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Ham Radio 2015 - Friedrichshafen : 26 - 28 June 2015
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| Tony G4LDL, Chris G3SVL, Nigel G3TXF, Glyn GW0ANA and Kenton HB9DOT travelling on the Romanshorn to Friedrichshafen ferry on their way to the 2015 Ham Radio. |
Europe's number one Amateur Radio event - "Ham Radio" - is held in June each year in the excellent exhibition centre in Friedrichshafen, on the Lake of Constance in southern Germany. |
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| Col MM0NDX, Björn ON9CFG and colleagues on the DX-World.net stand. The second year DX-World.net was at Ham Radio. |
Two all-time well-known top DX-peditioners regularly attending Ham Radio : Kan JA1BK and Baldur DJ6SI. |
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| Clive GM3POI and Dennis F5VHY (G3MXJ) near the RSGB Stand. |
Andi HB9DVZ on the HB0FL Leichtenstein Clubstation stand. The small HB0 principality borders on both HB9 and OE9 (Vorarlberg). |
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Norm W3IZ and Glyn GW0ANA at the ARRL's DXCC Card Checking facility at Ham Radio. |
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| Justin G4TSH and Chris G3SVL buying small, but all-important, bits and pieces for the forthcoming E6GG DX-pedition to Niue. |
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| Justin G4TSH shows off his newly acquired attenuator in the beer tent. Luckily Justin G4TSH travelled by car and not by plane. |
Two VK9MT Mellish Reef operators (Les W2LK and Gene K5GS) with DXWorld.net's Col MM0NDX at the Ham Radio beer tent. |
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| Dayton Hamvention exhibits at Ham Radio. "Boy, what would give to have a nice exhibition venue like Friedrichshafen in Dayton?". |
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Doug K1DG, Hans DK3YD and Markus DK5AX who collected the payments for the 50th anniversary RRDXA Dinner |
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| Hiroo JA1WSX shows details of a Japanese DX-pedition S79HN to the Seychelles with 7K4QOK, JE1CKA, JQ2GYU and JJ2VLY. |
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Tokyo 610 DX Group: Takeshi JH1RFZ, Miho JJ2VLY, Emil 9A9A, Tack JE1CKA, Harumi JR4OZR, Nikola 9A5W, Yutaka JQ2GYU. |
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| Two operators from the HG7T Contest Station : Istvan HA0DU and Tibi HA7TM. |
Fred G4BWP (until recently A65BD) in the middle between two South African visitors : Bernie ZS4TX and Tjerk ZS6P. |
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| Wishful thinking ("..three Luso towers, please!..) FOC operators at the Luso stand : Klaus DK8EI, Joe DL4CF and Joe K2VUI. |
The ferry arrives in Friedrichshafen after the short crossing over the Lake of Constance from Romanshorn in Switzerland. |
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| Nigel G3TXF, Mek SP7VC and Kate SQ7OYL at the RRDXA 50th Anniversary Dinner at Ham Radio 2015. |
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After the party : Tom GM4FDM (far left) and others crash out after the RRDXA 50th Anniversary Dinner at Ham Radio. |
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| Ingo DL6LBI, Coen PA5KM and Frans PA0INA at the informal FOC Dinner in Tettnang. |
Nigel G3TXF (wearing a GM-DX badge) with top Danish DXer Leif OZ1LO at the FOC Dinner in the Hotel Rad, Tettnang . |
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| From the Faeroes : Carsten OY1CT. |
Mark M0DXR and Chris G0DWV at the Kenwood stand in Ham Radio. |
From Denmark : Ole OZ1FAO. |
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| Don N8DE shows off the prizes for an informal raffle held during the FOC Dinner in Tettnang. |
Dennis F5VHY (G3MXJ) awards Ken DL8LBK a trophy for the 2015 FOC Marathon. |
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| Chris G3SJJ wins yet another raffle prize at an FOC Dinner. |
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"I love CW" : Baldur DJ6SI. |
Hotel Rad in Tettnang has been the regular venue for CW DXers for several years. |
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| At the famous Ham Radio "QSL-card Wall" : Nigel G3TXF and David OK6DJ. |
Dennis F5VHY (G3MXJ), Hermann DJ2BW, Margot, Gisela DK9GG and Gerd DJ4KW. |
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| Gabor S57WJ and Joe K2VUI during the FOC Dinner. |
Stewart GM4AFF with Frank G3YQA and his xyl in a lake-side café in Friedrichshafen. |
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| Jacques F6BEE and Ian G3YBY/F5VKT at the RRDXA 50th Anniversary Dinner. |
Away at the races? The Qatar Amateur Radio Society A71A stand appeared to be unmanned. |
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| Mostly Ascension Island DXers here : Nigel ZD8XF, Jorma ZD8W, Oliver ZD8W, Olli OH0XX and Olof ZD8M. |
Nigel G3TXF and Stewart GM4AFF discuss the latest developments on GM4AFF Stewart's www.DXFC.org web-site. |
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| Breakfast room at the Hotel Rad : Dennis F5VHY, Joe DL4CF, Klaus DK8EI and Ian F5VKT. |
Three OE3s encountered in down-town Friedrichshafen: Martin OE3EMC, Gerald OE3DSB and Gerald OE3WGU. |
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| Special mention of Hans-Jürgen DL1YFF (SK) at the Rhein-Ruhr DX Association (RRDXA) 50th Anniversary Dinner at Ham Radio. |
Graham G4FNL and Clive GM3POI discuss the DX-World.net quiz under the red Coca Cola awning in the beer garden. |
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| CDXC Members meet at lunchtime on Friday... |
....in the beer garden at "Ham Radio 2015". |
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| Walter DJ0FX and Wolf DK1FW. |
Three OE9s from Vorarlberg : Günter OE9HGV, Guido OE9GBH, Chris OE9ICI with Nigel G3TXF (a long time ago : OE9ZQJ). |
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| On the way to the train after "Ham Radio" : Chris G3SVL, Jenny xyl-G3SVL, Doug K1DG, Tony G4LDL and Tony G2NF (G0OPB). |
The ferry takes about 40 minutes to cross the Lake of Constance back from Friedrichshafen to Romanshorn in Switzerland. |
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