DL3KWF

DL3KWF - Amateur radio, my life

Was born 1938 in Berlin, resident 1954 -1974 in Leipzig and since 1974 in Greifswald
Profession: designer engineer

List of the call signs

28.04.1954		Member of the organisation for amateur radio in the GDR - GST
01.03.1957	DM-0735-M	SWL approval in Leipzig
23.11.1957		Amateur radio examination
28.01.1958	DM3KBM	Joint user of the club station - the first QSO with UA4KYA, 20 m CW
05.07.1959	DM3ZBM	Individual joint user's call sign - club station DM3BM
18.08.1960	DM2BFM	Individual approval
Nov.1966 und Nov.1967	DM7M	WWDX-Contest-Team Leipzig - 25.11.1966, first QSO with UB5WK
18.01.68 - 15.08.1972	-	Loss of the approval on "lifetime"
18.01.68 - 15.08.1972	DM-0735-M	Again SWL activity
16.08.1972	DM3IBM	Individual joint user's call sign - club station DM3BM
27.04.1973	DM2BFM	Individual approval
22.11.1974	DM2AFA	Individual approval - now in Greifswald
03.02.-31.10.1978	DT2AFA	Special call signs on the occasion of 25 years of amateur radio in the GDR
01.01.1980	Y21FA	Single call signs from the superior call sign block of the GDR
01.01.-31.12.1983	Y30AFA	Special call signs on the occasion of 30 years of amateur radio in the GDR
03.05.1991	DL3KWF	Individual approval - FRG
01.01.-31.12.2008	DM50KWF	Special call sign: "from DM3KBM - 50 years - to DL3KWF"

Foreign call signs

9H3EZ	CT3/DL3KWF	CT9/DL3KWF	HA5/DL3KWF	HA6/DL3KWF	HA8/DL3KWF
JR6/DL3KWF	MD/DL3KWF	OZ/DL3KWF	PA/DL3KWF	SM0/DL3KWF	SM1/DL3KWF
SM4/DL3KWF	SO6FA	SV9/DL3KWF	TF3/DL3KWF	YO9/DL3KWF	ZL/DL3KWF

Used call signs of club stations and special stations

8S3SYL	AP2SP	DA0TJM	DF0AFZ	DF2TG/p	DF5A	DK0MIT
DL0FTZ	DL0HGW	DL0MVP	DL0SA	DL0SOP	DM0GST	DM0HAM
DM0LMM	DM0SOP	DM30GR	DM3BM	DM3EN	DM3WA	DM3X/p
DM4CM	DM5AA	DM6AO	DM6DT	DM7EAM	DM8HAM	DQ2006V
DR20MVP	DT04YL	IQ9YL	JW0YL	LG5LG	RZ1ZWA	SI9AM
SJ9WL	Y40DSF	Y40SED	Y41ZA	Y55ZA	Y59ZA/MM	Y73SOP
Y80A	Y88SOP	Y90SOP

All together more than 175 000 QSOs, 96% CW - 400 certificates and awards

Small picture collection


DM-0735-M - 1957	DM2BFM - 1960	DM2BFM - 1973

Y21FA - 1980	Y21FA - 1986	Y59ZA/mm - 1989

1957: home made RX 1-V-1                                    1960: home made TX 120 watts CW, AM and home made RX
1973: home made TRX 20 watts CW                         1980: home made TRX 120 watts out, CW, SSB
1986: TRX Teltow 215d , CW, SSB                          1989: On the school ship and research ship "Störtebeker"
2000: IC-746, antenna G5RV, logbook Swisslog-DOS since 1993, contest software CT, computer 586-DX - DOS 6.22

Activities for the amateur radio:

1961 - 1964	CW teacher
1964 -1965	Member of staff of the Radioklubs of the GDR in Berlin
1976 - 1990	Contest and award manager in the district Rostock
1990 - 1991	Vice-president of the Radio Sport Federation of the GDR - RSV
1990	Official negotiator in the BMPT to the conversion of the amateur radio of the GDR in the FRG law
1990 - 1994	Member of the study group of the BMPT for the preparation of a new amateur radio law of the FRG
1991 - 2001	Chairman of the DARC district Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
2001 - 2003	Member of the board of directors of DARC
2003 - 2008	Manager of the QSO parties in February and June
31.05. 2008	Decoration with the Golden Honourary Badge of the DARC e.V.

In 2008, the year of the jubilees
70. Birthday and 50 years of amateur radio

      QSOs 2008
   DM50KWF             8 600 QSOs
   DL3KWF                    229 QSOs
   CT3/DL3KWF        2 054 QSOs
   HA5/DL3KWF           212 QSOs
   DF5A                          201 QSO
   DM3X                         385 QSOs
   DL50SOP                  193 QSOs
   total                    11 874 QSOs

Four personal records in the jubilee year
   1. Total number 2008:    11 874 QSOs
   2. WW WPX Contest CW:   911 QSOs
         from home QTH during 24 hours
        with IC-7400 / 100 watts antenna G5RV 8 metre high
   3. in 3 coherent hours:       315 QSOs CW
        IOTA contest (DM3X/p) 100 watts, antenna delta loop 10 metres high
   4. winner DL in the CQ-MIR Contest (SO AB LP)

In the year of the jubilees became to me in many, many QSOs warmest congratulations and respect brought.
The good wishes for the next years went up to the wish, me in 50 years under "DM100KWF" relisten. Here on
behalf also for the sent texts I would want the QSL from Valery, EW6CW, publish:

8600 times THANKS
for the warmest words which were brought to me this year.

Topical statistics

With www.eQSL.cc the topical statistics of the activities for all call signs since 1991 on the base of the uploaded QSO datas - a service from eQSL.cc.

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Informations about other activities of amateur radio please visit DL3KWR

29.10.2012