Biography

Hello I am Thomas, DL5DBY.

I was born in 1968 and licenced since 1989.

Member of: DARC District Westfalen-Süd O16

First call: DG8DBI

Second call since 1990: DL5DBY

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

The rig in the silver alu case is a homebrew SW Transceiver, all Mode and 9-Band with 10 Watt PA. If I energize my ACOM1000 with 10 watts, I get 180 Watt output.

This TRX with 9-bands and bandpass filters with high-quality receiver input. Each band (160m - 10m) has its own VCO. The selection is very good. Minimum Detectable Signal (MDS) is -137 dBm
This kid was developed by Peter Solf (DK1HE)


The rig in the gold case is a homebrew QRP SW CW-TRX 8-Band with 5 Watt PA
This kid was developed by Peter Solf (DK1HE)
I use this CW-TRX for SOTA


Homebrew QRO Coupler

ACOM1000 HF+6 Linear Amplifier

Kenwood TS-990

Icom IC-E2820

Yaesu FT-7800

SignalLink USB Audio Interface

MasterKeyer MK-1



Antenna SW:
Mosley TA-33-M WARC
10MHz, 7MHz and 3,5MHz a balanced dipol 2 x 19,5m

Antenna VHF / UHF Horizontal:
144MHz 13 element Tonna F9FT antenna
435MHz 19 element Tonna F9FT antenna



Antenna VHF / UHF Vertical:
X-30 Diamond 2m/70cm
Gain 3/5.5dB * Power 150W * Type 1/2, 2x5/8 * Length 1.3m