Biography

Started with Ham Radio 1974 in Sweden Barkarby NW outside Stockholm. Got my class C license after passed the test at Televerket mastering 40 character per minute. Used some simple homebuilt transmitter with a few tubes, bought some very old second hand Transmitter and VFO from Svebry Electronic in Skövde. Got an Drake 2C fabulous receiver. find the Drake 2C  which was somewhere in the attic of my brother’s’ house in Barkarby, Sweden. After many years I moved to Germany for almost 20 years ago. I applied for my German license based on my Swedish SM0GRA and got the call sign DF1GRA. I bought and FT7 QRP rig from SM5FMT / Janne back in mid 1990s which I still have and using. Recently bought an Drake TR-4, D with an external VFO RV-4. Added also an Drake MN-200 antenna Tuner and all Drake gears from eBay as R-4C and second R4-c and a T-4XC from ham festin Dortmund also another FT7-B Model in Addition to the old FT-7. Last purchase on eBay is the Heathkit HW-9 with and QRP watt meter HM-9. I do like QRP. Using a Dipole for 40 - 20 – 15 – 10 meters band and mobile vertical antenna in the garden. Stay tuned updating soon.
73 de DE1GRA / Sven

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

HW-9, Yaesu/Sommerkamp FT7, FT7-B, Drake TR-4, RV-4, 2 * R-4C, T-4XC 2C with 2-CQ