Briefly about me, since 1968.year until today
My start radioamaterism from a 57 years ago, where my future mentor speak to me, that Morse code and that with this a code and device and could communicate with people radio amaters all over the world. The Radio Club's equipment was very old at the time, but with the help of amateur radio friends from other radio clubs, the Bosnia and Herzegovina Amateur Radio Association and the involvement of young people, we started the YU4EBP Radio Club in my hometown. Through persistence and quality training from the mentor, a team of radio operators was quickly created who worked on the 80 and 40m bands in the presence of the mentor only on CW. Over time, other devices arrived, the Geloso line, Atlas 210x, antenna making, DX and competitions, and work with the new SSB mode. The new devices, the new Donit QUAD antenna for the upper bands, the Delta loop for 40m and the old Dipol for 80m opened the conditions for new DX contacts as well as communication with all continents, which until then was a rarity and only during sleepless nights all members club.
Chronology from 1968 to the present.
1968 - YU4EBP - Start in Radio club Radivoj Rodic - Bos.Petrovac. BiH
1971 - YU4VCW - My first licenca HAM personal call sign after passing II (B) class.
1974 - YU4CW - After meeting the requirements and passing the Class I (A) exam, I received a HAM license to operate with a new call sign.
1990 - S.T.O.P. - Due to the situation in the former Yugoslavia, I stopped our radioamateur works on a Bands since 1990-2017 .
2017 - 9A9CW - After retiring, I renewed my license and started working with a new call sign from the Republic of Croatia.
2025 - 9A4N - After much thought, on January 10, 2025, I finally changed my suffix in the callsign 9A9CW - to the much shorter callsign 9A4N.
In 1971, I passed the II (B) category exam and secured my first personal call sign - YU4VCW. After meeting the necessary conditions for I (A) class, I was granted permission to operate with the new call sign YU4CW..
1971 - First personal callsign YU4VCW
With a call sign due to the conditions of mounting the antenna on the building, most of the work was QAP with TRIO-510 and CW practice
1974 - Start with callsign YU4CW
I have been using the call sign YU4CW since 1975 with an ATLAS 210X transceiver and in 1982 with a Kenwood TS-530S line and RX FRG8800.
Due to the new situation in the former Yugoslavia, I stopped practicing our sport from 1990 to 2017. After retiring in the Republic of Croatia, I created the conditions for reactivation and renewed my license, this time with the call sign 9A9CW.
1990 - Discontinuation of my amateur radio sports.
2017 - Reactivation with new call sign 9A9CW
I started the Kenwood TS-850S, G5RV antenna, and after a month tested the TS-870S + Hex Beam. But ofcourse I bought the TS-590SG at MESE in Friedrichshafen after 3 month works.
2025 - Shortening and change of call sign to 9A4N
Due to the length of the 9A9CW call sign, I replaced the suffix CW with 9A4N. In the meantime, from 2017 to 2025 I made a Kenwood TS-480SAT remote control with a Remoterig rrc-1258 mkii to work from the VIR island, and completed a new setup with a YAESU FTDX-101D.
QSO/QSL overview to 07.07.2026
Total worked QSOs
QSL card sent
Cfm QSOs on the sent cards
QSL card CFM via Bureau
LoTW CFM
DXCC CFM