Amateur radio license

Guest License      France

Handmade paper      Zevenaar     Netherland

My way to the amateur radio was rather coincidental. My neighbor came over and said that on Friday evening at 20:00 o'clock an amateur radio course takes place in Komödienbau in the city center. That was in the fall of 1973. Since education can never be wrong, we went there. The evening was very interesting and so we both participated in this course for about 1 year. As instructors Rudi, Max, Wolfgang and Peter were there. When classes ended in autumn 1974, some of the participants registered for the exam at the OPD in Frankfurt. I then went to Frankfurt in January 1975 with Richard and Herbert. After passing the theoretical exam, I went home with the callsign DB7FP. A few weeks later I was back in Frankfurt and bought a 2m band transceiver TRIO TR 2200G (DM 625.65). That was quite difficult with my trainee salary. Incidentally, my neighbor also passed the exam and received the callsign DB5ZZ. I am also very sure that this course has significantly influenced my professional orientation. At the end of the school year in the middle of 1974, for example, I trained as a radio electronics technician (today electronics technician devices and systems). Then in the middle of 1975 the Local Association Weilburg was founded and we got a so-called district and Ortskenner (DOK) F46. The first letter (F) stands for Hesse and the number continues to increase. For example, the local chapter Limburg F 14 and Wetzlar F 19. The

first chairman was then Rudi. I also ran my first radio connection (QSO) with the Rudi. My interlocutor came from Wetzlar and is called Gottfried Huttel DJ1SG. Because I was at Philips every working day in Wetzlar, I personally picked up my first so-called QSL card. Of course we also took long-distance trips to other European countries. Once we were in Zevenaar (Netherlands) at the invitation of our host Douwe. We also met other radio amateurs from Zevenaar. The hosts showed us the highest elevation in the Netherlands and the Openlucht Museum in Arnhem. In the Openlucht Museum, we were able to buy a sheet of hand-made handmade paper, on which some of the hosts immortalized themselves. The next holiday took us to Privas in France. Back in 1977 we had applied for a guest license, but we did not get in contact with radio amateurs from Privas and the surrounding area. By the way, both cities are twinned towns of Weilburg. Next year, we also did our first fieldday at the Steinbühl in Weilburg. We've built tents and antennas and some transceivers and a refrigerator as a base load.

he emergency generator was borrowed from Weilburg THW. As a result, we have done a few fielddays at changing locations and also bought our own tent and an emergency generator. Later, all the following field days were held on a fairground in Laubuseschbach (Alte Berg). There we also had electricity and sanitary facilities. When a former Weilburg radio amateur visited Weilburg again, he turned me into a short-wave Foxhunted at the monastery Schiffenberg near Gießen. This fox hunt on the 80m SW-amateur band was really great. On the occasion you will also get to know the area around the monastery and the kitchen of the restaurant. Very nice were also the fox hunts on VHF (2 m band) in Weilburg and surroundings. Of course, we were often only 4 participants and had to find only one fox (transmitter) by bearing. However, the success left much to be desired. But grilling afterwards compensated for everything.

In 1980 four radio amateurs got together and wanted to learn Morse. The meaning behind it was the acquisition of the license class A or B. Unfortunately, 3 have given up on the way. That was not exactly motivating for me. And after about a year, I passed the exam in Frankfurt. Almost a joke that you learn about 1 year and the exam takes net only 9 minutes. 2 passages each 3 minutes listening and give 3 minutes. And that with 60 letters per minute. It almost sounds like music (synthesizer). For me, the problem was that I have no sense of rhythm. Do not ask me where I noticed that for the first time. In the dance school, yes, but I had never been there. I was just too small for that. When I was not in Weilburg for a few years, the hobby had to rest a little bit. However, I'm currently in the process of bringing some old devices back to work. On the left you can see a design for my new so-called QSL card. I did not want a card off the rack but something individual. That takes a little longer. The back shows the rhombus of my club (DARC). Some specific abbreviations will now be briefly explained. QSO: Can contact xxxx. SWL: Shortwave Listener (shortwave listener, without amateur radio license). RADIO: call sign of the other station. UTC: (Universal Time Coordinated) has replaced the previously valid GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) on 01.01.1982. The time difference to the MEZ is minus 1 hour and to the CEST minus 2 hours. MHZ: (megahertz = 1 million hertz, 1 hertz is one oscillation per second). Here the transmission frequency is specified according to the frequency band from 135.7 kHz to 24.250 GHz. Information about band plans can be found above. Relationship between frequency and wavelength. Frequency [Hz] = c [m / s] / lambda [m] (c = Propagation speed of the electromagnetic wave per second about 300,000,000 m / s. Lambda is the symbol for the wavelength.) 2-WAY QSO IN: Here you can enter the modulation type eg FM, SSB, CW, ATV FSK etc. SIGNAL REPORT IN R, S, T. Returns the signal quality of the radio connection via a number key. LOC JOØDL: The QTH locater offers a convenient method for location. A QTH locator card makes it easy to find your own personal locator. DOK F46 (Weilburg) The DOK (district and local association connoisseur) identifies all the local associations affiliated to the DARC. F stands for Hessen and the number 46 is counted up by 1. The latest DOK in Hesse is F76 Baunatal (As of 05.2019). CQ 14 and ITU 28 (also as text) are zones that should enable undisturbed RF communication exchange. Now again as a map. vy 73 Many greetings Also popular are 55 = much success and rather rare (why actually) 88 = love and kisses. PSE. = Please TNX: = Thanks QSL: I confirm receipt (often with a QSL card) Shack: Is generally an amateur radio station. Incidentally, the size of my card is 9 times 14 sq. Cm. The Ortsverband Weilburg (DOK F 46) had at the end of 2018 17 members, 16 of which have an amateur radio license. In the table are the call signs and the first names of the radio amateurs are listed in alphabetical order (call sign).

     Amateur Radio   City Club-Weilburg

German

My QSL card in the final form (front side)

My QSL card in the final form (back)

Member DARC    Forty years

Here are a few pictures from my 40 years of existence as DB7FP (Jan. 1975 to 1981) and DL4FG (from 1981).Here are a few pictures from my 40 years of existence as DB7FP (Jan. 1975 to 1981) and DL4FG (from 1981).

My little Shack

    My first transceiver          (Feb. 1975)

  My second transceiver      (2m FM,SSB,CW)

My first handheldtransceiver             My first shortwave-             My second handheld   transceiver 1995    transceiver

  My current VHF/UHF-          Transceiver       KW-Transceiver (+50MHz) 100 Watt

It is quite amazing what this little guy has so dragged everything into its burrow. I think that's not the end yet. I've planned a lot. Let's see if I can enjoy it.