DK1WP

I’m located in the western part of Germany near Cologne and Düsseldorf - Grid Square JO31of - and only one hour away from the Dutch border.
As a radio amateur, I am mainly interested in shortwave up to the border wave. Occasional DX connections from 6 m to 20 m are a lot of fun for me. For this I use a Multiband-Yagi on a 20 m Tower. I like to use the 160 m band and after many antenna tests, both with different dipoles and with a 160m loop antenna, the best choice for me is a self-built 78 m Windom-Antenna suspended at a height of 17 m.

That's why I opted for SDR technology at an early stage. I really like the combination of an Apache Labs ANAN 7000 with the Thetis or piHPSDR software in conjunction with an RF-Power amplifier and control using the TCI protocol. This combination, together with my chosen antenna shapes, allows me to switch between the 6 m and 160 m bands at the click of a mouse without having to tune. My rotor control is also software-controlled and uses the Google map, so that my Yagi quickly aligned with a kick. At the same time, I also like to transmit via the geostationary satellite QO-100 and use SDR technology with an Adalm Pluto and the SDR Console and under Linux the Amsat-DL QO-100 software.

Already in 2019 after 32 years of membership, I left the DARC Club for various reasons and do not send or collect QSL cards. Please do not send any QSL cards! I log QSOs exclusively here on QRZ.com and am happy about every confirmation.

Thank for the interest.