HSC News 2019



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December 31st, 2019
Happy New Year! The HSC would like to wish all members and friends a Happy New Year 2020!
We deeply regret the passing of S51EU (226), S51CM (698), S58A (702) and S51AY (1267).



December 24th, 2019
The HSC would like to wish all members and friends Merry Christmas!



December 20th, 2019
New Club Station for HSC

The HSC (1951) is happy to announce the issuance of the new club call DFØHSC to HSC by the German Telecommunications authorities (BNetzA). DFØHSC signes HSC 2000. We are now in posession of four technically possible club call signs ending in "ØHSC" (DAØHSC, DLØHSC, DKØHSC, and DFØHSC). Responsible operator for DFØHSC is Fabian, DJ1YFK (1754).

We regret the passing of HSC 1594, TA3GF (ex TA2BU), OM Hus, who became a silent key in January 2019..

OM Mome, Z32ZM (1274) currently operates as Z68MA from the Kosovo.



December 3rd, 2019
The HSC welcomes OM Saki, DD5XX as a new member. Saki signes HSC 1977.

With sorrow we have learned about the passing of HSC 555, DL3KVC.

Achtung! Results of the HSC Contest November 2019

The HSC congratulates the winners of the categories:: HSC Contest Champion of the Year is DK2FG. Congratulation!

Thank you all for participating in the contest and see you again February 23rd, 2020. The detailed results are available as PDF file in the Contest section. The certificates are available for download as of now.

Neu! Please note the changed rules effective 2020: Only one contest period from 15 to 18 UTC. Deadline for log submission 2 weeks.



November 23rd, 2019
HSC Bulletin in German language: HSC Bulletin in English language:

November 12th, 2019
Here we have some really fresh news for you:
Hot Changing of rules of HSC Contest in 2020

Next year the HSC Contest will take place Feburary 23rd and November 1st, 2020. There will be only one contest period, i.e. 15 to 18 UTC. With this measure we want to overcome the QRM and overlap with other contests in the morning session.

End of 2020 we will review the situation based on our experiences. You might have to adjust your loggers for this. The Contest Evaluator should be able to do the correct evaluation.

New Deadline for submitting logs will be 2 weeks after the contest!



October 7th, 2019
The HSC announces the following news:

September 17th, 2019
We have fresh news for you:

September 5th, 2019
Again we have learned about the passing of HSC members: Hans, DL2ROM (1098) and Albert, DK8CM (1163) as well as Ed, HA5BWW (1726).



August 19th, 2019
The HSC is very sorry to have to announce that two of our members became silent key: OM Minko, LZ1XL (1818) died already 2013 and OM Mirek, VK6DXI (830) in 2015.



July 20th, 2019
New candidate for HSC membership is IUØHMB. Objections until September 15th.



July 18th, 2019
We'd like to welcome HSC 1975, OM Luis, EA1ARW as a new member to our club!

The HSC has to announce the passing of OM Dietrich, DL9CW (758), who died last weekend at the age of 69.



July 8th, 2019
Impressions of the HAMRADIO 2019

Again this year HSC, along with the AGCW, took the opportunity to promote the case of telegraphy at the HAMRADIO convention in Southern Germany. Special thanks go to the chair of AGCW for paying all pertinent fees and Karlheinz, DK8KK, who had taken it upon himself to organize the booth and act as the AGCW point of contact towards the Hamradio management.

Turned out it has been well worth the effort: the AGCW/HSC appeared to be a central meeting point of many keen CW friends both from Germany and abroad. Throughout the convention, you could see small groups of amateurs intensely engaged in discussing topical subjects. In front of the LCD screen you could often see clusters of people eagerly following the lines of text which were being decoded simultaneously as DAØHSC was being operated remotely through the Maestro flexradio 6800 interface.

Many hamradio operators took it turns to man the operating station, thus helping out the main operators, Frank, DL2CC, Karl, DJ5IL and Tof, DJ6ZM. 700 watts and a 4-element yagi tribander, located near the city of Ulm were putting out a strong signal easy to be picked up in EU and DX. Norbert's, DJ3TU's, collection of keys triggered many expert talks about pros and cons of vibroplex bugs, straight keys and sideswipers.

Above all, it was most enjoyable to be able to talk to well-known CW operators from all over the world in person, such as OZ1LO, LB2TB, OZ1JHM, F6GWL, PAØINA, I8QFK, OZ8X, 5B4AGN, G3AB, just to mention a few. Well-known DXers such as DJ6SI and DK9PY were available for questions. It goes without saying that the HSC "stalwarts" were again available to represent HSC and answer questions surrounding aspects of CW and especially QRQ. These included DL6LBI, DL8LBK, DJ3TU, HB9BJL, DJ5IL, DJ6ZM, DL2CC, DL7NJ, DK4LX among others. All in all, HSC can be quite satisfied with another successful promotional activity.


More news:

June 26th, 2019
Due to the "European HF Championships Contest" the HSC Bulletin in Englisch language on August 3rd, 2019 has to be cancelled.

The HSC mournes the passing of OM Fritz, DK7MC (833) who became a silent key April 2019.



June 6th, 2019
HAM RADIO The HSC again is present at the HAM-RADIO fair Friedrichshafen, held from June 21st to 23rd 2019. You'll find us in exhibiton hall A1 at booth 499.


May 24th, 2019
HSC Meeting at Erwitte, Germany, May 18th, 2019
Holger, DK4LX, current secretay of HSC, who chaired this year's HSC assembly on May 19th, was happy to welcome numerous HSC members who engaged in lively discussions of ideas surrounding various aspects of CW communication. This included an informative Powerpoint presentation by Joerg, PA1MUC, on the intricacies of a fair evaluation of the the biannual HSC contests.

Parting president, Hans, DK5JI, was presented with a decorative plaque for 19 years of untiring engagement for HSC by our new HSC President, Felix, DL5XL (1572).

See the picture gallery at the Misc section.

Current HSC membership candidate is EA1ARW, see Joining Us.



May 19th, 2019
The HSC would like to welcome two new member: OM Harald, OZ8X is HSC 1973 and OM Daniele, IKØNOJ signes HSC 1974. Welcome to the club!

The HSC Marathon 2018 has been evaluated. The winner is DL6KVA (1674). Congratulation!

Attention: Due to the "IARU CW-Fieldday Contest" on June 1st, 2019, the HSC bulletin on 7025 kHz has to be cancelled.



May 2nd, 2019
On the occasion of the Annual CW Weekend organized by the AGCW in Erwitte, Germany, all HSC members are welcome to attend our annual get-together at Hotel Bueker on May 18th, 2019 at 10:30 hrs. local time. Looking forward to seeing you!

Recently we have learned about HSC 76, OM Hans, HB9MC, has become a silet key already in 2017.



March 24th, 2019
Here we have the final results of the HSC contest February 2019. The HSC congratulates the winners of the four sections: Thank you for participating at the HSC contest and see you again November 3rd, 2019! The results in detail are shown in a PDF file you may download on the Contests section.

Individual certificates can be downloaded from the contest evaluator. You can get detailed evaluated logs (after cross-check) from there as well. The earlier assigned passwort is required.



March 20th, 2019
We have some fresh news for you: HSC Bulletin on April 2019: The HSC April bulletin scheduled for 16 UTC on April 6th, 2019 has to be cancelled for organizational reasons. The German "Rundspruch" will take place according to schedule.



March 5th, 2019
The HSC would like to welcome two new members: Welcome to the HSC! Fabian, DJ1YFK now offers files suitable for the N1MM logger and WinTest software.



February 3rd, 2019
We sadly have to announce that OM Gert, OE3ZK, HSC 519, has become a silet key.

The HSC congratulates OM Jörg, DL5IAH (1969) for adding the stickers 3.5+7 MHz and ALLBAND to his WHSC Award.



January 26th, 2019
The HSC welcomes OM Jörg, DL5IAH as a new member. Jörg is HSC 1969. Welcome to the club!



January 20th, 2019
The HSC has some fresh news for you:

Achtung! Notice: Due to massive spam we do not accept e-mails from the domain *.com. Such e-mails will be silently discarded. This applies only to our HSC email address shown at the top of the Legal Notice section. Please feel free to directly contact the person you would like to get in touch with. In most cases, the HSC secretary would be the appropriate person.



January 7th, 2019
The HSC wishes to all its member and friends a happy and healthy new year! We have some fresh news for you:
We would like to point out our monthly HSC bulletin, transmitted by DKØHSC, op. DK4LX, every first saturday:
Last but not least a notice from our Secretary DK4LX to all members concerning proposal of membership:

To clarify proper procedures and avoid misunderstandings, I'd like to point out that all statements of sponsorship have to go to the potential candidate for HSC. They can be in the form of a QSL or an email and must contain all relevant and required details of QSO the sponsorship is based on. I do not need any advanced / heads up information. All I am interested in is a complete application package on the part of the prospective HSC member.

Complete means: five fully backed up sponsor documents, award fee as a bill, filled in and signed application form (can be downloaded from the website). A CC copy of any email sponsorship to me is o.k. but not required. It would be nice to have an automated system like LotW to handle everything through mouse clicks, however, as of yet, I'm afraid, we have go with the traditional, time-tested procedures.


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