LOTW DXCC Status

DXCC-Status 12-Oct-2024: DXCC Mixed 301, DXCC Challenge 2325, DXCC SAT: 151

Amateur Radio and Ham-Spirit

I received my Swiss amateur radio license in December 1983 and was active until 1986 mainly on Oscar-10, 2m and 70cm E-Sporadic. After a 30 year break, I started again from scratch in March 2016.

Shack at home, remote DX-Station at 1'660m, portable QO-100 SAT-Station and all QSOs (15'000+), the 5-Band DXCC, DXCC Challenge, WAS and the DXCC SAT certificates has been made since March 2016. My first HF-QSO was in March 2016 !

We know there is no other service like ours. No fraternity on earth has the power & magic to bridge culture, nationality, distance and disparate interests like Amateur Radio does.

Amateur radio describes the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, radio- and IT-Projects, private recreation, radiosport such as SOTA, digital-communication such as FT8, EME (Earth-Moon-Earth), contesting, and emergency communication.

National governments regulate technical and operational characteristics of transmissions and issue individual stations licenses with an identifying call sign such as HB9RYZ.

73 de HB9RYZ - Wolfgang

Live last 500 QSO's from LOG4OM Logbook

Home Shack HB9RYZ

Equipment List

- ICOM SP-34 Speaker
- ICOM IC-9700 2m/70cm/23cm Transceiver mainly for QO-100 SAT Operation
- HPA-8000B-54 Hilberling 1kW Amplifier with ATU
- LP-100A Digital Power Meter for 54m Wire with Stockcorner JC-4s Tuner (10m to 160m)
- Two big 43" DELL Displays
- Audio-Switch Solution for all Transceivers and Receivers
- PE1CMO QO-100 Duplex-Transverter (20cm/2m), 20 Watt for QO-100 Sat at JN47FE
- 12-Band EQ for ICOM IC-9700, Flex 6700 and Charly C25 from UR6QW
- Modified Jabra Business wireless DECT Headset for the all Transceivers
- Kenwood SP-23 Speaker for ICOM ID-5100E and IC-9700 LEO/MEO-SAT operations
- Heil HS-2 Hand PTT-Switch for all Transceivers
- Maestro Console for Flex 6700 Transceiver
- Wolfwave DSP Advanced Audio Processor for the BOSE Headset
- Heil Pro Set 6 IC Headset for all Transceivers
- Flexradio 6700 Limited Edition and number two on the Sherwood Engineering Receiver Test table
- Perseus SDR Receiver (USB) for SDR Radio Console/Server
- YAESU G-5500DC AZ/EL Rotor for LEO/MEO-SAT 2m/70cm Groundstation
- iPad Pro for DX Propagation View www.DXheat.com
- Flexradio VFO Knob for Flex 6700
- JC-4s Atnenna Tuner Control Box with modified ELAD SDR TX Switch as Tuner-Protection
- LVB-Tracker for the YAESU G-5500DC SAT Rotor
- Mac Mini (M1) with SmartSDR for MAC (Flex 6700) and SDR-Control for ICOM IC-9700
- IC-7300 portable 100W SDR Transceiver 160m to 6m with a built-in Tuner
- Adam Hall PCL 10 Pro Power Conditioner for all 230V devices

- Digital Power and SWR Meter for 2m (DG-503)
- Digital Power and SWR Meter for 70cm (DG-503)
- EA4TX ARS-USB Box for AZ/EL Rotator for the LEO/MEO SAT with Raspberry Pi
- Airspy Duo HF+ SDR Receiver with Spyserver on a Raspberry Pi4
- Heil BM-17 IC Headset for Flex Maestro Console and IC-9700 SAT
- Windows 11 SDR Server for Perseus and Airspy SDR Receiver
- RODE Studio Broadcast MIC W2IHY MIC Audio Switch iPlus for three Transceivers (Flex 6700, IC-9700 QO-100 and Charly 25)
- LPF-1 Low Pass Band Filter 1kW for 10m to 160m
- ELAD ASA16 Active Antenna Splitter for the Active Dipole from Stampfle
- Stockcorner Tuner JC-4s with 54m DX-Wire for 10m to 160m and 1kW
- MFJ-1142 230V DC Line RFI Filter
- Choke 1116di from Balun Designs for 10m to 160m
- OpenwebRX SDR Receiver web based running on a Raspberry Pi4
- Airspy HF+ Duo with Spyserver running on a Raspberry Pi4
- DX Engineering ISO-PLUS Ethernet RF Filters DXE-ISO-PLUS-10 to reduce noise on LAN
- CMF-2000 for 10m to 160m for 1kW (outdoor at JC-4s Tuner)
- ICOM IC-9700 for LEO/MEO-SAT Groundstation (2m and 70cm Yagi)
- ICOM ID-5100E 2m/70cm Transceiver SM-20 Mic and Diamond X-50NA Antenna
- ICOM RC-28 VFO Knob for ICOM Transceiver and Flexradio with SmartSDR for MAC
- Charly 25 Allband Transceiver (6m - 160m), Windows 11 Pro, Thetis Software
- Home Made MIC-Switch (Heil Pro Headset / RODE Studio MIC) for Charly 25 Transceiver
- Active Dipol from Heinz Stampfl
- WiNRADiO WR-ACD-1800 Dual Antenna Combiner

Current Shack

  • HBRadio 2/2023 - Remote DX-Station at 1'660m

    Planung, Aufbau und Betrieb der Remote DX-Station auf der Rigi Scheidegg auf 1'660m

  • Beobachter 14/2019 - Amateurfunk

    Die Stimmen im grossen Rauschen.

  • HBradio 2/2019 - Article about my OSCAR 100 Satellite Station

    QRV over the new OSCAR 100 Geo-Satellite

  • HBRadio 4/2017 - Article about my Expedition at a Cargo-Ship and Cruise Ship in German

    Reiseberichte von den MM-Erfahurngen auf einem Frachtschiff (Cargo Ship) und Kreuzfahrtschiff (Cruise Ship). Article in the Swiss Amateur Radio Association Magazine 04/2017. The article is written in German.

  • HBRadio 6/2016 - Article about my Inverted-V Antenna in German

    Home Made Inverted-V (G5RV) from August 2016 to August 2018. Article in the Swiss Amateur Radio Association Magazine 06/2016. The article is written in German.

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Starting 1981 with CB-Radio
Oscar-100 portable Station with 35cm dish
Shack January 2021
KX2 on a Cargo Ship 2017
Shack 1984 - Oscar 10 Satellite Station
Shack Oct. 2018 - with the new Flexradio 6600M
Installation of the new AV-640 vertical Antenna at home (5. Sept. 2018)