Welcome to the home page of
DH5JG
About myself:
In the late 70's I got interested in shortwave listening. I collected QSLs
cards from shortwave radio stations. Due to my limited equipment I was
not able to listen to amateur radio. The radio I was using could not receive
SSB or CW, i.e. it did not have a BFO.
Somehow I got into contact with a local ham (DJ2MR) whom I visited
frequently to have a look at his radio station and watch him operating.
In 1983 I received my first license (VHF/UHF-only) with the callsign
of DG1EAE. When I upgraded my license to HF in June 1990, I got interested
in DXing. After a few years of inactivity, I restarted ham
radio in May 1998.
I also hold a FCC Extra Class License with the callsign KC8RNL
since May 2001.
My station:
My favorite operation mode is CW but I also do some SSB and also tried
PSK31 a few times.
Here's some information about my station equipment:
| Transceivers HF: |
Kenwood TS-570, IC-706 MKII |
| Antenna: |
Optibeam OB 9-5; 33ft Vertical (30 & 40m) with
CG-3000 tuner |
| CW-Key: |
Bencher BY-1 |
| QTH: |
Muelheim, Germany |
| Locator: |
JO31KK |
| DOK: |
L 15 |
| 10-X: |
72684 |
I also like to operate on HF during my holidays. Up to now I have operated
from
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Lanzarote, Canary Islands as EA8/DH5JG in
2001, 2002 and 2006
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Dayton, OH, USA as W8/DH5JG
in 2001
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Menorca, Balearic Islands as EA6/DH5JG in
2000
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La Palma, Canary Islands as EA8/DH5JG in 2003
You can find my online logs for these
operations and also for QSOs from my home QTH.
QSLs are OK via bureau or direct (1 IRC or 1 US$ Europe/2 US$ overseas)
to
Frank Valdor
Brandsheide 18
D-45479 Muelheim
Germany
E-Mail:
frank@dh5jg.com
Since I carry a APRS tracker in my car, you can see my
current position. on www.findu.com.