Biography

"What hath God wrought?" - Samuel Finley Breese Morse
May, 24th. 1844 - between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington D.C.
(Morse sends the very first telegraph message from the Supreme Court chamber in the Capitol in Washington D.C. to B & O Railroad Depot in Baltimore, Maryland)

Licensed since 1991

Previous Callsigns:
- DG4PH 1991-1993
- DH3PAK 1993
- DK1WI since 1994

Member of:
- FOC #2124
- DARC - DOK O16
- AGCW-DL #2261
- A-1 Op ARRL
- HSC #1764
- CWops #1602
- 30CW #281
- GDXF #99
- Grupo DX de Cuba #162

Since 1997 QSL-Manager and friend of:
- CO8ZZ, OM Raul
- T48K, Clubstation Las Tunas, Cuba
- HK1/CO8ZZ
CO8/T4-QSL since 01. March 2015 direct only with 1 IRC or 2$ US.

SOTA- and GMA-Activities

Also hunting:
WWFF (World Wide Flora & Fauna), COTA (Castles on the Air), Mills, Lighthouses

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

- Yaesu FTdx-5000MP
- Elecraft KX3
- Yaesu FT-8800
- Icom IC-2800
- Kenwood TH-F7E
- Kenwood TL-922

For CW - my favourite mode:
- Solid State CW Paddle by 9A5N
- Begali Adventure
- Begali Leonessa
- Begali Traveler Light
- Schurr Profi 2 Keyer
- Palm Radio Pico Paddle
- Palm Radio Mini Paddle
- ETM-9C
- An old Military one

For RTTY:
- Yaesu SCU-17 Soundcard Interface
Software:
- MMTTY

Antennas:
- Mosley TA-63N 3 Element Beam 6-10-12-15-17-20
- Mosley TA-40KR Extended Kit Rotary Dipole - 40
- ZX Yagi ZX 30-2 2 Element Beam - 30
- HyEndFed 78 mtrs - 80/160
- HyEndFed 26 mtrs - 60
- Trap Dipole Indoor for QRP 10-15-20
- Diamond X-300 GP
- HF-P1 Vertical for portable use QRP 10-80
- EFW levis Hy-End-Fed, half-wave - 40-30-20-17-15-12-10 for SOTA
- Doublet with parallel transmission line - 80-6 m for SOTA
- DX-Wire Pole 10m, Spiderbeam Pole 12m