OK1DFC – About me

  My name is Zdenek (Zdeno) SAMEK and I am born in 1958 year. I have two sons from my first married and two with my second wife. My sons are Zdenek and Jirka and you can see them on the OK1KIM pages as a SHF operators in contests under OL4A. Honza and Libor are not interesting in this strange hobby :-)

1978 - 1980 - mechanical engineer in TMS Pardubice

1980 - 1990 - mechanical engineer in Krušnohorské strojírny and VZMA Most

1990 up to 2000 I was working as a co-owner of TES Litvinov, later TES Media and today KARNEVAL Media, first private CATV system in OK. 

September 2000 up to April 2004 I was working for ALPHA Technologies

From 1st of May 2004 I am working in CommScope International

  History of OK 1 DFC station

My first young license OL5ATU – since 1974 year, first activity was on 144 MHz and first QSO with OK1ATQ 24.12.1974

Adult license OK1DFC – since 15.th of May 1977

This is my first TRX CW/SSB for 144 MHz build in 1978 - PA35W out - SWR meter and Power supply

in this time used for first M/S HSCW tests

Why DFC ?

Because

Distinguished Flying Cross

GB2IWM - Imperial War Museum Duxford radioclub

Airplanes and Air History of W.W. II. is my second biggest hobby and interest

Most important story about " Memphis Belle" B-17 Super fortress

1982 - Member of contesting group OK5VHF - OK VHF club today

1985 - First testing 432 MHz and 1296 MHz

1989 – Since OK-VHF Club – member of OK-VHF Club

1990 - First contacts with EME traffic on 144 MHz

1995  - Member of OK1OKL contest team, as a operator on 23cm done 330 QSOs on 1296 MHz

OK1OKL contest team page

1996 - First EME QSO 432 MHz with OK1KIR

1997 - First EME QSO 1296 MHz with EA6ADW

1997 - Member of ARRL - Nr.1000031093

1998 – 8.th EME conference Paris

  1998 - First place as OK1DFC/p in single EU - SHF contest on 1296 MHz from JO60RN OK1DFC/p in single EU - SHF contest on 1296 MHz from JO60RN

1998 - ARRL EME contest - OK1DFC single 3.th place 1296 MHz W.W.

1999 - Accomplished WAC on 1296 MHz

  1999 - EME Marathon 1296 MHz 1.st place W.W.

2000 - 30th of May first 1296 MHz OK - OX with  OX2K - QSL

2000 - June first QSO OK - OK with  OK1KIR on 3400 MHz

more details about here

  2000 – 9.th EME conference Rio de Janeiro

  2000 - First place in EU UHF - SHF contest 432 and 1296 MHz as OK1KIM

2001 - First place in EU UHF - SHF contest 1296 MHz as OK1KIM

2002 – 10th EME conference Praha

  2002 - Moved to the new QTH and started 10m dish EME project

2003 New OK Record by Aurora propagation on 432 MHz with RW3PF

2004 New OK Record by M/S propagation on 432 MHz with SM3AKW

2004 - 11th EME conference New Jersey

2005 - EME on 144 MHz with temporary installed system single Yagi 18.el M2

2005 - Start by operating new EME antenna - DISH 10m

2005 - August - first shoot on 1296 MHz with new DISH

2005 - August - first 1296 MHz QSO C3 - OK with C31TLT

2005 - August - first 1296 MHz QSO EI - OK with EI / DL1YMK gallery

2005 - August - first 1296 MHz QSO CU - OK with CU8AO QSL - 2nd side

2005 - ARRL EME contest - OK1DFC single A 1.st place 1296 MHz W.W.

2006 - first 1296 MHz QSO CT3 - OK with CT3 / DL1YMK gallery

2006 - first 432 MHz QSO CT3 - OK with CT3 / DL1YMK gallery

2006 - first 432 MHz QSO 9H1 - OK with 9H1MRL/p gallery

2006 - 12th International EME conference Würzburg - Germany

2006 - first 432 MHz QSO A71 - OK with A71AW

2006 - first 432 MHz QSO LU - OK with LU7DZ

2006 - Accomplished WAC on 432 MHz

2006 - first 432 MHz QSO HK - OK with HK1DX

2006 - first 1296 MHz QSO 4O6 - OK with 4O6EME

2006 - first 3400 MHz QSO G - OK with G3XDY

2006 - ARRL EME contest - OK1DFC single A 2.nd place 50-1296 MHz MULTI BAND W.W.

  2006 - EME Marathon 1296 MHz 1.st place W.W. 1.st place W.W. 1.st place W.W. 

  2006 - EME Marathon 432 MHz 1.st place W.W. 

2007 - first 1296 MHz QSO C6 - OK with C6ARI gallery

Kirill in OK - damaged azimuth and elevation gear - QRT for while

2007 - first 1296 MHz QSO P4 - OK with P43L

2007 - first 1296 MHz QSO OA - OK with OA4BHY

2007 - ARRL EME contest - OK1DFC single A 2.nd place 50-1296 MHz MULTI BAND W.W.

  2008 - EME DUBUS JT65 contest 1296 MHz 1st place W.W.

  2008 - EME DUBUS CW-SSB contest 1296 MHz 1st place W.W.

  2008 - EME DUBUS CW-SSB contest 432 MHz 5th place W.W.

  2008 - EME DUBUS CW-SSB contest MULTIBAND 5th place W.W.

2008 - SSB EME contest 2nd place W.W.

2008 - first 1296 MHz QSO 3A - OK with 3A/DL3OCH

2008 - first 1296 MHz QSO CX - OK with DL1YMK/CX

2008 - first 432 MHz QSO CX - OK with DL1YMK/CX

2008 - First EME QSO 2320 MHz with OK1CA

2008 - First EME DX pedition 4O / OK1DFC & Z3 / OK1DFC

2008 - 13th International EME conference

2008 - EME MW DX pedition to OM/OK1DFC

2008 - First EME QSO on 3400 MHz with LX1DB

2009 - first 432 MHz QSO V5 - OK with V5/KT6Q

2009 - first 1296 MHz QSO V5 - OK with V5/KT6Q

2009 - first 1296 MHz QSO 5N - OK with 5N0EME

  2009 - EME DUBUS CW-SSB contest 1296 MHz 4th place W.W.

  2009 - EME DUBUS CW-SSB contest 2320 MHz 4th place W.W.

2009 - EME DX pedition to Bosnia and Herzegovina E77DX