Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK

Updated / News:

• 2021-05-07: CW Clubs RBN Spotter (Telnet filters)
• 2021-04-07: ebook2cw 0.8.4 released
• 2021-04-06: jscwlib 0.2.1
• 2020-07-27: RBN activity now with 6m/4m/2m
• 2020-05-23: ebook2cw 0.8.3 released
• 2020-05-15: jscwlib: JavaScript Morse code / CW Library
• 2020-04-17: LCWO usage stats (12 years)
• 2020-02-25: CW Clubs RBN Spotter (Telnet)
• 2020-02-13: CW Clubs RBN Spotter (extended)
• 2019-10-20: New: CWops Award Tools
• 2019-09-08: yfklog 0.6.0 released
• 2019-08-02: yfklog 0.5.0 released
• 2019-06-30: yfklog 0.4.0 released
• 2019-05-09: qrq 0.3.3 released
• 2019-03-09: dxcc 20190309 released
• 2019-03-09: qrq 0.3.2 released
• 2019-01-21: RBN activity now in realtime
• 2018-12-06: Check similarity of calls in CW
• 2018-11-06: TS-440S repair notes
• 2018-10-31: CW Clubs RBN Spotter
• 2018-06-01: New call: SO5CW
• 2018-03-04: RBN Ranking: DXCC filter
• 2017-05-20: RBN Activity Ranking
• 2016-08-21: Websocket DX-Cluster/Telnet Gateway
• 2016-06-19: Embeddable RBN activity reports
• 2016-06-19: Bio: HA/ and OM/DJ1YFK
• 2016-05-01: 65 Years HSC - Award
• 2016-04-16: Bio: OE/DJ1YFK
• 2016-03-21: Bio: YL/DJ1YFK
• 2016-03-01: QSLinfo.de relaunch
• 2016-01-01: RBN Activity Charts
• 2015-01-12: HSC Marathon calculator updated
• 2014-09-27: Band occupancy observations
• 2014-02-27: YFKtest: New maintainer W9YA
• 2013-09-28: Bio: LZ2013HST
• 2013-08-18: Mind the gap! About Morse Spacing.
• 2013-07-21: RBN bandmap view (updated)
• 2013-02-14: cwbiff v0.3.0
• 2013-02-10: svn.fkurz.net is live
• 2013-01-25: JavaScript Morse Decoder
• 2013-01-23: ebook2cwgui v0.1.2
• 2013-01-12: RBN / DX cluster bandmap view
• 2013-01-06: qrq 0.3.1 released
• 2013-01-04: ebook2cw v0.8.2
• 2012-10-22: RBN Telnet Filter updated.
• 2012-10-21: Bio: HB9HST, HB9/DJ1YFK
• 2012-09-17: New call: WB6LQR
• 2012-02-25: CW alarm clock
• 2011-12-18: qrq 0.3.0 (Win32, Linux, Unix)
• 2011-10-18: QSL cards with LaTeX
• 2011-07-20: Morse Code - alive and kicking!
• 2011-07-08: Morse My IP 2.0
• 2011-06-27: Vortrag: Morsen lebt!
• 2011-06-20: ebook2cw book list
• 2011-05-13: FCC Exam Practice
• 2011-05-08: ebook2cwgui v0.1.0
• 2011-04-04: ebook2cw v0.8.1
• 2011-03-10: ebook2cw book list
• 2011-02-23: RBN Telnet Filter
• 2011-02-07: Bio: E7/DJ1YFK
• 2011-01-31: Bio: OE/DJ1YFK
• 2011-01-04: cwbiff v0.2.1

Ham Radio

I am a licensed radio amateur, mostly active in Morse telegraphy, on the ham radio HF bands in contests.
I also take part in international High Speed Telegraphy competitions as a member of the German national team.

Information and activities

• Ham Bio - About my ham activities, history, club memberships, former callsigns, etc.
• Home station in Munich: Elecraft K2, 10W, 10/15m long vertical (160m - 10m) (pics: 1, 2, 3)
• Portable operation: Elecraft K1-4, 5W, wires (picture), SO5CW in Poland: TS-440S/AT + GU74b + Verticals, VHF/UHF: FT-857
• DJ1YFK online log (real time online logbook and statistics, since 1998) and RBN Activity
• My "Ham Stuff" - Small projects, code snippets, statistics, experiments, ranging from trivial to ridiculous. Last updated: April 2021.
• DL1A contest group - HF contesting from near Munich (now QRT).

Amateur radio software projects / websites / services

Morse Code

• LCWO - Learn CW Online - A web based CW trainer (launched in May 2008, constantly updated)
• qrq - a simple high speed CW trainer (for Linux, Unix, OS X and Windows, v0.3.3, released May 2019)
• ebook2cw - convert ebooks to morse MP3s/OGGs (Linux/OS X/Windows) (v0.8.3, released May 2020)
• cwbiff - email notifier with Morse output (February 2013)
• jscwlib - JavaScript Morse Code (CW) Library (started April 2020)

Logging

• YFKlog - a ham radio logbook for Linux/Unix (v0.6.0, released September 2019)
• YFKtest - a ham radio contest logger (now maintained by W9YA et al.)

Other projects

• dxcc - ARRL DXCC lookup utility in Perl, command line and GUI (March 2019)
• QSLinfo.de - QSL manager and address database (programming, hosting; the database itself is maintained by DL1SBF)
• Interactive VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF beacon list hosted at DL0TUD / DM7A
• CW Clubs RBN Spotter - Bandmap with RBN spots for many CW Clubs
• RBN and Windle Score Calculator (mainly for members of the First Class CW Operators' Club)
• HSC Marathon Calculator (mainly for members of the High Speed Club)
• CWops Award Tools (mainly for members of the CW Operators' Club)
• RBN Activity Graphs - Comprehensive RBN activitiy of all callsigns ever spotted.
• QRQpoint.com - European QRQ Meeting Point - 3567 kHz

Most of the code can also be browsed online in the git repositories on git.fkurz.net.

Miscellaneous

• Yaesu FT-890/FT-840 QRH problem - Drift due to faulty capacitor in the reference oscillator. How to fix it.
• 160m DX recordings - Selection of DX stations worked or heard on 160m (2010)
• MorseRunner recordings - Some recordings of MorseRunner sessions (HST mode)
• 136 kHz activities - Station / antenna description, logbook, pictures (from my active time on long wave, ca. 2001-2003)
• Analysis of DX-Spots and logs in WRTC 2006 - Catching contest cheaters with statistics. (August 2006)
• Betriebsart CW - Morsen lebt! / Morse Code - Alive and Kicking! - Vortrag/Presentation, Ham Radio, Juni 2011
• German translation of the WSJT-Manual (outdated, Version 2.0) (pdf, 700 kB)

Last modified: Thursday, 04-Feb-2021 12:10:51 CET