Karl Rothammel

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Karl Rothammel (born December 25, 1914 in Fürth ; † November 29, 1987 in Sonneberg ) was a German non-fiction author and radio amateur . He was the author of the first editions of Rothammels Antennenbuch , a standard German work on antenna technology .

Life

Rothammel had been a radio amateur since 1932, initially under the call sign DE3040 / L. Since 1954 he was active under the callsign DM2ABK and from 1980 until his death under Y21BK or Y30ABK.

During the Second World War he was an air force operator. After the war he worked as an innkeeper and farmer. He then worked for ten years in the GDR postal service , where he looked after radio and television broadcasting systems . This was followed by twenty-five years of work in the information and documentation center at the radio equipment factory Stern-Radio .

As a radio amateur, he was the club station manager in Sonneberg and a member of the examination committee in the Suhl district for many years .

In amateur radio, he was mainly active in the VHF area and worked for several years as a VHF speaker in the GDR radio club. Rothammel made the first connections on the 2-meter tape from the GDR to France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands from his VHF location “Gaststätte Blockhütte” .

Literature and publications (selection)

Rothammel wrote the VHF reports in the magazine " Funkamateur " for five years .

As an author

  • Antennenbuch , 1st edition (East) 1959, Ed .: Verlag Sport und Technik; 1st edition (West) 1960, Ed .: Franckh-Kosmos
  • Rothammel's antenna book . Newly edited and expanded by Alois Krischke. 13th updated and expanded edition. DARC-Verlag, Baunatal 2013, ISBN 978-3-440-04498-8 .
  • The ultra-short waves , Berlin 1963, German military publisher
  • Practice of television antennas part 1 and 2 , 1966, German military publisher

As a co-author

  • Paperback for short-wave amateurs , Halle 1955, Verlag Sport und Technik
  • Pocket book of amateur radio practice , 1978, military publisher of the GDR
  • Amateur radio practice , Berlin 1966, German military publisher
  • Elektronicum
  • Electronic yearbook

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ position coordinates
personal data
SURNAME Rothammel, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German non-fiction author and radio amateur
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Fuerth
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1987
Place of death Sonneberg