DK5YA - JN49nx - 4x9 M-square

Who is DK5YA?
 

www.vhfdx.de
www.dk5ya.de
www.meteorscatter.de
www.palekastro.de
www.spessartwetter.de
www.solweb.de

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 but 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.

Today 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.

Meet me on 50, 144, 432, 10 GHz or up. I'm quite active on METEORSCATTER, ES, AURORA , EME and further kinds of propagation. Next steps are 1.2 GHz, 24 GHz and 47 GHz.

Recent rig :
YAESU FT1000MP with DB6NT transverters for 144 and 432, 144 PA with GS35b, 432 PA with TH338 (not working yet),
ICOM IC275H for IF on 10 GHz with DB6NT transverter plus PA@14 Watt
YAESU FT847 for HF, 50, and spare for 144 and 432
YAESU FT817 for /p
Several spare VHF/UHF rigs
All LNA's by DB6NT
Antennas are
5 el. Yagi I0JXX on 50MHz
4 times 9 el. M² 2.5WL for 144MHz
25 el. I0JXX on 432 MHz
Procom dish for 10 GHz
Wires and verticals for shortwave
Towers:
Two times
Flammex Pull 12 mtr. towers made by Frick.
Contacts: AX.25 at DK5YA@DB0GV or dk5ya@dk5ya.de.
 

4 times 9 element M² 4 times 9 element M²
4 times 9 element Mē @ 12 mtrs. 4 times 9 element Mē @12 mtrs. 4 times 9 element M² pointing east
144 PA with GS35b SV9/DK5YA June 1998
144 PA with GS35b SV9/DK5YA June 1998 10 GHz transverter boxed [enlarge]
Click images below to enlarge!
Front: 50/432/10GHz/ Rear: 144 MHz 10 GHz dish/50 MHz 5el./432 MHz 25el. Both towers@12 mtrs. high
Left 144 MHz, right 50/432/10 GHz Antennas beaming north Tower #1 erected 2006/Tower #2 in 2008