History of my radio station

My radio station from 1985 until today ...

1985-1986 - Y2-EA-12306/L47 (SWL)
QTH: Groeditz (Saxony), Loc. JO61RK

This is my first shortwave receiver, 1985 in tube technology!

All-Wave-Receiver - Dabendorf

VEB Funkwerk Dabendorf (Made in GDR)

Model: 1340,15 A1

Frequency Range: 14kHz to 30MHz, 500kHz (SOS-Frequency)

Modes: A1 (BFO), A2, A3

Bandwidth: 100Hz, 300Hz, 5kHz

7 Tubes: 3x EF85, EAA91, ECH81, ECL81, EF80

Power supply: 115/220VAC

Dimensions: W550mm x H335mm x D339mm

Weight: 35kg

1987-1990 - Y47-05-L (SWL)
QTH: Groeditz (Saxony), Loc. JO61RK

SSB SHORTWAVE TRAFFIC RECEIVER

The EKV is a fully transistorized triple super receiver for telephony and telegraphy.

VEB Funkwerk Köpenick (Made in GDR)

Model: EKV02

Frequency Range: 14 to 535kHz / 1,6 to 30MHz

Mode: A1, A2, A3, A4, A3J, A3A, A3B, F1, F4, F6

IF bandwidth: ±6,0 kHz, ±3,0 kHz, ±2,7 kHz, ±1,5 kHz

IF bandwidth: ±700 Hz, ±250 Hz, ±75 Hz

Power supply: 110/127/220VAC / 24VDC

Dimensions: W540mm x H350mm x D415mm

Weight: 36kg

Market price: 18.500 Mark of the GDR (1989)

1987-1990 - Y47-05-L (SWL)
QTH: Groeditz (Saxony), Loc. JO61RK

Single Channel Oscilloscope

VEB Messgerätewerk Zwönitz (Made in GDR)

Model: EO211 or Voltcraft 1010

Tube: B7S2G5

Bandwidth: 0 to 10MHz

Vertical deflection channel: 10mV/T to 10V/T in

Time deflection: 30ms/T to 0,3µs/t in

Measuring grid: vert. 6T, hor. 10T

Power supply: 220VAC

Dimensions: W258mm x H130mm x D80mm

Weight: 4,5kg

1985-1986 - Y2-EA-12306/L47 (SWL)
QTH: Groeditz (Saxony), Loc. JO61RK

Home Computer

Atari Inc. (Made in USA)

Model: ATARI 800XL

CPU: 8-bit microprocessor MOS 6502

RAM: 64 Kilobyte (KB)

System clock: 1,77MHz

Video: TV-PAL / 80 characters

Serial Input Output (SIO): 2x joysticks

Program recorder with cassette

Atari Inc. (Made in USA)

Model: ATARI 1010

Data speed: 600bps

Amount of memory: 50KB on 30-minute cassette

Power supply: 9VDC

Complete price: 299 DM / 3500 Mark of the GDR (1987)

The Oscilloscope from RFT model "EO211" showed me graphically Mark | Space in RTTY mode, which was used together with the EKV02. My first computer was an ATARI 800XL with an ATARI 1010 diskette station and a homemade RTTY modem using TTL technology. The program (like the Kantronics KAM) used enabled me to send and receive in CW, RTTY with 45.45 / 50/75/100, ASCII, FEC and WX-Fax reception on the shortwave bands. In 1986 was the absolute high-tech in amateur radio in the GDR!

I have been involved in the amateur radio hobby for 10 years. In 1988 I got the license (class 2). So I was a co-user at the club station Y47ZL of the former VEB steel and rolling mill in Groeditz. From now on was my call sign Y47UL, qrv in Morse telegraphy, Radiotelephony and Radio teletype.

1987-1990 - Y47-05-L (SWL) / Y47UL
QTH: Groeditz (Saxony), Loc. JO61RK

Ham radio transceiver - Teltow

VEB Kombinat Elektronische Bauelemente (Made in GDR)

Model: Teltow-215D (D - digital) (1989)

Amateur radio bands: 80/40/20/15/10m

Mode: LSB, USB, CW, FSK

Transmission power: 100 watts (2 pieces of amplifier tubes GU50)

IF-Frequency: 5250 kHz and 200 kHz

Power supply: 220VAC

Dimensions: W342mm x H222mm x D348mm

Weight: 27,5kg

1988-1990 - Y47UL
QTH: Groeditz (Saxony), Loc. JO61RK

Send-Receive-Device (SEG), fully transistorized

VEB Funkwerk Köpenick (Made in GDR)

Model: SEG15D

Frequency Range: 1.6 to 12MHz

Mode: A2J (CW), A3H (AM), A3J (SSB) - LSB/USB

Transmission power: 5 and 15 watts

power supply: 220VAC, 12/24VDC

Dimensions: W304mm x H112mm x D376mm

Weight: 12kg

1987-1990 - Y47-05-L (SWL) / Y47UL
QTH: Groeditz (Saxony), Loc. JO61RK

Digital frequency display - Teltow

VEB Kombinat Elektronische Bauelemente (Made in GDR)

Model: DFA1 extra accessories for the Teltow 215D (1989)

IF fixed: 5250 kHz and 9750 kHz

Display range: 80m/40m/20m/15m/10m Band

as frequency counter: 200 kHz to 23 MHz

Power supply: 220VAC/50Hz

Dimensions: W170mm x H75mm x D205mm

Weight: 1,1kg

QRV under DL2VIC from 09/2001 !
The year 1989 brought unexpectedly big changes for me as radio amateurs in the GDR. In September 1991 I got my class 1 call sign DL2VIC from the postal and telecommunications authority. What happened in 1989?

This is my station (1997 to 2000) in Groeditz, Saxony (Loc. JO61RK)
These were my devices ...

Trcv. YAESU FT-767GX

Hustler-Antenna 6-BTV, abt. 15m over ground

4 pcs Tonna 4-element cross Yagi ant., abt. 15m over ground

2-Meter FM-TRX UFS601

Kantronics KAM-Modem

LANDOLT TNC-2C for Packet-Radio Mode (1200bps, 9600bps)

PC Computer IBM 286/16MHz

ADI AT-200 2-m, 5 watts (Packet Radio 1200 bps)

ADI AT-400 70-cm, 5 watts (Packet Radio 9600 bps)

All Mode Transceiver HF/VHF/UHF

Yaesu Musen Co. Ltd. Tokyo (Made in Japan)

Model: FT-767GX

Freq. Receiver: 30kHz to 30MHz

Freq. Transmitter: 1.6 to 30MHz

Transmission power: 100 watts

FEX-767-6∗: 50-54MHz, 10 watts PEP

FEX-767-2: 144-146MHz, 10 watts PEP

FEX-767-7B∗: 430-440MHz, 10 watts PEP

Mode: CW, SSB, AM, FM, FSK

Automatic Antenna Tuner

Semi/Full Break-in Morse telegraphy (CW)

Electronic Keyer

Power supply: 100/110/117/200/220/240VAC

Dimensions: W368mm x H129mm x D295mm

Accessories: MH-1B8 (handheld microphone)

Weight: 15.5kg

VHF transmitting and receiving devices

VEB Funkwerk Köpenick (Made in GDR)

Model: UFS601

Frequency Range: 145 to 150MHz

Number of channels: 10 quartz channels

Transmission power: 10 watts PEP

Mode: FM

Voltage range: 6 to 28VDC

Dimensions: W210mm x H130mm x D300mm

Weight: 5,5kg

The Kantronics KAM is an HF / VHF multimode controller with two ports, which is used to send and receive data by radio.

HF/VHF Multimode-Controller

Kantronics Inc (Made in USA)

Model: Kantronics All Mode - KAM (1990)

Mode: Packet Radio 300/1200 bps, FEC, AMTOR (CCIR 476 and CCIR 625), RTTY, ASCII, CW, WEFAX

Data Rate HF Port: 45 to 300bps

Data Rate VHF Port: 1200bps

Power supply: 12VDC

Dimensions: W162mm x H33mm x D208mm

Weight: 1.1 kg

The station from 2000 to 2003, in Unterwoessen, Bavaria (Loc. JN67FR)
QRP shortwave transceiver SG-2020 with a transmission power of 0.5 watts to max. 20 watts and GAP Titan DX antenna (80m to 10m) in the garden.

From 09/2003 to 05/2009 qrv from Schleching, Bavaria (Loc. JN67FR)
Here with KW transceiver ALINCO DX70 and KAM+ modem from Kantronic / USA with long wire antenna in approx. 8 meters with the autom. Antenna tuner, model SG231, from SGC.

SSB HF TRANSCEIVER

SGC Inc. (Made in USA)

Model: SG-2020

Frequency Range: 1,8 to 30MHz

Operational Temperature Range: -30°C to +70°C

Mode: USB, LSB, CW

Frequency Stability: ± 3ppm per 10°C

Output Power: 0,5 to 20 watts PEP

Operational Voltage Range: 9 to 18VDC, max. 4A

Dimensions: W150mm x H70mm x D180mm

Weight: 2kg

Shortwave transceiver

Alinco, Inc. - Made in Japan

Model: DX70 (2003)

Freq. Receiver: 150kHz to 30MHz / 50 to 54MHz

Freq. Transmitter: 1.8MHz to 30MHz / 50 to 54MHz

Output Power: 100 watts and 10 watts, 6m-Band

Mode: USB, LSB, CW, AM, FM

Frequency Stability: ± 10ppm

Power supply: 13,8VDC, max 20A

Dimensions: W178mm x H58mm x D230mm

Weight: 2,7kg

Antennen Tuner (2003) SG-231 from SGC Inc. (Made in USA)

This is my station from 2007 to 2009, the last pictures from Germany

My radio station consists of an ICOM IC-7400, HF/6m/2m with external power supply from DIAMOND - GSV3000 the KAM+ modem from Kantronics and a USB sound interface for the digital modes like PSK, RTTY, SSTV, etc.

My HF measuring station with Philips PM 3065 Oscilloscope, 100 MHz, self-made HFMS with internal HF power meter up to 1kW and frequency counter up to 1 GHz, furthermore a FARNELL generator PSG-1000 (10 kHz - 1 GHz) and a self-made, HF- Power meter up to 1KW PEP!

2+1 channel oscilloscope

N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabriken - Eindhoven (Made in the Netherlands)

Model: PM 3065

Channel: 2 + 1

Bandwidth: 100MHz

Trigger: max 150MHz

Sensitivity: 2mV/cm to 10V/cm

third channel: as trigger view or auxiliary channel with fixed sensitivity

Auto-Set-Function

LCD display (W25mm x H89mm) for status and settings

Interface: RS-232

Dimensions: W350mm x H134mm x D443mm

Power supply: 110,120,220,240VAC

Weight: 7,5kg

HIGH PERFORMANCE SIGNAL GENERATOR

Farnell Instruments Limited (Made in UK)

Model: PSG-1000

Frequency Range: 10kHz to 1GHz

Resolution: 10Hz (<128MHz), 100Hz (>128MHz)

RF-Output: -133dBm to +13dBm

Modulation: AM, FM, Phase

Reverse Power: max 50 watts

Power supply: 100/120/220/240V∼ (45 to 440Hz)

Operational Voltage Range: 11,5 to 15VDC, max 30 watts

Dimensions: W330mm x H145mm x D405mm

Weight: 8,6kg

High-frequency measuring system

Home Made (2007)

Model: HFMS09

Network analyzer: 1 to 170MHz

Frequency counter (1): 0.1 to 50MHz

Frequency counter (2): 0,05 to 1GHz

L/C measurement

Power supply: 230VAC, stationary

Voltage range: 11,0 to 15VDC (int. battery, 12hr portable)

Weight: 1.1kg

Power-Reflection-Meter

Home-Made (2007)

Frequency Range: DC to 500MHz

Input power: max. 1KW

Power supply: 12VDC

Weight: 1.1kg

The Kantronics KAM+ is an HF / VHF multimode controller with two ports, which is used to send and receive data by radio.

HF / VHF-Multimode-Controller

Kantronics Inc (Made in USA)

Model: Kantronics All Mode Plus - KAM+ (2007)

Mode: Packet Radio on HF300/VHF1k2, PACTOR, GTOR, FEC, AMTOR (CCIR 476 and CCIR 625), RTTY, ASCII, CW, WEFAX, NAVTEX/AMTEX, KISS, HOST, GPS, EMWIN

Data Rate–HF Port: 45 to 300bps

Data Rate--VHF Port: 1200bps

Power supply: 12VDC

Dimensions: W162mm x H33mm x D208mm

Weight: 1.1kg

Power Supply

DIAMOND ANTENNA CORPORATION (Made in Japan)

Model: GSV3000 (2007)

Output voltage: 1 to 15VDC

Output power: 30A (continuous) / 34A (short)

Input voltage: 220VAC, 6.5A, 50,60Hz

Dimensions: W250m x H150m x D240mm

Weight: 9.0kg

From June 2009 from Sweden, the province of Vaesterbotten with the call sign SA2BFO qrv! The QTH until 09/2012 was Renstroem (Loc. KP04BW).

The station consisted of the following equipment ... a transceiver ICOM IC-7400 for shortwave, the 6-meter and the 2-meter amateur radio band. The maximum output power on all frequencies is 100 watts. A microHAM USB-Interface II and MFJ antenna tuner 949E belonged to the station. The antenna system consisted of a Windom antenna for the amateur radio bands 160/80/60/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 / 6m at a height of 15 meters. For radio operation at 6 meters, an HB9CV was also used, which was installed at a height of approx. 12 meters. Since 2009 I have been using a mini VNA Pro BT for exact antenna adaptation.

USB-Radio-Sound-Interface

microHAM s.r.o. (Made in Slovakia)

Model: microHAM USB-Interface II (2009)

USB version: 1.1 and 2.0

Power supply: USB 5VDC, with Trcv. max. 16VDC

Radio port: max. 57600 baud

Audio output: 600 ohms, max 3Vpp

Audio input: 50K ohms, max 4Vpp

Dimensions: W103m x H28m x D80mm

Weight: 450g

Shortwave Antenna Tuner

MFJ Enterprises, Inc. (Made in USA)

Model: MFJ949e (2009)

Frequency range: 1.8 to 30MHz

Transmission power: 30 watts and 300 watts

RF output: coaxial and balanced mit 4:1 balun

Power supply: 12VDC

Dimensions: W270mm x H90m x D180mm

Weight: 1,8kg

mini VNA Pro BT (2009)

Since September 2012 from Norsjoe, Bjurtraesk, QRV with a new locator JP94UX!

Statron High Power Supply

Statron Gerätetechnik GmbH (Made in Germany)

Modell: Typ 2232.00 (2012)

Output voltage: 13,8VDC

Output power: 35A duration

Voltage stability: at -7/+6% mains 4mV

CV stability load 0 to 100%: 35mV

Isolation in/out: galvanically isolated, earth-free

Cooling: regulated fan

Input voltage: 230VAC, 50Hz

Dimensions: W360mm x H180mm x D310mm

Weight: 15kg

Since 2016 the antenna system has consisted of an HB9CV for the 6-meter band and a DIAMOND CX-50 antenna for emergency and local radio operation on the 2-meter band. Both antennas are installed at a height of approximately 10 meters! There is a maximum output power of 100 watts available on both bands!

DSP Multimode PACTOR-Controller

SCS GmbH & Co.KG (Made in Germany)

Model: SCS PTC-IIe (06/2016)

Modes: PACTOR 1, PACTOR 2, PACTOR 3, AMTOR, NAVTEX, AMTEX, RTTY, PSK31, CW, SSTV, FAX, PacketRadio (300/1200/9600bps)

Extras: internal mailbox (100kB memory)

Working temperature range: -10 to +50°C

Power range: 12 to 15VDC, 500mA

Dimensions: W125mm x H43mm x D183mm

Weight: 560g

Software: NcWinPtc from PA0NC

HAL1200 Atlantic (2017)

GB (Made in Italy)

Frequency: 1.8 - 54 MHz (Amateur radio bands)

Mode: SSB, CW, RTTY

Power input: 20 ∼ 45 watts (30w typ.)

Power output HF: 1200 watts PEP / 1000 watts CW

Power output 6m: 600 watts PEP / 500 watts CW

Spurious emissions: min. -50dB

IMD3: -34 dB (typ.)

Adjustment SWR: ≤ 2:1

Power connection: 100-260 VAC / 10-16 A

Dimensions: W261 x H153mm x D334mm

Weight: 9 kg

1200 WATTS - AUTOMATIC TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIER

Rear view

According to the manufacturer, the HAL1200 is currently the smallest and lightest power amplifier in this class on the market. With an input of 25-35 watts, in the PA, which is equipped with 4 high power MOSFET transistors of the type SD2933, delivers a typical output power of 1200W PEP in SSB. Fully automatic operation is possible with the built-in band decoder. In addition, the control can also be carried out by the transceiver via a cable.

These protocols are supported:

Yaesu BAND DATA

Icom CI-V

Kenwood RS-232C or IF-232

Elecraft BAND OUT