SWL reports are welcome

 

Hello dear friends.

My name is Reiner (some friends calling me "Ray"), born in 1950 and i live in Wuppertal, the City of the world-famous "Wuppertal Suspension Railway" (Wuppertaler Schwebebahn). My QSL card shows a historical car. Pictures and more about the Rail you can see on (click the link)

Homepage: http://www.schwebebahn.de/ and in english   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal_Suspension_Railway

 

My Ham life began in 1958 as SWL. In 1973 I got my first license as DB5ED. A license class C for 144 MHz and up. In 1975 I learned CW and got the call DF1JC Class A for 150W output power on all bands. Since 1977, I have the full license B (in new regulation Class A) with a maximum of 750 watts of output power. I've been working on the VHF bands with great success from my old home in Haan.

In 1999, after a fire, I've lost all my logs and qsl´s also from a lot of HB0 expeditions. It was the end of my Ham life for ever. So I thought.

But never say "ever" :-)

Now I'm a pensioner and in 2013 I have - after we've found a new home in Wuppertal - discovered amateur radio again.
My V/UHF QTH here in Wuppertal is not really good but i love to work on 2 and 70. Thats why i worked mainly MeteorScatter QSO´s but listening also for Tropo, ES, Aurora and a bit EME.

You can find me in the ON4KST 144 Mhz Chat. Look at: http://www.on4kst.org/

 

Here you have a view of my bad VHF location to the south

 

My working conditions here in Wuppertal, JO31og :

On 144 MHz: Yaesu FT-897, a SSPA "BEKO HLV-1000" with 750 watts at the feedpoint of a 11 element FlexaYagi FX224, abt12m above the ground.

On 432 MHz: Kenwood TS-2000, a small Mirage SSPA with 110 watts, a 20 element DK7ZB design Yagi and LNA.

On HF: Kenwood TS-2000 with 100 watts. Dipole antennas for 80 and 40 meters, for 14/21/28 MHz a GPA-30, 3 Band Groundplane

 

ODX on 144 MHz : Tropo: 1473 Km (EA1FDI) - IONO: 1498Km (OH6KTL) - MS: 2084 Km (OH8K) - ES: 3248 Km (EA8TX) - Aurora 1201 Km (LY2R) - EME: 8054 Km (K5QE)

 

My current counter for Grid Squares and DXCC 144 MHz since my restart in July 2013.

Grid Square worked = 387

DXCC worked = 54

most recent squares:

14.Aug.2017 JO93cb, SP2MKO - 13.Aug.2017 KO01ip, SN5R - 12.Aug.2017 KO69bw, UA1ANA - 10.Aug.2017 IO54ob, EI/ON5GS/P - 09.Aug.2017: IO55xc, EI/ON5GS/P - 08.Aug.2017: JP60bd, LB8DC - 26.June 2017: IN71pq EB1HRW - KM39bp, TA1D/3 - 17.June 2017: JP43wx, LA0BY/P - 16.June 2017: KN49sp, US7SB - KN37ew, YO8TNB 15.June 2017: JN80ql, IK7MXB - KN27tm, YO8TK - 14 June 2017, JP51bp, LA/DK2BJ/P - 11.June 2017 KN10lp SV2HNH - 05 June, JM89fg, IK8/PA2CHR - 31.May 2017, KM25ka, SV9CVY -  JM79vq, IK8/Pa2chr - 30 May 2017, JN70vo, IK8XLD -  19.May 2017, JN81aw IK7/PA2CHR - 05.May 2017 JN33bc, F4FCC - 17.Apr.2017 JO81bp, SQ6POM - 08.Apr.2017: IO84vd, G6WRW/p - 03.Jan.2017 KO60ma, UY1HY

 

most recent DXCC:

12.July 2017: San Marino, T7/SP7VC - 26.June 2017 Turkey, TA1D/3  - 11.June 2017 Grece, SV2HNH - 31.May 2017 Crete, SV9CVY - 11. Aug 2016 Andorra, C37MS - 06.June 2016, Faroe Isl OY9JD - 04.Sept.2015 Corsica, TK/PA2CHR - 08.July 2015: Balearic Isl. EA6XQ - 21. June 2015: Malta, 9H1TX - 10.June 2015: Market Reef, OJ0B (OH6ZZ) - 27.Apr.2015 Macedonia, Z35Z - 04.Jan.2015 Jersey, GJ7DNI - 28.Oct.2014: Luxembourg, LX2LA - 26 July 2014: Croatia, 9A3K - 16 July 2014: Aland, OH0/UA1ZFG - 12. July: Isl of Man, GD6ICR - 11. July 2014: Kaliningrad, UA2FT - 26. June 2014: Guernsey, GU8FBO - 02. June 2014: USA, KB8QR - 01. June 2014: Bosnia-Herzegowina, E77AR - 22.May 2014:  Sardinia, IS0AWZ 21.May 2014: Austria, OE6IWG - 12. May 2014: Romania, YO9MN - 09. May 2014: Slowakia, OM5CM

 

Thanks for watching, 73s, Looking forward to meet you on 2m/VHF

 

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