Matt was born in 1969 in Park Rapids, Minnesota. He was licensed at the age of 9 as KA0KKO and achieved his extra class by the age of 10. He is presently active as DA1MH from Stuttgart, Germany, and mainly operates on the 6 meter band. Matt majored in Electrical Engineering at North Dakota State University and is presently working as a Wide Area Network Design Engineer.
Markus was born in 1974 and got his first license in 1991, the US Extra Class ticket following in 1996. His main interests in amateur radio are DX'ing and contesting, both mainly in CW. Previous operations include several places in Europe (HB0, HB9, IK1, LX, OK1, T00MH), the US (1997 FD N4BP & HF Champs) and Bahamas (1998 WAE SSB). Markus is IT engineer and works as a consultant for Client/Server Systems.
