1 el.), 15m (4 el.), 12m (1 el.) & 10m (4 el.). Also shown 5 el. for 6m and 9 el. for 2m, and collinear verticals for 2 m and 70 cm. A number of different wire antennas for 160m, 80m, and 60m; a 120 meter long Beverage receiving antenna; plus a 48 element array for 70 cm, are not easily visible. (And the total length of some 1 km ground counterpoise wires are not visible either).

Here we see a photograph from my KL7/LA4LN QRP (low power) operation from Alaska in July 2007 using the Yaesu FT-817 transceiver with 5 watts transmitter power and the fully automatic Elecraft T1 antenna tuner (middle left) hooked up to my Bobtail Curtain antenna wire. The Miracle antenna tuner (far left) was used at some rare high impedance cases, when the Elecraft tuner wouldn't obtain a match. The Palm Radio Mini Paddle for telegraphy shines in the front. A fishing vessel is seen on the fiord in front of the glacier-laden mountains in the background under the light Arctic night sky. Western USA and Hawaii were contacted from here on telegraphy and telephony. The longest contact from here was with VK2AYD in Australia, a distance of some 12.000 km (some 7.500 US miles). He answered my CQ call and said I was the only station he could hear on the band. The story and photograph was published as the cover story of the publication QRZ DX of 8 August 2007.

This photo shows my handheld operation from a mountaintop at locator JO49UF via the AO-51 satellite on 9 August 2007, making contacts with RW3XL, RA3OE, and G8GMU. I am using the Yaesu FT-817 battery operated transceiver with 5 watts transmitter power and the Maldol AH-510R whip antenna (halfwave on 2 m and 2 x 5/8 wave on 70 cm). The Dell Latitude D610 lap-top PC is running the Orbitron satellite orbit prediction software by Sebastian Stoff.

Return to Homepage

Updated 10 March 2010