DXCC-Status 3. January 2026
DXCC-Mixed 307 // DXCC-Challenge 2558 // DXCC-SAT 169 >>> all achieved since 6.3.2016 in only 9 years
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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, radiosport such as SOTA, digital-communication such as FT8, EME (Earth-Moon-Earth), Satellite Communication, 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
QRZ.COM Website and SV9/HB9RYZ at QRZ.COM
article in English Radio World October Issue 2025 [3’111 KB]
about our remote station in the Swiss mountains.
Home Shack HB9RYZ
Equipment List
- ICOM IC-9700 2m/70cm/23cm Transceiver 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
- 12-Band EQ for ICOM IC-9700 and Flex 6700 from UR6QW
- Modified Jabra Business wireless DECT Headset for the all Transceivers
- Speaker ELAD Speaker DSP SP-1B
- Heil HS-2 Hand PTT-Switch for all Transceivers
- Maestro Console for Flex 6700 Transceiver
- Heil Pro Set 6 IC Headset for all Transceivers
- Flexradio 6700 Limited Edition and number two on the Sherwood Engineering Receiver Test table
- Kenwood TS-890 Transceiver (New: 10. May 2025)
- YAESU G-5500DC AZ/EL Rotor for LEO/MEO-SAT 2m/70cm Groundstation
- iPad Pro for DX Propagation View www.DXheat.com
- JC-4s Antenna Tuner Control Box with modified ELAD SDR TX Switch as Tuner-Protection
- CQV-SWR-508 SWR- & Power Meter for 1.8 - 54 MHz from 0.5 - 200W
- Shackmaster 600 13.8V / 40A (600W) power supply from Rigexpert
- Active Dipole [2’555 KB]
2022 from Stampfl and new Active Dipole X One [412 KB]
Antenna
- EA4TX ARS-USB Box for AZ/EL Rotator for the LEO/MEO SAT with Raspberry Pi
- Heil BM-17 IC Headset for all Transceivers
- RODE Studio Broadcast MIC W2IHY MIC Audio Switch iPlus for three Transceivers (Flex 6700, IC-9700 QO-100 and TS-890)
- ELAD ASA 16 Active Antenna Splitter for the Active Dipole from Stampfl
- Stockcorner Tuner JC-4s with 72.5m DX-Wire for 10m to 160m and 1kW
- Choke 1116di and Choke 1115di from Balun Designs for 10m to 160m (5kW)
- Airspy HF+ Duo with Spyserver running on a Raspberry Pi5 with Trixi 64-Bit OS
- DX Engineering ISO-PLUS Ethernet RF Filters DXE-ISO-PLUS-10 to reduce noise on LAN
- ICOM IC-9700 for LEO/MEO-SAT Groundstation (2m and 70cm Yagi)
- ICOM RC-28 VFO Knob for ICOM Transceiver and Flexradio with SmartSDR
- Active Dipole from Heinz Stampfl for the WebSDR Server such as NovaSDR and Spyserver
- Hercules Starlight DJ-Controller for SmartSDR to control the remote Flex-6700
- Flexradio 3000 since January 2025
- HEIL PR781 Gold MIC for Fleradio 3000/6700 and all ICOM Transceiver
- 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 for field opration
- LVB-Tracker for the YAESU G-5500DC SAT Rotor
- Adam Hall PCL 10 Pro Power Conditioner for all 230V devices
Current Shack 28. Dec. 2025
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HBRadio 2/2023 - Remote DX-Station at 1'660m
Planung, Aufbau und Betrieb der Remote DX-Station auf der Rigi Scheidegg auf 1'660m
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Beobachter 14/2019 - Amateurfunk
Die Stimmen im grossen Rauschen.
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HBradio 2/2019 - Article about my OSCAR 100 Satellite Station
QRV over the new OSCAR 100 Geo-Satellite
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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.
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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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