Amateur radio station HB9BZA

What is amateur radio?

 

I started my amateur radio activities as HB9BZA in 1980.

My first priority is DX on the shortwave bands (especially DXCC and IOTA).

My preferred mode is CW but I'm also active in phone and RTTY.

 

Here is a view of my station:

 

And my antennas (click on a picture to enlarge it - requires JavaScript enabled):

Tribander yagi 3 el. Yagi for 10/15/20 m (Fritzel FB-33)
11 el. Yagi for 2 m (FlexaYagi)
19 el. Yagi for 70 cm (FlexaYagi)
Dipoles Dipoles for 160/80/40/30/17/12 m
The 160 m dipole is made physically shorter (52 m)
with the coils you can see on the picture.
The 5 other dipoles are full length.
V2000 vertical V-2000 vertical used mainly for 6m
(also supports 2m and 70 cm).

 

Online log

I still keep my log on paper but most of my contacts were copied to an electronic log using Winlog32 by G0CUZ.

Here is what is currently available in electronic form and was uploaded to LoTW:

  • HF (160-10m): all contacts since 1980 (except most Christmas contests, which are only between HB's on 40+80m);
  • 6m: all contacts since this band is available in Switzerland (1994);
  • 2m, 70cm and satellite: all contacts since 1993;
  • HB0: all 1528 contacts from my small activity on 10-20 July 1986.

You can check on my log search page if you are in my logs and see the bands and modes you worked me on.

 

QSL'ing policy

"The final courtesy of a QSO is a QSL" !

I QSL 100% via buro, direct and via LoTW
(but I don't use eQSL).

Correct SWL reports are also confirmed.