Portable QRV!
Some days ago, we decided to take part at the VHF/UHF and the ARRL contest for a few hours at our fieldday location in Hinterberg, near Dorfen. So Christoph, DL4YAO and I met on friday evening to organize everything we will need. We decided to operate from three stations - one for 2m, one for 70cm and one for shortwave operations. The transceivers and the antennas were chosen very quickly, so we just had to organize the other things like tent, chairs and tables, generator, food, cables, ... - and the schedule ;-)
On saturday morning we did all the equipment into our two cars. After that Christoph picked up the kids (Claudia, DO3CL, Markus, DO9GM and Philipp, DO6PS), while Nicole and I drove already to Hinterberg to begin to set up the tent.
Gradually came Erwin, DL1FY, Harald, DB1MUC with his daughter Anne and Agnes, DO7WF to help us to install the antennas. We were ready on time and could begin contesting. In the afternoon even Lenz, DL1ENZ came to us. First he knew nothing about this activity, but decided to drive to Hinterberg, because he had seen a picture on my site on facebook ;-)
We had a really successful day and a great time in Hinterberg. In the evening, we had to break down before it got darker and colder. It was done very fast, because everyone helped.
Here you can see some pictures. Click to enlarge!
Christmas & New Year!
A merry Christmas to you all and the best wishes for health, happiness and prosperity in the New Year 2012!
Four new amateur radio licenses!
On the 30th of November our four kids had their amateur radio exam in Munich. On this day they had to demonstrate their abilities in amateur radio. After about three hours, all of them were very happy about their passed examination.
Congratulations to:
- Agnes, DO7WF
- Claudia, DO3CL
- Philipp, DO6PS
- Markus, DO9GM
Contest for newcomer!
On the 15th of October this year, the German Amateur Radio Club (DARC) organized a contest specifically for young people and trainees without experience in contesting. This competition took 2.5 hours and was before the Worked-All-Germany (WAG) contest. My girlfriend Nicole took this opportunity to do her first QSO´s in ham radio with DN5KID. After some difficulties at the beginning she had a lot of fun and also her final result is impressive.
- QSO´s: 76
- Points: 303
- Multis: 24
Score: 7.272
ARDF
On the 8th of October, 2011 my girlfriend Nicole and I took part at the ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding) event in Auerbach, near Wartenberg. Each of the 25 participants had to find ten transmitters in an hilly wooded area. Because it was only our second participation in those events, we had minor problems with the orientation ;-)
Click on the pictures to enlarge!
Many thanks to the organizers Lothar (DJ8EW), Tom (DK5MB) and Marianne.
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