Gregs HAM Radio Page

CQ CQ CQ de DD4GB/p ... ... hope to meet you on the bands...! Yep, on the right side that's my current QSL card showing myself in my shack. Below this one you'll see my former card for my first call sign.
Thank's for stopping by at my HAM page ! Maybe we 've had a qso last time ? No ? Then would you please be so kind to hurry back to your transceiver and keep a sharp look out on the bands :-) I am on the air now for a couple of years, started with the beginners license and then in December 2003 made the upgrade for the big one. Since then I am often qrv on shortwave. My most preferred bands are 15, 17, 20m. Quite often I am qrv with my portable station, which consists of a YAESU FT-897 with the automatic tuner and a multiband dipole (10-80m) from Kelemen, mounted on a 10m fibre glass mast. I am not a friend of contests, for me a qso should have more then "fivenine-twoeightfour-73-qrz?" ... What could be more interesting than talking to people from other countries personally ? Would be glad to meet you on the bands some day, best 73 from Germany de DD4GB, Greg	Für Newcomer : In unserem Ortsverband R09 Neandertal finden regelmäßig Lehrgänge zur Erlangung der Klasse 3 Lizenz statt. Bei Interesse schauen Sie bitte unter >LERNEN< auf unserer OV-Webseite, alternativ dazu können Sie auch über die unten folgende email Adresse mit mir Kontakt aufnehmen. Bis bald ! vy 73 de DD4GB, Gregor
My technical data in brief : Call sign :        DD4GB Name :           Gregor Mail :              DD4GB @ DARC.DE Home QTH :   JO31LG Local HAM Club : OV  R09 ( Neanderthal ) QSL via Bureau and/or direct ( for my address click here... ) Local home frequency : 144.6125 MHz	Homepage of the German Amateur Radio Club
	On the left you can see my old portable equipment which I have been using for 2m SSB in the beginning. Along with the most important cup of coffee there is my FT-817 and a very old Icom IC202 which is still working fine after all the years. My best dx with the FT-817 had been about 630 km with a ham from the middle of England. To be honest this had only been possible because I had been operating from the Eifel JO30EQ on a location about 470 meters above sea level. Actually I am using an Yaesu FT-897.
One of my favorites is operating on 2m SSB, below you find a few pictures taken on a sunny weekend on my prefered location in the Neandertal ( JO31LF ). After beeing on the air for a couple of years now, I found that the most difficult handicap on 2m SSB band is neither power nor  propagation but the fact that there are only very few OM's qrv on this band. What does good propagation bring for benefit if there is no one on the air to talk with ?! Anyway... there has always been at least one highlight on 2m such as good dx around our country or a very good talk to another OM, wouldn' want to miss this...	Below you can see the mounting of my fibre glass mast. Most important part is the single part of the roofrack which is stabilizing the mast on the upper point. Bottom fixing is done by a simple cable which is affixed at the back wheel. Because I only use stronger wires for fixing the mast it can be quick and easily turned into every direction by hand.
	On the left you can see my current outdoor shack with my shortwave equipment. Sadly nowadays there are only very few OM's left on 2m band and so usually I am building up both vhf and hf stations. OK, at least I will have fun on hf... Next time outdoors I will go and test my full size dipole for 160m band, would be nice to meet you then ! By the way, visitors / co-operators are always welcome when I am outdoors. Just send a note and you'll get info about my next portable trips.
Below: A sunny Sunday afternoon on our Neandertal location with a still live of two Flexa Yagis :-)	Low cost solution for VHF with fibre glass mast and HB9CV on top...
Wishing you lot's of real good QSOs and less QRM, vy 73 de Gregor, DD4GB