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 (12'000+), the 5-Band DXCC, DXCC Challenge, WAS and the DXCC SAT certificates has been made since 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
HB9RYZ Live Logbook
QRZ.COM Website and SV9/HB9RYZ at QRZ.COM
Equipment List
- ICOM IC-7700 HF 200W Transceiver
- 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)
- 49" Samsung Curved Display and two 27" EIZO High-Resolution Displays
- Audio-Switch Solution for all Transceivers and ReceiversPE1CMO OSCAR-100 Duplex-Transverter (20cm/2m), 20 Watt for QO-100 Sat at JN47FE
- 10-Band EQ V7 for ICOM-IC 770, IC-9700 and Flex 6700 from UR6QW
- Modified Jabra Business wireless DECT Headset for the ICOM-Transceivers
- Microphone Switch ED 1A for all ICOM-Transceiver
- Kenwood SP-23 Speaker for ICOM ID-5100E
- ELAD TMate2 for use with Radio SDR Console (QO-100 and IC-7700)
- Heil HS-2 Hand PTT-Switch for IC-7700/IC-9700/Flex 6700
- Maestro Console for my Flex 6700
- Wolfwave DSP Advanced Audio Processor for the BOSE Headset
- Heil Pro Set 6 IC Headset for IC-9700, IC-7700
- Flexradio 6700 Limited Edition and number two on the Sherwood Engineering Receiver Test table
- Perseus SDR Receiver (USB) for SDR Radio Console/Server
- Micro KEYER II for IC-7700 and FT8
- YAESU G-5500DC AZ/EL Rotor for SAT and EME 2m/70cm Groundstation
- iPad 2 Mini 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 Rotor
- Mac Mini (M1) with SmartSDR for MAC and SDR-Control for ICOM IC-9700
- 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)
- S.A.T. Tracker Box to track all satellites (no need for a PC !)
- EA4TX ARS-USB Box for AZ/EL Rotator with Raspberry Pi
- Airspy Duo HF+ SDR Receiver with Spyserver Raspberry Pi4
- Heil BM-17 IC Headset for Flex Maestro Console
- Windows 11 SDR Server for DBX 286S for the RODE Broadcast Studio-MIC
- Rode Studio Broadcast MIC
- W2IHY MIC Audio Switch iPlus for three Transceivers (ICOM, Flex 6700 and Maestro)
- 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 at home for 10m to 160m
- MFJ-1142 230V DC Line RFI Filter
- Choke 1116di from Balun Designs for 10m to 160m
- HAM-Clock with a Raspberry Pi
- OpenwebRX, SDR Receiver 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
- NPort 5210 Multiuser Serial-Port Server for Remote SPE Expert 1.3k Amplifier
- Stream Desk XL for Ham-Dashboard
- Diamond 1:1 Choke CMF-2000 for 10m to 160m (outdoor at JC-4s Tuner)
- ICOM IC-9700 for LEO/MEO-SAT and EME 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
Current Shack
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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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