Biography
Operator-Name: Raimund (Ray)
QTH: Augsburg / Bavaria / south Germany / near the Rivers Lech an Wertach
Grid-Square: JN58LJ
Ham-Radio-Operator since 1980
Member of: DARC DOK T20, DIG 3216, AMSAT-DL
Homepage: www.DG9MAQ.de
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Augsburg: over 2000 years old, founded under the name "Augusta Vindelicorum" around the 15th century BC under the roman emperor Augustus, the oldest city in Bavaria, the second oldest city in Germany. Now about 300 000 inhabitants
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Equipment
I own the following Transceivers: Kenwood TS-690SAT, TS-50S with AT-50, YAESU VX-5, FT-736R, FT-290R, FT-450, Baofeng UV-3R MkII, UV-5R, ALBRECHT DB270, WOUXUN KG-UVD plus, Icom IC-251e, IC-706MKIIG, IC-910, IC-7400, IC-7300 and soon IC-9700.
NEW since February 2021: QRV on Satellite QO-100:
Uplink: 1 m offset Dish, 3 1/2 turn Helix, Transverter and PA SG-Labs, mostly 5 W - up to 20 W,
GPSDO Leo Bodnar, Yaesu FT-817, Microphone : YAESU MH-31, Compressor SSM2167 or YAESU MD-100 or HEIL ProSet plus!
Downlink: same Dish, unmodified LNB Goobay 67269 behind Helix, SDRplay RSP1A, Software SDR-Console v3.0.2.4
/P-setup in near future: ADALM Pluto V3, CN0417, chinese WiFi PA 4 W, SG-Labs-PA V3 up to 20W 35/40cm offset dish
FT8: 6m = Dipole, Shortwave = portable Antenna MP-1 on Balcony 2nd Floor, Yaesu FT-450, 75 W
2m = Groundplane or HO Loop M2 horizontal, ICOM IC-910, 75 W
I like Tropo, Sporadic-E, Aurora, Meteor-Scatter, EME-QRPPP, Satellites, Digital-Modes on VHF/UHF. Also SSB, digital Modes on Shortwave from Home and mobile