Who is DK5YA?
 

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OP: Udo - WW LOCATOR JN49nx

I'm a VHF-enthusiast since 1964. At the age of 6 I was seriously searching for the miracles of broadcast inside my parents brand new HiFi system using a screwdriver and the big solder gun I found at my fathers shack desk. Nice surprise for whole family: neither small green guys from Mars inside the radio nor sound out of the speaker anymore...

In 1980 I got my first license, DG4NAE, a new solder and few screwdrivers also...of course. In 1983 I became DH8NAA. Since 15. May 1998 I am DK5YA. In August 2006 we went to a new QTH, still in JN49nx right on the border to JO40na, out of the town on the countryside. Now I'm at 400 meters a.s.l. with a clear view and a superb take-off all around.
To see a panoramic 360 deg. view of my new QTH and take-off click here.

Radio is my business, I'm a Broadcast-Journalist at Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt/M., part of the Broadcast Net ARD [Radio and TV] in Germany. I'm also member of DF0HR, Hessischer Rundfunk Clubstation.

Recent rig [summer 2021]:
#1 ELECRAFT K3S with HA1YA Dual RX transverter and homebrew adaptive dual RX system for 144MHz, LDMOS SSPA
#2 ELECRAFT K3 (S) for 6 and 4mtrs. with Transverter by HA1YA and LDMOS amp with BLF188XR
#3 ELECRAFT K3 (S) for shortwave

In spring 2021 I decided to give up 23cm after 3 years with my homebrew 3mtr. mesh dish due to continous radar QRM.

YAESU FT817 backup for transverters

SDR RSP2pro [MAP65 et al]

Several spare VHF/UHF rigs

All LNA's by HA8ET (144/70 MHz) and VHF-Design (23cm)

Antennas are
6 el. Yagi YU1CF on 50 MHz
7 el. Yagi YU1CF on 70 MHz
4 times 22 el. X-Pol yagis for 144 EME MHz by M². Adaptive RX and continous circular TX. See the scheme here.
3 meter mesh dish on 1296 MHz with septum feed by rf-hamdesign (QRT spring 2021)
90cm dish for 10 GHz (QRT)
45 cm dish on 24 GHz (not in the air at present)
Wires and verticals for shortwave
Towers:
Two times Flammex Pull 12 mtr. towers made by Frick.
dk5ya@dk5ya.de.