Biography

Born 1940.

Married. Two daughters. One grandson, one granddaughter.

HAM since 1954. Lincensed since 1957 (first time) /call:DM3YBL.

From 1962 to 1970 radio officer/ merchant marine/ company

Deutsche Seereederei Rostock (DSR )/ exGDR.

Worked aboard of following merchant vessels:

MV”Theodor Körner (1)” / DHZW (second radio officer),

MV „Warnow“/ DCZI,

MV “Havel”/ DCZY,

MV “Kormoran”/ DHWE,

MV “Frieden” /DHWT,

MV „Malchow“/ DDWN.

The time during the merchant marine has been the

best part of my life (the last years of somewhat sailor´s

romantizsm).



From 1959 to 2006 no ham- activity . 2007 got back my

license with former call: DM3YBL. I am glad about it.

Prefer cw but some times psk31,wspr.





Hobbies: Ham, camping by caravan with radio /p.

Operating from camping sites for example:

REINSBERG nr Dresden, Karlshagen/ Usedom / iota 129/

baltic sea etc.



The little village REINSBERG is also the meeting point of

DSR- sailors (once the year on june).

Please look the web-site: www.seeleute.de !!

Equipment

Rig: Yaesu FT 587D, FT 767GX
Ant (home): dipole on the balcony (Cap. shorted, southwest direction)
Ant (mostly portable): lw (f.e. 21 meters), Hustler mobil vertical
Keys: sideswiper (home made), sideswiper Kent