DG1IUK (on the photo as DO1IUK) with quick-response equipment for emergency radio - if you arrive at an incident scene, without being able to pack up the full equipment beforehand, but must pass the time until the arrival of other forces.
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First of all, I would like to tell you a little bit about myself – basically a kind of amateur radio résumé ;-).
How did I actually get into amateur radio? Well, I have always been interested in technology, and amateur radio had fascinated me since I was about 14 years old. Back then I had already considered taking the licence exam, but I did not quite dare to do it yet.
After that, somehow the timing was never right – something always got in the way, and gradually I lost sight of the goal.
In 2011/2012 I eventually became interested in emergency communications, especially in the association Notfunk Deutschland e.V. I attended EUREC-DL 2012 (a specialist conference on emergency communications) and joined Notfunk Deutschland e.V. on the second day of the event – now only the licence exam was missing. Again, some time passed; in early 2013 I changed jobs, and my hobby of volunteering with the fire brigade began taking up more and more of my time – so once again, no exam.
Finally, around mid to late 2013, I suddenly had much more free time (because a very time-consuming hobby ended). As a result, at the beginning of 2014 I joined Ortsverband (OV, local chapter) B04 (Aschaffenburg) of the German Amateur Radio Club (DARC). I received a very warm welcome there and got my first helpful advice. I attended local chapter events and was also able to support activities with equipment from Notfunk Deutschland (for example, a 17 m antenna mast at the “Brüderschaft der Völker” festival in Aschaffenburg).
In addition, a visit to Hamradio, the major amateur radio trade fair, gave me an excellent insight into the world of amateur radio operators. I also helped staff the Notfunk Deutschland booth there (and received my first radio there as well – a Baofeng UV-5R, a small and inexpensive 2 m / 70 cm handheld transceiver made in China).
Towards the end of the year, I travelled to Frankfurt, where local chapter F05 organized a one-week preparatory course for the Class E licence examination.
On 02 December 2014, I passed the Class E amateur radio examination at the local office of the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) in Eschborn and immediately applied for admission to the amateur radio service and assignment of a personal callsign. Then came what felt like endless waiting – until on 11 December 2014 I saw on the Federal Network Agency website that my preferred callsign, DO1IUK, had been assigned to me on 10 December. Shortly afterwards, the official licence arrived by post.
That very same day, I obtained a DMR ID and programmed it into the DMR radio I had bought shortly before. Since getting a D-Star capable radio, I have also been active in this operating mode.
In principle, I can say that I originally started amateur radio because of emergency communications, but over time I have discovered many other fascinating aspects of the hobby as well!
At the beginning of 2015, local chapter B04 (City and District of Aschaffenburg) appointed me as the local chapter’s coordinator for civil protection and emergency communications.
On 26 June 2015, during Hamradio in Friedrichshafen, I passed the additional Class A examination at the Federal Network Agency and received the callsign DG1IUK about an hour later.
At the annual general meeting on 20 May 2016, I was elected deputy chairman of local chapter B04 (Aschaffenburg). On 25 May 2016, I became acting chairman of the chapter before serving as the elected chairman of B04 from 2017 to 2018.
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Call: DG1IUK Grid Square: JN49OX ITU Zone: 28 CQ Zone: 14 DMR Call-ID: 2628165 |
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