Hopefully, you are looking me up because you hear / see me on the air!

Operator:

Please call me by my nickname Ham. I was born in 1961, licenced since 1976. I have made a radio break from 1981 till the beginning of 2012. Since 1987 I live in Pinneberg (JO43vp), near the capital city of Hamburg.

I'm married with three children. Since June 2021 I am a retired police officer. Before my occupation I made a technical study. On my work I had a lot to do with computers. I can handle measuring instruments and I know where a soldering iron gets hot. I am very curious and always want to understand how the things I use work.

SSB and CW do not belong to my preferences, with very rare exceptions I am not on air in these modes. I prefer the digital modes.

If I answer your CQ-call in FT8, JT65 or JT9 please do not forget to send a "RRR" or , "RR73" otherwise our QSO is invalid. It is simple: No "RRR" or no "RR73", no QSL-Card.

Another thing that is important to me: It is in my opinion a bad habit to respond to a CQ-call with the report immediately. After my CQ-call, I expect your callsign and your locator.
Again, it is quite simple: No locator no QSO.

And please, please do not be so rude and finish our QSO without 73! So much time you should have for our QSO.

Note, tip: If you use JTAlert from Laurie, VK3AMA, please click on "Receiving Text Messages" in the settings (Web Services). So you can receive text messages from other JTAlert-users (for example, from me :-) ).

Since July 23, 2022 I'm testing the VarAC mode. If you hear me in this mode, just connect and write to me. It's nice to make a small conversation in this still quite unknown mode.
--> https://www.varac-hamradio.com/

Caravan camping in Barum in lower saxony, Locator JO53ei, is one of my other hobbies. Some times you can hear / see me portable from the campsite.

We already had a contact? Please feel free to call me again. Maybe you have a new antenna, maybe the current conditions are different. There is always a reason for a new qso :-)

I do not collect QSL cards anymore. But if you send me your QSL card, I would be happy to send you my QSL card.