Kolja Kollorz , DK5KK

CWops# 1965, from Essen , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany.---->View on Google maps

I am licensed since April 2016. I wanted to be able to build simple transmitters and try them on the air, so I got licensed. When I was at school, my friends and I played with citizen band. One of them practiced Morse code for his license and that caught my interest. So, I learned CW, as soon as I had some use for it.

My rig is a TS520SE without keyer, so I started with a straight key. As I could go faster, I got a bug. I don’t do SSB or Digi-Modes a lot, since I can’t do it with my rig (SSB seems not to be working) and I am not interested that much anyway, though I like HELL now and then.

I have access to a club station that can even be operated remotely. Unfortunately, I can’t use it with a key from my home, but maybe that will be solved someday. I operate the station in contests and when I have a mind to and time permits.

While being on the air took more room, I didn’t experiment with HF to the extent I planned in the beginning. There are so many interesting aspects of ham radio, that I need some more years to dip into some of them. For the moment I am busy with my family and my job as a carpenter. Other hobbies like running or fishing are being neglected in favor of ham radio.

I’m happy to be a CWOps member; hope to see you on the air. The photo shows me at the beach in Netherlands doing CW with my junker SK.

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