Hello Hamsters!

Hi! I am Michael - DJ2MS - from Bergisch Gladbach near the city of Cologne, Germany! My locator is JO30NX.

After successfully passing the exams for the UBI, SRC & LRC marine radio licenses in 2023, I became interested in amateur radio. In autumn 2023, I took a DARC online course and was able to receive my Class-E license in February 2024 with the callsign DO3HMS. But I wanted to be QRV on all bands and also in my favorite holiday countries, so I studied for the Class A extension exam, which I successfully passed in April 2024.

Being a beginner in Ham Radio, I currently prefer to operate on DMR in talkgroups 262 and 26245 and on D-Star on the reflector DSC001C. On shortwave I mostly do FT8 at the moment.

I am a member of the DARC local club G11 - Leverkusen.

This was my first radio. The trusty Anytone 878 UVIII+.

On Shortwave I use an iCom 705 with Tuner on 10 Watts connected to an EndFedHalfWave Antenna of 23m length. I like to use the SDR-Control Software on a Mac for FT8.

Update 28.06.2024:

I just finished the final "shots" of the first Diploma awarded by the DARC

Google Sites

Report abuse