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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <base href="//fkurz.net/ham/"> <title>DJ5CW (ex DJ1YFK) - Fabian Kurz - Amateur Radio Website</title> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico"> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Ham Radio website of DJ5CW, Fabian Kurz"> <meta name="DC.Creator" content="vim"> <meta name="DC.Subject" content="Private Homepage"> <meta name="DC.Publisher" content="Fabian Kurz"> <meta name="DC.Type" content="Text"> <meta name="DC.Format" content="text/html"> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en"> <meta name="keywords" lang="en" content="Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK, DJ5CW, ham radio, QRQ, yfklog, yfktest, cwbiff, ebook2cw"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/fkurz.css"> </head> <body> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="50%"> <h1><a class="h2link" href="//fkurz.net/">Fabian Kurz, DJ5CW</a></h1> <em>Life is too short for <abbr title="Telegraphy abbreviation for slow morse code">QRS</abbr>℠</em> </td> <td width="25%"> Fabian Kurz<br> Frohschammerstr. 8<br> D-80807 München (<a href="../dl.txt">map</a>)<br> Germany </td> <td width="25%"> phone: +49 89 54578182<br> mobile: +49 174 6926713<br> mail/xmpp: <a href="mailto:fabian@fkurz.net">fabian@fkurz.net</a> (<a href="/pgp.txt">PGP key</a>)<br> Amateur Radio callsign: DJ5CW<br> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <nav> <p><a href="//fkurz.net/">Fabian Kurz</a> → <a class="navself" href="/ham/">Ham Radio</a></p> </nav> <hr> <div style="float:right;border:1px solid"> <strong>Updated / News:</strong> <a href="/dj1yfk.xml"><img src="/feed.png" alt="[Atom]" title="Updates and News from Fabian Kurz (DJ5CW - ex DJ1YFK)"></a> <ul> <li id="news74">2025-01-29: <a href="/ham/tca965/">ICOM band decoder with TCA965</a></li> <li id="news73">2024-09-28: <a href="/ham/qrss/30m-24h">QRSS / WSPR monitor: 24h view</a></li> <li id="news72">2024-09-26: <a href="/ham/yfklog.html#0.7.0">YFKlog 0.7.0 released</a></li> <li id="news71">2024-09-17: <a href="/ham/qrss/">SO5CW QRSS Grabber and WSPR monitor</a></li> <li id="news70">2024-04-13: <a href="/ham/jscwlib.html#0.3.0">jscwlib 0.3.0</a></li> <li id="news69">2024-02-11: <a href="https://git.fkurz.net/dj1yfk/WsprryPi">WsprryPi extended: QRSS/DFCW</a></li> <li id="news68">2023-08-16: <a href="/ham/ebook2cw.html#0.8.5">ebook2cw 0.8.5 released</a></li> <li id="news67">2023-07-02: <a href="https://rbn.telegraphy.de/activity/beaconrank">RBN Ranking: Separate list for beacons</a></li> <li id="news66">2022-07-18: <a href="https://rbn.telegraphy.de/info#telnet">CW Clubs RBN Spotter (Telnet improvements)</a></li> <li id="news65">2022-03-20: <a href="/ham/jscwlib.html#0.2.2">jscwlib 0.2.2</a></li> <li id="news64">2022-01-24: <a href="/ham/qrq.html">qrq 0.3.5 released</a></li> <li id="news63">2022-01-06: <a href="https://rbn.telegraphy.de/info#awards">CW Clubs RBN Spotter (Award filters)</a></li> <li id="news62">2021-05-07: <a href="https://rbn.telegraphy.de/info#telnet2">CW Clubs RBN Spotter (Telnet filters)</a></li> <li id="news61">2021-04-07: <a href="/ham/ebook2cw.html#0.8.4">ebook2cw 0.8.4 released</a></li> <li id="news60">2021-04-06: <a href="/ham/jscwlib.html#0.2.1">jscwlib 0.2.1</a></li> <li id="news59">2020-07-27: <a href="https://rbn.telegraphy.de/activity">RBN activity now with 6m/4m/2m</a></li> <li id="news58">2020-05-23: <a href="/ham/ebook2cw.html">ebook2cw 0.8.3 released</a></li> <li id="news57">2020-05-15: <a href="/ham/jscwlib.html">jscwlib: JavaScript Morse code / CW Library</a></li> <li id="news56">2020-04-17: <a href="https://lcwo.net/stats">LCWO usage stats (12 years)</a></li> <li id="news55">2020-02-25: <a href="https://rbn.telegraphy.de/info">CW Clubs RBN Spotter (Telnet)</a></li> <li id="news54">2020-02-13: <a href="https://rbn.telegraphy.de/changelog">CW Clubs RBN Spotter (extended)</a></li> <li id="news53">2019-10-20: <a href="https://cwops.telegraphy.de/">New: CWops Award Tools</a></li> <li id="news52">2019-09-08: <a href="/ham/yfklog.html#0.6.0">yfklog 0.6.0 released</a></li> <li id="news51">2019-08-02: <a href="/ham/yfklog.html#0.5.0">yfklog 0.5.0 released</a></li> <li id="news50">2019-06-30: <a href="/ham/yfklog.html#0.4.0">yfklog 0.4.0 released</a></li> <li id="news49">2019-05-09: <a href="/ham/qrq.html#0.3.3">qrq 0.3.3 released</a></li> <li id="news48">2019-03-09: <a href="/ham/dxcc.html#20190309">dxcc 20190309 released</a></li> <li id="news47">2019-03-09: <a href="/ham/qrq.html#0.3.2">qrq 0.3.2 released</a></li> <li id="news46">2019-01-21: <a href="https://foc.dj1yfk.de/activity/W6WX">RBN activity now in realtime</a></li> <li id="news45">2018-12-06: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?morsedistance">Check similarity of calls in CW</a></li> <li id="news44">2018-11-06: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?ts440">TS-440S repair notes</a></li> <li id="news43">2018-10-31: <a href="http://rbn.telegraphy.de/changelog">CW Clubs RBN Spotter</a></li> <li id="news42">2018-06-01: <a href="/ham/bio.html">New call: SO5CW</a></li> <li id="news41">2018-03-04: <a href="https://foc.dj1yfk.de/activity/rank#DL">RBN Ranking: DXCC filter</a></li> <li id="news40">2017-05-20: <a href="https://foc.dj1yfk.de/activity/rank">RBN Activity Ranking</a></li> <li id="news39">2016-08-21: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?wstelnet">Websocket DX-Cluster/Telnet Gateway</a></li> <li id="news38">2016-06-19: <a href="https://foc.dj1yfk.de/activity">Embeddable RBN activity reports</a></li> <li id="news37">2016-06-19: <a href="/ham/bio.html#om">Bio: HA/ and OM/DJ1YFK</a></li> <li id="news36">2016-05-01: <a href="http://hsc.dj1yfk.de/">65 Years HSC - Award</a></li> <li id="news35">2016-04-16: <a href="/ham/bio.html#oe">Bio: OE/DJ1YFK</a></li> <li id="news34">2016-03-21: <a href="/ham/bio.html#yl">Bio: YL/DJ1YFK</a></li> <li id="news33">2016-03-01: <a href="http://www.qslinfo.de/">QSLinfo.de relaunch</a></li> <li id="news32">2016-01-01: <a href="http://foc.dj1yfk.de/activity/DJ1YFK">RBN Activity Charts</a></li> <li id="news31">2015-01-12: <a href="http://hsc.dj1yfk.de/">HSC Marathon calculator updated</a></li> <li id="news30">2014-09-27: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?bandoccupancy">Band occupancy observations</a></li> <li id="news29">2014-02-27: <a href="/ham/yfktest.html">YFKtest: New maintainer W9YA</a></li> <li id="news28">2013-09-28: <a href="/ham/bio.html#lz2013hst">Bio: LZ2013HST</a></li> <li id="news27">2013-08-18: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?cwspaces#2">Mind the gap! About Morse Spacing.</a></li> <li id="news26">2013-07-21: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?rbnbandmap">RBN bandmap view (updated)</a></li> <li id="news25">2013-02-14: <a href="/ham/cwbiff.html#0.3.0">cwbiff v0.3.0</a></li> <li id="news24">2013-02-10: <a href="http://svn.fkurz.net/">svn.fkurz.net is live</a></li> <li id="news23">2013-01-25: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?jsmorse">JavaScript Morse Decoder</a></li> <li id="news22">2013-01-23: <a href="/ham/ebook2cw.html#gui">ebook2cwgui v0.1.2</a></li> <li id="news21">2013-01-12: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?rbnbandmap">RBN / DX cluster bandmap view</a></li> <li id="news20">2013-01-06: <a href="/ham/qrq.html#0.3.1">qrq 0.3.1 released</a></li> <li id="news19">2013-01-04: <a href="/ham/ebook2cw.html#0.8.2">ebook2cw v0.8.2</a></li> <li id="news18">2012-10-22: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?rbnfilter">RBN Telnet Filter updated.</a></li> <li id="news17">2012-10-21: <a href="/ham/bio.html#hb9hst">Bio: HB9HST, HB9/DJ1YFK</a></li> <li id="news16">2012-09-17: <a href="/ham/bio.html#wb6lqr">New call: WB6LQR</a></li> <li id="news15">2012-02-25: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?morsealarm">CW alarm clock</a></li> <li id="news14">2011-12-18: <a href="/ham/qrq.html#0.3.0">qrq 0.3.0 (Win32, Linux, Unix)</a></li> <li id="news13">2011-10-18: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?qsllatex">QSL cards with LaTeX</a></li> <li id="news12">2011-07-20: <a href="/ham/fn2011/#en">Morse Code - alive and kicking!</a></li> <li id="news11">2011-07-08: <a href="/ham/mmi/">Morse My IP 2.0</a></li> <li id="news10">2011-06-27: <a href="/ham/fn2011/#de">Vortrag: Morsen lebt!</a></li> <li id="news9">2011-06-20: <a href="/ham/read-books.txt">ebook2cw book list</a></li> <li id="news8">2011-05-13: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?fcctest">FCC Exam Practice</a></li> <li id="news7">2011-05-08: <a href="/ham/ebook2cw.html#gui">ebook2cwgui v0.1.0</a></li> <li id="news6">2011-04-04: <a href="/ham/ebook2cw.html#0.8.1">ebook2cw v0.8.1</a></li> <li id="news5">2011-03-10: <a href="/ham/read-books.txt">ebook2cw book list</a></li> <li id="news4">2011-02-23: <a href="/ham/stuff.html?rbnfilter">RBN Telnet Filter</a></li> <li id="news3">2011-02-07: <a href="/ham/bio.html#e7">Bio: E7/DJ1YFK</a></li> <li id="news2">2011-01-31: <a href="/ham/bio.html#oe">Bio: OE/DJ1YFK</a></li> <li id="news1">2011-01-04: <a href="/ham/cwbiff.html">cwbiff v0.2.1</a></li> </ul> <a id="togglelink" href="#" onClick="toggle();"></a> <!-- No JS => No Link --> <script> var nr = 1; var show = 10; var showall = false; while (document.getElementById('news' + (++nr))); console.log(nr); /* by default, only show last "show" items */ toggle(); function toggle () { if (showall == 1) { for (i=1; i < nr; i++) { document.getElementById('news' + i).style.display = "list-item"; document.getElementById('togglelink').innerHTML = "Show less"; } } else { for (i=1; i < nr - show; i++) { document.getElementById('news' + i).style.display = "none"; document.getElementById('togglelink').innerHTML = "Show " + (nr - show - 1) + " older entries"; } } showall = !showall; } </script> </div> <h2>Ham Radio</h2> <p>I am a licensed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio">radio amateur</a> (1998-2021: DJ1YFK, DJ5CW since Dec 10, 2021), mostly active in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code">Morse telegraphy</a>, on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_frequency_allocations">ham radio HF bands</a> in contests. <br> I also take part in international <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Telegraphy">High Speed Telegraphy</a> competitions as a member of the <a href="http://telegraphy.de/darc_hst.html">German national team</a>.</p> <h3>Information and activities</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/ham/bio.html">Ham Bio</a> - About my ham activities, history, club memberships, former callsigns, etc.</li> <li>Home station in Munich: <a href="https://elecraft.com/products/k2-the-classic-hf-transceiver-full-kit">Elecraft K2</a>, 10W, 10/15m long vertical (160m - 10m) (pics: <a href="DJ1YFK_JN58SE_2.jpg">1</a>, <a href="DJ1YFK_JN58SE_3.jpg">2</a>, <a href="DJ1YFK_JN58SE_1.jpg">3</a>)</li> <li>Portable operation: Elecraft K1-4, 5W, wires (<a href="http://fkurz.net/ham/YL_DJ1YFK_K1.jpg">picture</a>); VHF/UHF: <a href="/pics/2020-11-08-MMC/">FT-857</a> </li> <li><a href="so5cw/"><b>SO5CW</b></a> - my station and activities in Poland</li> <li><a href="logs/">DJ1YFK / DJ5CW online log</a> (real time online logbook and statistics, since 1998) and <a href="https://rbn.telegraphy.de/activity/DJ5CW">RBN Activity</a></li> <li><a href="stuff.html?contents"><strong>My "Ham Stuff"</strong></a> - Small projects, code snippets, statistics, experiments, ranging from trivial to ridiculous. Last updated: <strong> August 2024 </strong>.</li> <li><a href="qrss/">QRSS</a> and WSPR activities on HF (QRPP) at DJ5CW and SO5CW</li> </ul> <h3>Amateur radio software projects / websites / services</h3> <h4>Morse Code</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://lcwo.net/">LCWO - Learn CW Online</a> - A web based CW trainer (launched in May 2008, constantly updated)</li> <li><a href="/ham/qrq.html">qrq - a simple high speed CW trainer</a> (for Linux, Unix, OS X and Windows, v0.3.5, released January 2022)</li> <li><a href="/ham/ebook2cw.html">ebook2cw - convert ebooks to morse MP3s/OGGs (Linux/OS X/Windows)</a> (v0.8.5, released August 2023)</li> <li><a href="https://rbn.telegraphy.de/">CW Clubs RBN Spotter</a> - Bandmap with RBN spots for many CW Clubs</li> <li><a href="/ham/jscwlib.html">jscwlib - JavaScript Morse Code (CW) Library</a> (started April 2020)</li> <li><a href="/ham/cwbiff.html">cwbiff - email notifier with Morse output</a> (February 2013)</li> </ul> <h4>Logging</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/ham/yfklog.html">YFKlog - a ham radio logbook for Linux/Unix</a> (v0.7.0, released September 2024)</li> <li><a href="/ham/yfktest.html">YFKtest - a ham radio contest logger</a> (now maintained by W9YA et al.)</li> </ul> <h4>Other projects</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/ham/dxcc.html">dxcc - ARRL DXCC lookup utility</a> in Perl, command line and GUI (March 2019)</li> <li><a href="https://www.qslinfo.de/">QSLinfo.de</a> - QSL manager and address database (programming, hosting; the database itself is maintained by DL1SBF)</li> <li><a href="http://dl0tud.tu-dresden.de/beacons/">Interactive VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF beacon list</a> hosted at DL0TUD / DM7A</li> <li><a href="https://foc.dj1yfk.de/">RBN and Windle Score Calculator</a> (mainly for members of the <a href="http://www.g4foc.org/">First Class CW Operators' Club</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://hsc.dj1yfk.de/">HSC Marathon Calculator</a> (mainly for members of the <a href="http://www.highspeedclub.org/">High Speed Club</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://cwops.telegraphy.de/">CWops Award Tools</a> (mainly for members of the <a href="http://www.cwops.org/">CW Operators' Club</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://rbn.telegraphy.de/activity/DJ1YFK">RBN Activity Graphs</a> - Comprehensive RBN activitiy of <em>all</em> callsigns ever spotted.</li> <li><a href="https://www.qrqpoint.com/">QRQpoint.com</a> - European QRQ Meeting Point - 3567 kHz</li> <li><a href="https://git.fkurz.net/dj1yfk/WsprryPi">WsprryPi + QRSS</a> - Fork of the WsprryPi program with added QRSS / DFCW functionality</li> </ul> <p>Most of the code can also be browsed online in the <a href="https://git.fkurz.net/explore/repos">git repositories on git.fkurz.net</a>.</p> <h3>Amateur radio hardware projects</h3> <ul> <li><a href="tca965/">TCA965 ICOM band decoder</a> - A very simple ICOM band decoder using the TCA965 Window Comparator (10/2024)</li> </ul> <h3>Miscellaneous</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/ham/ft890/">Yaesu FT-890/FT-840 QRH problem</a> - Drift due to faulty capacitor in the reference oscillator. How to fix it.</li> <li><a href="/ham/recordings/">160m DX recordings</a> - Selection of DX stations worked or heard on 160m (2010)</li> <li><a href="/ham/mr/">MorseRunner recordings</a> - Some recordings of <a href="http://www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner">MorseRunner</a> sessions (HST mode)</li> <li><a href="/ham/136khz/">136 kHz activities</a> - Station / antenna description, logbook, pictures (from my active time on long wave, ca. 2001-2003)</li> <li><a href="/ham/wrtc-analysis/">Analysis of DX-Spots and logs in WRTC 2006</a> - Catching contest cheaters with statistics. (August 2006)</li> <li><a href="/ham/fn2011/">Betriebsart CW - Morsen lebt! / Morse Code - Alive and Kicking!</a> - Vortrag/Presentation, Ham Radio, Juni 2011</li> <li><a href="/ham/wsjt-german.pdf">German translation of the WSJT-Manual (outdated, Version 2.0)</a> (pdf, 700 kB) </li> <li><a href="http://www.dl1a.de/">DL1A contest group</a> - HF contesting from near Munich (now QRT).</li> </ul> <hr> <nav> <p><a href="//fkurz.net/">Fabian Kurz</a> → <a href="/ham/">Ham Radio</a></p> </nav> <hr> <p> Last modified: Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 21:11:02 CET</p> </body> </html>