52 Week Ham Radio Challenge 2025 - Status for DL9DX@mastodon.radio

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2025-01-08 11:35:02DL9DX@mastodon.radio2Success!Since i do not have a sufficient HF setup at the moment i had to cheat for the ham radio challenge #HC02S and use a Kiwi-WebSDR (http://kiwi.minish.org:8073/). Did you know there is a handy extention build in that lets you monitor the IBP beacons?@hamchallenge
2025-01-08 11:36:02DL9DX@mastodon.radio2Success!Since i do not have a sufficient HF setup at the moment i had to cheat for the ham radio challenge #HC02S and use a Kiwi-WebSDR (http://kiwi.minish.org:8073/ from @ei6iz). Did you know there is a handy extention build in that lets you monitor the IBP beacons?@hamchallenge
2025-01-20 12:30:49DL9DX@mastodon.radio4Success!1/3My first hint that DL9DX was used before me was during a contest. “DL9DX, 59, 123, thank you Hermann”. Well, my Name is not Hermann. I got that a couple of times after that. So I start to dig about the histors of my callsign. At first I found the website of DOK R10, a radioclub in Mönchengladbach, west germany. On their history page DL9DX (OM Stammen) was mentioned as one of the founders of the radioclub there after the war in 1948.#HC04S @hamchallenge
2025-01-20 12:30:49DL9DX@mastodon.radio4Success!2/3A look in to old callbooks on archive.org shows DL9DX mentioned early as 1952 with the Name Josef Stammen. Last entry there is from 1995 with the name Hermann J. Stammen. So it seems to me, that the callsign could somehow be inherited from father to son (that is speculation).And kind of a sad reminder that you are not the first owner: you get a QSL card you can not verify against your logbook. Then you check the date and realize: that QSO was before your time.#HC04S @hamchallenge
2025-01-20 12:30:49DL9DX@mastodon.radio4Success!3/3The first Callsign of mine, DO5SBZ (a novice license at the time), was not used before me as far as I am aware. Just for the records: the suffix stands for “Sowjetisch Besetzte Zone” (soviet occupied zone). A hint that I am located in east germany. Humor comes in many forms an shapes. Some of the older OM in my area got a good laugh out of it, though.#HC04S LInk to R10: https://www.darc.de/der-club/distrikte/r/ortsverbaende/10/historie/Link to the internet archive for your own research: https
2025-01-20 16:41:16DL9DX@mastodon.radio4Success!4/3Did some more digging in the archives of the clubmagazine CQ-DL. Besides a few mentions about diplomas and contest participation over the years i found also a picture of H.J. Stammen from his 50 year membership celebration 2010 (second from the right).Found also his SK note from 2018.#HC04S @hamchallenge
2025-01-20 16:49:17DL9DX@mastodon.radio4Success!4/3Did some more digging about the prevoius owner of DL9DX in the archives of the clubmagazine CQ-DL. Besides a few mentions about diplomas and contest participation over the years i found also a picture of H.J. Stammen from his 50 year membership celebration 2010 (second from the right).Found also his SK note from 2018.#HC04S @hamchallenge
2025-01-28 12:44:44DL9DX@mastodon.radio5Success!Updated QRZ and https://dl9dx.radio. Did some cleanup and added the history of my callsign to my page. #hc05s

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