Biography

Thanks for looking me up. I'm just the average guy, always big and shiny, the loving husband with no time on his hands, who has to be quiet in the late evening due to thin walls - so digital modes are my thing. Born in 1963, studied computer science and communications engineering, worked as a lorry driver for 20 years, and being an operations manager for a waste water recycling company since 2013 - nothing special.

I'm a member of the DARC (German Amateur Radio Club) and belong to the local association O25 (Plettenberg), please feel free to QSL me via bureau, eQSL, LoTW, or QRZ.com - a single logbook entry will make me happy :-)

Equipment

My Station is quite simple and fits in the corner of a desk. Mainly on shortwave, on 160m I'm using an Icom IC-706MKIIG with 12m wire and a loading coil tightened to a vertical fishing rod, and an IC-7300 with an Endfed ca. 45m (147 ft.) long aprox. 11m (36ft) above ground for 10-80. For VHF/UHF an old Yaesu FT-857 works fine.

My gut tells me when and where I have to be active, so 160m to 70cm, it depends...