2015 - the end, hopefully in a future far away
QTH: Julienstr. 17, 91735 Muhr am See
Locator: JN59ID
DOK: B02
In "Muhr am See" in JN59ID 420m above sea level, I found my final destination for my retirement. After moving there I started in early summer 2016 to build up my first antennas.
1st June 2016 I am retired! Time for hobby, so I immediately started to prepare a application to build up a tower. When I get the allowence by german bureaucracy the plan is to build up a 17m Versatower for my 2m/70cm/23cm antennas, probably in summer 2017.
28th July 2016 first qso from Muhr ! Time without HF has ended. Only a FD4 windom antenne, ends still on the ground, but a start has been made!
14th September 2016 a Big Wheel antenna for 2m, a omnidirectional antenne with horizontal polarization, 7m above ground. So at least I can start a little bit with activities at my favorite band. Already worked two stations over a distance of more than 400 km. Not bad for a Big Wheel. But my attempt to put the antenna on the roof failed. After standing one meter on the roof, I decided that I am too old to climb on a roof with 45 degree angle. :-(
30th October 2016 FD4 is down and I pulled up a loop antenna with 87m wire at 4 pools around the house. This loop antenna is working very well :-)
4th November 2016 I got my Big Wheel for 2m on the roof, so now it is 10m above ground and worked well in the VHF Marconi-Contest.
Still only having my Big Wheel antenna for 2m but with growing dx virus at Dec 14th 2016 I tried MS. Received a cq of LZ2FO/2, answered and finally achieved a qso ! KN14KA - 1089km with my Big Wheel only!
Actual RIG: (as of 2022/01/22)
SW:
TS-2000X
Transistor PA (DJ8YP) with abt 400W
85m wire as loop antenna 8m high
2m:
a) First line
Elecraft K3S + ME28-X XTAL Filter + ME2HT-Pro Transverter
PA BEKO HLV-1400 (750W)
3x11el FlexaYagi FX224 (2,4 WL) horizontal switchable to 1x11el vertical at Versatower VT1700 14m above groundpreamp HPP-144 from BEKO
b) Second line
TS-2000X + PA 1452G by TE-Systems (300W)
Big Wheel
preamp MV144S01 from SSB Electronic
70cm:
Elecraft K3S + ME28-X XTAL Filter + Kuhne Transverter TR432H
PA BEKO HLV-1470 (750W)
4x23el Flexa-Yagi FX7073 (7,3 WL) switchable to 1x23el vertical at Versatower VT1700 14m above ground
preamp HPP-432 from BEKO
23cm:
Elecraft K3S + ME28-X XTAL Filter + Kuhne Transverter TR1296H-28
PA TLA 1270-100B (90w) from SSB Electronic
1x48el Flexa-Yagi FX2317 (17,2 WL) at Versatower VT1700 14m above ground
LNA MVV1296-VOX
Worked from this qth: (as of 2022/01/24)
2m: 74 countries 422 squares
70cm: 32 countries 124 squares
23cm: 11 countries 37 squares
as of June 15th 2023:
Squares
worked: 549
confirmed: 511 (please anwere my qsl, eQSL or LOTW are welcome)
DXCC
worked: 83
confirmed: 83