Born 1941 in the area of Cologne Germany, where I graduated high school in 1958. It was then that I started listening to Ham's operating on the 40 meter band on my parents AM-Radio. After completing an apprentieceship, I attended the DARC-Radio club in Cologne, where I completed an amateur radio license course. Then in November 1965 I got my call sign DL2JT.

Then after marrying my lovely wife Marianne, I changed my job and moved in 1966 to the area of Reutlingen, which is situated between the capital of "Baden-Wuerttemberg" Stuttgart and the well known University city of Tuebingen. My position was as sales manager in a department of a manufacturer for trucks and buses. Our daughter Silvie was born in 1970 (ex DB4SK) and our son Simon born in 1973 (DL8SK).

I retired in 2000 and now spend most of my time travelling and on the radio!

Equipment:

HF: IC-735 IC-706MKIIG FL-2000B ECO-Trapdipol f. 40-80-160 m (32,5 m)

ECO- 3 EL 3Band-Beam f. 10-15-20 m

Comet- 4 EL HB9CV f. 6 m

VHF-UHF-SHF: IC-910H several Yagis hor. and vert. polaris. f. EL. and AZ.

also GPs f. 2m, 70, 23, 13 cm

DOK-Number P07

DIG-Number 4800

HHC-Number 1562

On the 21st of June 2009, during holidays in Sousse/Tunisia, I had the pleasure to operate on 3V8SS - see photo. After accomplishing 50 QSO's on 15 m, I went back to the hotel. - Thanks to Ashraf! - QSL's for my Call are welcome! QSL's for 3V8SS please via IZ8CCW!

Holiday Callsigns

20. August 1971 ON8BZ/m Liege, Gent / Belgium

21. August - 9. September 1971 G5AWC/m Redhill, Reigate / England

7. - 16. July 1972 OE7/DL2JT/m Going / Tirol - Austria

20. May - 10. June 1975 HB/DL2JT/m Tessin / Switzerland

24. May - 12. June 1976 F0BQH Montigny / France

30. July - 11. August 1989 DL2JT/IN3 Schabs / South Tirol - Pustervalley

20. September - 5. October 1997 VK4DAI Australia

15. - 26. September 2003 CT/DL2JT Lagos / Algarve - Portugal

6. - 17. October 2004 EA8/DL2JT Playa Blanca /Lanzarote - Canary Island

14. - 25. September 2005 EA8/DL2JT Esquinzo / Fuerteventura - Canary Island

9. - 23. September 2006 EA8/DL2JT Esquinzo / Fuerteventura - Canary Island

10. - 20. May 2006 EA6/DL2JT Son Xoriguer / Menorca - Balearic Island