- born: December 6th 1970
  - first QSO: October 20th 1984 (ex Calls: Y76AL, Y76SL)
  - profession: electrician
  - Location: (JO71AD) southern part of east Germany, 22km east of Dresden
  - Interests: diving, mobiling, 10 GHz, Lighthouse activity
  - Commercial Equipment: TS850SAT, DX70, IC702MK2G, FT100,
  - postal adress: Thomas Franke, P.O.Box 1119, 01897 Grossroehrsdorf, Germany
  - packet adress: DL1DVE@DB0FHN
  - email adr:  [email protected]