Postal address

Rainer (Ray) Hilgardt
Hans-Sachs-Weg 38
64291 Darmstadt
Germany
email: dl1zbo@darc.de
Rainer, DL1ZBO



ex: DG6FAM, DH4FAC, F0GZN

Member of DARC, GDXF, AGCW # 3090, DIG # 3413 and DRCG

QSL Manager for

  • Jersey RTTY Contest Expedition 2001, 2002
  • MJ/DL1ZBO
  • MJ/DF4OR
  • Antarctica Neumayer Station II
  • DP1POL (OP Felix, DL5XL) from December 2002 to January 2004
  • Antarctica Neumayer Station III
  • DP1POL (OP Felix, DL5XL) from December 2008 to February 2010
For direct QSLs please send US$2 with your card. Please note that US$1 does not cover the expenses for an international letter.



Recent activities:

  • RTTY Contest June 2001 (ANARTS Contest) Expedition to Jersey Isl. as MJ/DL1ZBO (Result #2 wordlwide in M/M category)
  • RTTY Contest June 2002 (ANARTS Contest) Expedition to Jersey Isl. as MJ/DF4OR (Result #1 wordlwide in M/M category)
  • RTTY Contest Sept 2004 (CQWW Contest) Expedition to Liechtenstein as HB0/DJ5BX
  • RTTY Contest Sept 2005 (CQWW Contest) Expedition to Liechtenstein as HB0/DL1FX
  • RTTY Contest Sept 2006 (CQWW Contest) Expedition to Liechtenstein as HB0/DL1ZBO
  • RTTY Contest Sept 2007 (CQWW Contest) Expedition to Liechtenstein as HB0/DF4OR
  • RTTY Contest Sept 2008 (CQWW Contest) Expedition to Liechtenstein as HB0/DK9FEC
  • and taking part in all major RTTY contests from home under own callsign DL1ZBO




DL1ZBO Qsl card Photo: The Russian chapel was built in 1898 on order of the last Russian Tzar Nicolaus II. and Czarina Alexandra, Princess Alix of Hessen-Darmstadt
QSL card New Jersey The picture shows Corbière Lighthouse, taken from a plane flight after the contest 2001 (special thanks to Steve for making this possible!)

QSL card DP1POL
New QSL card DP1POL
QSL card HB0

My station:

Kennwood TS-480 SAT, Drake TR-7, Icom IC-735, long wire antenna and Butternut HF-9V vertical.
I´m mostly qrv in RTTY and enjoy RTTY contesting.

The list of stations I have operated includes:
F/DH4FAC, HB0/DL1ZBO, IS0/DL1ZBO, LA/DL1ZBO, LX5A, LX8M, MJ/DL1ZBO, OH0/DL1ZBO, T70A.

vy 73, Rainer