My name ist Christopher and I am from Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein at the coast of the Baltic Sea. Since June 2023, I am a licensed ham radio operator.
The callsign is DO9CK.
QTH: JO54bi | 54.35° N, 10.16° E | 54°21’00“ N, 10°09’36“ E
In addition to the primary CCS7 ID 2631337 for DMR, TETRA, and P25, I also bear the secondary CCS7 ID 2631116 as well as the NXDN ID 7754.
I am interested in portable and mobile radios as well as modern (digital) modes. Therefore my equipment is mainly QRP-like and operates on VHF/UHF:
- Icom ID-5100E as my mobile VHF/UHF FM transceiver, also for D-Star operation
- Yaesu FT-818nd as my „Swiss Army Knife“ for HF/VHF/UHF with low power
→ For that a Digirig Mobile (NF and CAT adapter to USB) - Radioddity DB25-D (aka Retevis RT73) as DMR mobile transceiver
- Yaesu FT-5D as my portable, also for YSF (C4FM) operation
- Icom ID-52 PLUS 50th as my portable, also for D-Star operation
- Two Retevis RT3S as my portables for DMR operation
- A Baofeng DM-1701 with openGD77 to play with
- A Radioddity GD-73E as an everyday carry DMR/FM handheld
- Motorola MTP 850 as my mobile for TETRA
- Motorola MTH 800 as my mobile for TETRA
- Some „China Crackers“ for tinkering and experiments
- Personal radio service: 2x PMR446, 2x „Freenet“ (VHF in Germany) and 1x CB handheld(s)
- Komunika GP-Mini-Dual VHF/UHF-Antenne for up to 300 W
- Moonraker Whizz Whip HF/HF/UHF-Antenne for up to 10 W with FM resp. 25 W with AM/SSB/CW
- A selfmade dipol antenna for VHF/UHF
- Several marconi antennas like SRH-789, SRH-519, SRH-36, SRH-815S, RH-660S, RH771 or SRH805S
- Several end fed lambda-half wire antennas for 15 m to 70 cm
- An SDRplay RSP1B SDR and an AIRSPY Mini SDR
- Three RTL2832/R820 based SDRs, one with a VHF/UHF, one with an HF antenna and one for mobile use with a telescope antenna
- A OpenSpot4 Pro for mobile access to digital radio modes
- Two MMDVM dual-hat hotspots, one for DMR and one for D-Star and C4FM
- A Shari FM Spot for Echolink and private Servers like FM-Funknetz.de
- A NanoVNA, a TinySA Ultra, VSWR and Power meters and a 200 MHz oscilloscope
