Signals from the Rhine & Beyond
Trail notes, QSOs and handlebar hours from Koblenz. Summits · parks · portable antennas · loaded panniers · a soldering iron still warm on the bench.
Station Keeper
file no. 001Part engineer, part radio amateur. One foot in the compiler, the other in a well-worn cycling shoe halfway up a Hunsrück summit.
I'm Patrik, callsign DO9PSE, broadcasting from Koblenz at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle. Licensed since 2004 and still tinkering. By day I write software; by evening I'm chasing propagation on twenty metres or winding a common-mode choke at the kitchen table.
Most trips I reach under my own power. A loaded bikepacking rig carries the radio, the wire and the coffee; the legs carry the rest. This station runs on curiosity and 5 watts of QRP.
The Passport
entries & endorsementsField Log
notebook · vol. iHunsrückhöhenweg
Rain, then sun, then conversations across half a continent on twenty metres. Best DX was a W4 through a hole in the …
Laacher See
Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate — A volcanic caldera lake. End-fed wire slung into a young birch. Good afternoon, good coffee, good propagation.
Hohe Acht
The highest peak of the Eifel. Windy enough to steal a logbook page, cold enough that the coffee turned slushy.
Burg Eltz
Moselle Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate · castle — A medieval castle perched above a forest stream. Set up in the visitor meadow with a wire in a …
HQ & Waypoints
one home · many benchesThe HQ · Koblenz
Fixed station. Kettle always on. Ground rod sunk deep into the garden.
The Waypoints
Temporary benches. A bike, a tree branch, a thermos. The station packs up in fifteen minutes.