DJ2YA, Ulrich Weiss

Call Signs:    DJ2YA (since 1955), N2YA (US extra class since 1995)

Professional Activities:

1968 – 2002             High School teacher teaching English

, Maths, Physics
and IT at Staedtisches Gymnasium Bad Laasphe

Amateur Radio Contest Activities:

since 1955

continuous amateur radio activity in various modes including regular participation in major amateur radio contests with high scoring international results in fone and CW, e.g.:

1955
first CQ-WWDX-Contest Award

1965
co-founder of RRDXA (Rhein-Ruhr DX-Association)

1965-69
8 x in Top Five Single Operator EU (1968 SSB EU-Winner)

1973
WWDX-EU-Trophy Winner Single Operator SSB

1985-2004
Secretary of RRDXA

1990-2008
30 x in Top Ten EU SOAB(A) – total score > 90 million points

1996
member of a German team with DJ6QT in WRTC1996 in San Francisco

2000
Referee (of K5ZD/K6LA) in WRTC2000 in Bled

2002
nominated for WRTC2002 (together with DJ6QT), but forced to withdraw because of urgent commitments at work

2003
operator at ZA1A winning WWDX-CW Multi Multi in EU

2006
Referee (of BA4RF/BA7NQ) in WRTC2006 in Florianapolis

2009
operator at CR3L winning WWDX-CW M/2 world-high

2010
lecturer at CTU in Friedrichshafen