The Swains 2023 Team

Hans DL6JGN

Team leader

Born: 1947, Crossen/East Germany

Profession: Electronics engineer, managing director, retiree today

Licensed 1968 (as DM5XBN).

Modes: CW and Digital

Favorite bands: all bands, favorite 30m

Experiences: DM2FGN, Y26GN, TX9 – Chesterfield, 5H1GHW, 3D20CR – Conway, E51M – Manihiki, ZK3N, XR0ZR – Juan Fernandez, KH8/DL6JGN – Ofu, T30D, C21EU, V73D, TX7EU – Marquesas, VP6EU, 3D2EU – Rotuma, T31EU.

Member of DXclubs: GDXF, EUDXF

Ronald PA3EWP

Co-Team Leader
Public Relations & Sponsoring

Profession: IT architect

Modes: Mixed but prefer CW

Born in 1961 and first licensed in 1982 (as PD0NAL).

Other calls used: HB0/PA3ERC, VP5/PA3EWP, VP5C, FG/PA3EWP, TO5C, J77C, J79WP, FM/PA3EWP, J6/PA3EWP, 9Y4/PA3EWP, 6Y5/PA3EWP, ZF2WP/ZF9, PJ7/PA3EWP, FS/PA3EWP, V47WP, VP2EWP, 8Q7WP, V26WP, 8P9JU, J3/PA3EWP, J38PA, J8/PA3EWP, J8PA, TI9M, TI9/PA3EWP, GM/PA3EWP, J75WP, J75PA, VP2MWP, VP2MPA, OY7WP, OY8PA, 3D2WP, T30RR, T33C, T33WP, ZB2/PA3EWP, PZ5C, PZ5WP, TY5WP, VU3SXR, VU7RG, V8FWP, 5Z4/PA3EWP, DL/PA3EWP, OE/PA3EWP, 3D20CR, MD/PA3EWP, 6W/PA3EWP, MJ/PA3EWP, F/PA3EWP, KH6BB, TN2T, T32C, E51M, E51EWP, ON/PA3EWP, 9Q50ON, LX/PA3EWP, 9U4U, XR0ZR, KH8/PA3EWP, C21EU, S79C, TX7EU, VP6EU, 3D2EU, A35EU, T31EU and 5R8WP

Gerben PG5M

Born in 1955

Profession: Telecom strategist

Licensed as PA0GAM in 1973.

Modes: SSB and CW but CW preferred.

Favorite bands: 40, 30, 20m

,HB0/PG5M, SV5/PG5M, 5R8CG

Experiences: PA4GAM, PF4WCY, PA0GAM/OH0, PA0GAM/OH0/OJ0, PA0GAM/4S7, BV0AA, 9Q5MA, PA0GAM/9L, PA0GAM/ST2, T77C, YB3AQE, VK9GA (Xmas), ZA/PA0GAM, PA5NT, JW0PK, JW/PA5NT, ST2X, PJ2/PG5M, (SA006, SA099) SV9/PG5M, C56M, 9M2/PG5M (AS074, AS072, AS046, AS051-Spratly), V8FGM, PG5M/BA4RF, T30GM, 3D2GM, T2G, T8GM, V6G, A73A, A6/PG5M, CE0Y/PG5M, XX9TGM, ZS1/PG5M, LX/PG5M, C81G, OH10X (EU192 New), SV5/PG5M, HB0/PG5M & 5R8CG.

Adrian KO8SCA

Profession: IT Consultant in New York

Modes: most interested in CW, but versed in any mode.

Licensed as: 6O6A, 9M0W, FJ, FM, J3, J8NY, V84SAA, VK9CI, VK9XI, VP5, VP9, and Z23MD, YP0H, and was guest operator at 4U1UN and HV0A. Adrian also operated from some new and rare IOTAs, such as EU-191, TX0A (OC-113), TX0M (297).

Member of NCDXF, EUDXF, LIDXA, NYDXC, Araucária DX Group, RRC, Order of Boiled Owls of New York, YCCC

Rainer DL2AMD

Team doctor

Born: 1954, Jena

Profession: Pensioner, former surgeon

Modes: SSB, FT8, RTTY

Experiences: DXing, little bit of contesting

Martin PA4WM

Born in 1964. In 1979 I was first licensed at the age of 15.

Profession: Drilling Engineer in the international oil and gas industry.

Antenna specialist

Modes of interest: SSB/CW.

Other calls used: GJ/PA3DSR, PJ7/PA4WM, FS/PA4WM, VP2EWM, V47WM, VP2MWM, VP2MPA (CQWW 2002), TA1/PA4WM and A35EU

DXCC HR#1 Mixed, DXCC HR SSB.
Member of EUDXF and CDXC

Johannes PA5X

Profession: Project Manager for Marine Contractor with 22 years of international work experience

Modes: SSB preferred, digital modes

Licensed as: PA5X, 5T5PA, C93PA, C91PA

Participated in DX-peditions: 5R8PA, E31A, C8X

Special achievements: Participant WRTC 2023 Italy, Board Member INDEXA, Winner DX Intrepid Spirit award 2020

Member of INDEXA, NCDXF, EUDXF, GDXF

Evert PA2KW

Born: 1963

Licensed: since 1981 PE1FYJ, PA3BZL and now PA2KW

Profession: Owner & CEO of AuteQ (Industrial automation)

Modes: CW (preferred) but active on SSB/RTTY/FT8 as well

Experiences: 5T2KW

Main interests: Building equipment and DX-ing on HF

HEYE DJ9RR

Heye was born in 1946 and licensed at the age of 18. He is primarily qrv in cw on the short-waves, his main interest lies in DXing.

He attained DXCC #1 in 2002; DXCC count is 352 confirmed (mixed). He likes to participate in contests and he is member of the Bavarian Contest Club. He enjoys constructing home-made equipment such as match-boxes, accessories, antennas and amplifiers. He is active in the local radio club and made several DX-peditions of his own: CU/DJ9RR, CN/DJ9RR, F/DJ9RR, TK/DJ9RR, SV9/DJ9RR, MD/DJ9RR, FK/DJ9RR, 9H3HH, S79RR. Member of the DX-peditions: C3ØAAN, OZ/DJ9RR, 9Y4ZC, TX9, VK9DNX, VK9DWX, 3D2ØCR, ZL8X, 9LØW, PJ4C, ZK2C, V84SMD, TX5K, 5W0M, VK9MT, S21ZBB/S21ZBC, TO7CC, V55HQ, VK9DLX, V73D.. He holds also the callsign AG6UT.

Retired since 2011 he was an engineer in the research and development department of a medical-supply company that produces equipment and systems for intensive care and anesthesia workstations. Education: Electrical Engineering (Communications Engineering).

Max NG7M

Modes: CW preferred. Also active on other modes; SSB, RTTY, FT Modes

Most recent DXpedition: Djibouti J28MD (CW Team 2022)

Other Calls: PJ2/NG7M, NG7M/HI9, NG7M/HI3, EI/NG7M, NT7G, AB7GM, KC7DWP

Profession: Retired in 2021 as Director of Software Engineering / Architecture in the Financial Services Industry (21 years at Fidelity Investments)

YouTube Channel: NG7M Ham Shack