HSC News
July 8th, 2010
The HSC mournes the passing of two members:
- HSC 1479 DF5DR, OM Karl Breitenbach deceased on March 2010 at the age of 89. Karl has been
associated to us for 22 years.
- HSC 1417 TA1A, OM Ünal Akbar has been our member for more than 23 years, and three new
members are indebted to him for recommendations. As a very swift operator he was also a member of
VHSC, SHSC and EHSC.
Ham code of conduct: There is no doubt that the on-the-air behavior of hams, especially in CW
pile-ups, has turned worse in the last time, sad to say. We would like remind those it may concern of
the Code of Conduct enunciated exemplarily and worth reading on the site
http://www.dx-code.org
Our secretary Jo, DF4EK, told about the Ham Radio fair from June 25 to 27th at Friedrichshafen:
Our booth was again a well frequented place for HSC members and friends of quick telegraphy, so at the
end more than 170 names from all over the world were inscribed in the visitor’s book. Joe DL4CF got
again a trophy for his first place in the HSC Marathon 2009.
Emil DL8JJ showed his attachment to the HSC by a donation to the booth team: His book about his
impressions as a mountaineer in the high Alps. CW beginners had occasion to work on Ken’s training
station DL8LBK, who donated his computer to the HSC for activities in the future. The remote station
of Toffy DJ6ZM, which allowed CW QSOs on shortwave from his base station in Munich via a web-based
link, was again a highlight.
We are looking forward to the Ham Radio 2011.
The next HSC Bulletin is on September 4th 2010.
June 8th, 2010
We mourn for two members of merit:
- HSC 81 DL6LY, OM Alois passed away at the end of April at the age of 83. Since his early childhood he was an avid radio amateur
and a CW fan. Licensed since 1950 and affiliated in the HSC founding year he was active with home build gear and preferably straight keying
even at higher speed. Always proud to be a HSC member he has sponsored five new ones. Engaged as a teacher for ham radio he has given courses
for novices, especially about radio telegraphy.
- HSC 342 DJ2IB, OM Andreas died in February at the age of 81. Andreas was our member for more than 47 years.
Call sign changes:
- HSC 600 ON4RU uses the second call OQ3R
- HSC 751 T93I is no longer active, please cancel
- HSC 1518 DL1EFD is living in England and uses GØSYP
- HSC 1888 IKØIXI has the second call NB1V
This year the DARC celebrates its 60 years anniversary. On this occasion the special station DL6ØDARC is active on all bands and modes.
The HAM RADIO fair 2010 from June 25 to 27th in Friedrichshafen is marked by this event. Proved specialists give lectures on
interesting themes of ham radio and new developments.
As every year the exhibitions of the companies are in hall A1, the booths of national clubs and associations, too. Our booth no 553, a
pickup point of friends of radiotelegraphy, is on its usual place and is marked by a flag with the HSC emblem. Visit us, make an entry in the
guest book and be happy to meet friends from all over the world.
Listen to the next HSC bulletin on short wave at July 3rd, 2010.
May 20th, 2010
Once again we would like to welcome a new member to the club: Welcome Sandy, GØVQW.
Sandy signes HSC 1895.
May 10th, 2010
The HSC would like to welcome as member no. 1894 OM Emanuele, IZØETE. Welcome to the club!
May 3rd, 2010
It is with sorrow that we have announce the decease of HSC 1304 F6DJB, OM Claude, who died in March
at the age of 81. Claude has been our member for 25 years and 6 new members are indebted to him
for his recommendations. Our Silent Key List will remind us of Claude.
Changed call signs:
- HSC 1134 ex-T97N has no call sign at present, he is no longer active.
- HSC 1857 I5NXH is also licensed in Switzerland using call sign HB9ETS.
EUCW: The HSC is one of the earliest members of the European CW Association
EUCW, founded in 1979.
You can show your solidarity with our European CW friends by joining the
QSO Party, which takes place
on May 8 and 9th.
The HSC bulletin was the topic of the General Meeting of HSC on April 17th 2010 in Erbenhausen
during the CW weekend. Invited by the secretary DL1TL reported about the importance of this primary
publication medium sent by radiotelegraphy for an unstructured CW club and as a connective link
and hallmark of the HSC.
DL1TL suggested to set up an editorial staff warranting an actual monthly emission also in
the future, and he invited all HSC members to cooperate and contribute and to preserve this heritage
of 30 years even in the age of internet. Our bulletin must not fall.
April 20th, 2010
OM Ben, CT3AS (451) has surrendered his German call sign DJ8FW, please cancel on the list. The call
sign VK6FOC remains active as his second call.
Subject "HSC e.V": We have put an inmproved translation into hungarian language on the
web. Thanks to Imi, HA7AP (1852).
April 9th, 2010
Here we have fresh news for you! The results of the February 2010 HSC Contest just came in.
The winners are:
- HSC Members: DJ1YFK (1754) with 1087 points
- Non-Members: DL4ME with 910 points
- QRP: DK5CS with 488 points
- SWL: R3A-847 with 285 points
Congrats to the winners and thank you all for participating! See the
results in detail including soap box an some more
background information for download.
April 7th, 2010
As new members we would like to welcome
- HSC 1893, OM Jan Ike, PAØIKE
- HSC 1892, OM Jens-Peter, DK5JPL.
Welcome to our club and enjoy high speed telegraphy!
To our regret we had to learn that we must rate HSC 1217 T97A, OM Emin among the silent keys.
Our friend Bob E77O (1114) was unsparing in his efforts to quest for the new callsigns of our
Bosnian members:
- HSC 672 ex T99T is now E70M
- HSC 1014 ex YU4VSZ, later YU4RC, is now 9A5RC
- HSC 1261 ex T93A is now E73A
- HSC 1498 ex T97F is now E73CQ
- HSC 1740 ex T94GB is now E73F
- HSC 1748 ex T99Y is now E77Y.
Thank you, Bob! Two new Bosnian callsigns are still unknown to us, HSC 751 ex T93I and
HSC 1134 ex T97N. If you find out something about it, please let the secretary know.
OM Lars (HSC 1401) ex LA5EBA told us, that he changed back to his very first call sign LB2TB.
The annual CW weekend together with the contest for the German CW trophy of DARC is scheduled for April 16 to 18th 2010, again
at Erbenhausen, Germany. The meeting of members of HSC begins on Saturday, 17th at 1300 MEST, all friends
of CW are invited.
March 21st, 2010
Last submission date for HSC contest logs ist March 21st, 2010.
Some OM must review/correct their submissions since these logs don't meet the regulations:
DJ0SP DJ2IA DL7UEB DL9SUB DL9UJF
E71DX K4BAI LY3QA OK1AY ON3ND S51WO S58Q UX4FC YL3DX.
March 8th, 2010
It is with sorrow that we have to say good bye to OM Hubert, DF2MF (918), who passed away in November
2009 at the age of 93. For almost 40 years he was an active member, and four new members are obliged to him
for his sponsorship. The DARC recognized his exemplary commitment for Ham Radio, especially for CW and QRP
by the Golden pin.
As we just learned much to our regret, OM Pedrag YU7EU (1005), became a silent key several years ago.
Call sign changes:
- HSC 1114 ex-YU4SO is now E77O
- HSC 1589 S57WJ uses no longer the second call YU7WJ, please cancel in the list.
Deadline for the logs of the HSC Contest is Sunday, March 21st, 2010.
February 16th, 2010
As this year's first new member we would like to welcome OM Emil, DL8JJ. Emil signes HSC 1891.
Welcome to the Club, Emil!
February 8th, 2010
Here we have the results of the HSC Marathon 2009... and the winners are
- DL4CF (1259) with 689 pts
- DJ1YFK (1754) with 613 pts and
- DL1NKS with 598 points.
Congrats to you and thanks to all participants who had submitted their logs! Our late member Fritz Zwingli, HB9RE (1732 †), appears since his son Fritz jun. has evaluated and submitted his father's log.
See all results in detail as a PDF download.
The HSC would like to thank Fabian, DJ1YFK (1754), whose online tool has substantially simplified
the evaluation.
Again we have to deplore the lost of these deserved members:
- HSC 6 DL7CW, Karl Schwarting, one of our founding member passed away at the age of 88.
- HSC 1234 PA3ARR, Coen Bulte died in December 2009. For many years he redacted the DX predictions
of the magazine Electron in the Netherlands.
- HSC 1427 HA2RX, Lorinc Vesztergom, member for almost 23 years.
Changed and additional call signs:
- HSC 1857 I5NXH also uses IU5N as a second call.
- HSC 1744 HA1CW is using special call HA2010S during 2010 on the occasion of the European Swimming Championship.
Fabian, DJ1YFK (1754), was nominated as Contest Champion of the Year 2009 by the Argentinian
CW-Club GACW. Fabian made his first CW QSOs in 1998 at the age of
15 and he was admitted to the HSC the same year. As reported earlier he carried home a Gold Medal
in September 2009 from the HST Championship of the IARU in Obzor/Bulgaria.
January 25th, 2010
We are very sorry about the passing of our member OM Jaap, PAØIF (146).
January 7th, 2010
A happy and successful new year to all our members and friends of CW. Thanks to everybody who followed
the interest of CW and HSC during 2009.
We are very sorry about the passing of our members OM Franz, DF6NS (984) who has been a member for
18 years, and OM Joci, HA7PB/N3SZQ (660).
Call sign changes:
- HSC 756 HA8UT, Pista, uses three other calls: HG8Z, OK8AMN, and SX2Z.
- HSC 1321 S5ØT, Jure, has given up his second call, please cancel S54CW.
- HSC 1325 VA3AXX, Ljube uses the second call VE3VCT.
- HSC 1581 GØFJT, Jon has the call KL7VA for the years to come and he
will work also under KL7AIR.
OM Josef Feichler, IN3ZWF has added the WHSC Sticker 7 MHz and 3,5 + 7 MHz to his
WHSC Award. Congratulation!
Deadline for HSC Marathon is January 31st, 2010.
Please note the following HSC events in 2010:
- HSC bulletins every first Saturday of the month,
- HSC contests on February 28th and November 7th (slightly modified rules),
- CW weekend
in Erbenhausen from April 16 to 18th, and
- HAM RADIO
fair at Friedrichshafen from June 25 to 27th with the meeting on the stand of HSC.
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