Ordering a second 2m antenna coupler for four yagis seemed to be an easy task…But the first supplier promised to deliver, but finally could not deliver on time, other suppliers had none on stock. Finally we found a source for a second one, and Chris, DK2CRN, fetched it this evening. So now we are able to set up two 4×9el vertically stacked yagis in the upcoming September contest.

…the movement of dr5a.de to a new, more powerful server is finished and went without any severe problems :-). If you notice anything that does not work as expected, please drop me a line.

Very soon, this page will (again) move to another server, hopefully now for a longer time. So please bear with us if the page is not reachable during some of the next days. While the move itself will not take too long (i hope), it takes some time (1-2 days) until all DNS-servers notice that dr5a.de is now pointing to another, new IP.

The german July results are out. No top-3-results for us this time, but a nice 4th place on 70cm, and satisfactory results on the other bands. In the german contest trophy, we secured our 5th place and even shaved some points off the distance to the 4th place.

For the first time, DR5A will use two separate turnable 4×9el antenna groups in September contest, effectively putting our old F9FT 9el antennas to good use. We will transmit on both antennas, and receive on one of them (selectable by foot switch). Receiving on both simultanously poses a too big risk of catching all that nasty QRM in September. Most likely one antenna will be devoted to G and F only, while the other is for QTF 0-180.

During his holidays in Sweden, Lars DF1LON visited the site of the famous SK7MW VHF&up contest station and took some impressive photos. We hope for many more contact with that guys on as many bands as possible.