Welcome to the Website of
DL2RD

Here you may find some pictures, telling you something about my history
of being ham radio OP for so many years.
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Born in 1956, I grew up in a small village
at the northern outskirts of Berlin.

Photo assembly: Andreas Reim

Books like these woke up
my interest in ham radio,
in the age of 12...14.

Circuit diagram of my first home made ham radio device,
80 m RX 0-V-2
(in the age of 15).

Taking part in special SWL contest April 1972
in the age of 16.
Rig: 0-V-2 as shown above + longwire
First SWL call DM-EA-6144/E

QSL card of SWL call DM-6144/E
(after learning CW)
in the age of 16.

QSL card of club station DM3CE in Frankfurt on the Oder,
where I used my first call DM3UCE 1973/1974,
and QSL card of very first QSO:
UR2CR in Tallin, Estonia,
worked on 80 m in CW with 20 W into dipole antenna

Sitting in SWL shack DM-6144/E,
in the age of 20.

In the center home made shortwave RX (SSH 12)

QSL card of my call DM3TME, operating 1976/1977
at the club station DM3ME in Zepernick,
at the northern outskirts of Berlin

QSL card of my call DM3CVL, operating 1977/1980 at club station DM3VL of Technical University in Dresden/Saxony

Me in 1977 (from left to right) with my friends
Joe (DM3TVL, now DL3VL) and
Peter (DM3LVL, now DJ2OS), sitting in the rooms of
club station DM3VL of Technical University in Dresden.
Working on home made 5 band short wave transceiver that moment.

Photo by DM3VL

QSL card of my first private call Y25RD in 1980,
operating mainly on 2 m band with home made equipment
in Dresden, JO61UA, and
near Berlin, JO62QP

Me in 1983 (from left to right) with my friend
Peter (Y25NL, now and previously DM3VL)
during vhf contest in September 1983,
using home made SSB equipment for 144 MHz

Photo by Y28TL (now DJ2OS)

Not “Cover of the ‘Rolling Stone’ “ (... song by Dr. Hook),
but cover of FUNKAMATEUR 4/84, including my article
about FM handheld TRX with IF of 600 kHz,
designed for working via VHF repeaters with 600 kHz shift.
Starting point was to show that it is possible to build TRX
for 145 MHz band without any crystal filter.

Photo by Y28JL (now DL3VL) and Y25RD (DL2RD)

1988/1989 publishing some articles in FUNKAMATEUR
concerning modules like panel digital voltmeters, probes,
power supply circuits and others
to solve every days tasks
in home brewing practice of radio amateurs

Photos by Y25RD (DL2RD)

1991/1992 working more then 200 DXCCs,
mainly on 10 m band, during sun spot maximum,
using IC-726, running 100 W into
home made 2 element quad antenna for 28 MHz.

Taking part in VHF/UHF contest in 1993
working on 23 cm band
using Yaesu FT-736 and 55 element TONNA yagi
in the mountains of Saxony.

Photo by DG1VO

Working as a specialist dealer for radio and telecommunications
in Dresden/Saxony 1992-1998.
Also working at ISDN phone equipments, mobile phones,
satellite and cable TV.

Photo by DK0WH

January 12th 1995 18.15-19.00: Speaking about ham radio
in TV program ”Telethek - Ratgeber für die ganze Familie”
at MDR (MDR is the regional TV station
for Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia)

Testing 9 over 9 element yagi antenna for 144 MHz,
in 1999 in my garden near Berlin (see QSL).

My favourite VHF/UHF/SHF contest:
Northern Activity Contest (NAC)

Testing 9 over 9 element 2 m yagi antenna (DK7ZB design),
over 3 element Mosley tribander TA33JRS
in autumn of 2000 in my garden near Berlin (see QSL).

Making a lot of DX QSOs on 10/15/20 m
and just as much of TVI...