Franz Langner

Medal № 71

Franz Langner, DJ9ZB/KDØRXY

Licensing in 1964.

More than 50 years active to this hobby-Amateur Radio.

DXpeditions/operations: 4W1ZB, JY8ZB, DU1ZB, DU9ZB, HBØXJV, TA2ZB, SV5JH, C5ABL, OE6XG/A, J2ØCP, J2Ø/A, 4U1ITU, 3A3WPX, FØZN, T7ØA, HBØBOE, HB/DJ9ZB, EA8/DJ9ZB, C3ØLY, VK9ZR (Mellish Reef) VK9ZR (Willis Is.), PYØSK, PYØSR, KB6IRD/KHØ, XE1FLA, FOØXX, TP2CE, TP8CE, YI9ZB, PA3CXC/STØ, ET3DX, E31A, 7J1AEX, E3ØBA, E3ØGA, OM9AZB, 9E2A, 7O1A, 3XA8DX, J5Z, 6O1Z, 5U7Z, XRØX, 3CØV, 3CØF, 9XØZ, 9U9Z, TN9Z, 4O3T (new DXCC-entity), K7C, ES1EZB, GBØU, GD8K, GT4BRS, LY3ZZ, VU3FLZ, K4M, KH4/DJ9ZB, PJ7E (new DXCC-entity), TO8DX, HV5ØVK, HKØNA, CU4ARG, 1A0KM, XZ1J, E3ØFB, XZ1A, A5A

Club Memberships: DARC, ARRL, NCDXF, CDXC-Clipperton DX Club#27, CDXC-Chiltern DX Club/UK, SDXG-South German DX Group, ODXG-Oceania DX Group, RRDXA-Rhein Rhur DX Association, EUDXF, DIG-Diplom Interessen Group, AGCW, HIDXA-Heard Island DX Association, NIAR-National Institute for Amateur Radio, NGARC-Northrop Grumman Amateur Radio Club, SCDXC- Southern California DX Club (Honoary Member of SCDXC), DXFF-DX Family Foundation #005, LYNX-Lynx DX Group, INDEXA-International DX Association, GDXF-German DX Foundation, BDXG-Bourdeaux DX Group HR #210, 4U1ITU-Int. .Amateur Radio Club, PDXC-Passau DX Club, BARS-Barry Amateur Radio Society, DXARC-Colombia Amateur DX Club, OKDXC-Czech DX Club, DX Italy Honorary member, PDXers-Pacific DXers, Diamond DX Club#190, Hawaii DX Association #479, QSL-Manager Society, Araucaria DX Group Brazil, MDXC-Meditaranian DX Club.

Ham Radio Awards: CQ DX HALL of FAME (09. May 1982), DXCC Honor Roll on MIXED, PHONE and CW, DXCC RTTY, 5BDXCC # 496 (25. May 1976), DXCC Challenge >2500, 5BWAZ (05. Dec. 1987), WAZ 21 MHz#1 (17. Sep. 1975), WAZ 28 MHz # 1 (28. Nov.1978), WAZ 24 MHz#13, WAZ 18 MHz#9, Worldradio «100 Nations Award», 1st World, 1st Europe European QSL Manager of the Month – South German DX Group (SDXG) 2003, 2006, ARRL A1 – OP Award, DXpedition of the Year 2009/2010-K4M Midway Atoll by SW Ohio DXAssociation, DXpedition of the Year 2009/2010- K4M-Midway Atoll by Clipperton DX Club, DXpedition of the Year 2012–HKØNA-Malpelo I.by SW Ohio DXAssociation, DXpedition of the Year 2011/2012 HKØNA, Clipperton DX Club-CDXC, NIAR R.Gandhi –Silver medaille DARC Silver medaille District Baden 2002, DARC Award «Cycle 24», DX Hall of Fame by Rhein Rhur DX Asociation –RRDXA-2011, DX Hall of Fame by Araucaria DX Group, Brazil - 2012. Participating many Contests every year, CQWWDX, WPX, All Asia and others

Autor of: «Handbuch für den Kurzwellenamateur», Frech Verlag 1985, «DXers Handbuch», Beam Verlag, 1986, «DX–World Guide» , VTH-Verlag, 1988, 1st edition, «DX-World Guide», FT-Verlag, 1998, 2nd edition, «Erfolgreiche DX–Praxis für den Kurzwellenamateur und SWLs», 1993, VTH-erlag, «DX-Jahrbuch 2001», VTH-Verlag, 2001, Editor of DX-News, BEAM-Magazine 1981-1994, «Funkamateur –Taschenkalender» 2008-2017, FA-Verlag CQ Communications, USA, «DX World Guide» 2012, 3rd edition.

- DL1CU & DJ9ZB organising the 1st Amateur Radio Journey to Japan and the Philippines with visiting the JARL and PARA societies.

- BEAM-Magazine – writing «DX News» monthly for 12 years

- QSL-Manager for more than 125 stations since 1973

(most QSLs he sponsoring for DXstations who can’t printing the QSLs and didn’t having an active QSL bureau) - INDEXA Director since 1985 (International DX Association)

- Setting up the Club station in Addis Ababa as ET3AA in 1993

- Founder of the German DX Foundation (GDXF) in 1996 and elected president since 1996, now with over 700 members

- http://www.GDXF.de, Issuing 2 magazine /year- supporting appr. 30 DXpeditions /year

- Helping with Donations for the Tsunami desaster in VU in coordination with INDEXA, Tsunami 2011 in Japan.

- Hamradio Friedrichshafen, since 1996 GDXF-DX Forum representing there.

Visiting many DX Conventions: 1979 Clipperton DX Convention, Paris; 1980 Int. DX Convention , Fresno, USA; 1985 ARI Bologne, Italy; 1988 LYNX DX Convention, Madrid; 1996 LYNX DX Convention, Andorra; 1997 Ham DX Convention, Tokyo; 1998 USKA, Winterthur, Swiss; 2005 HF Convention, CDXC, London; 2009 URE DX Convention , Madrid; 2007, 2008, 2009 LY-Hamfest’s , Lithuania; 2008 Bruessels Amateur Radio Exibition at the EU-Parliament; 2010 Clipperton DX Convention, Pontalier, France; 2011 Clipperton DX Convention, Noumottieur, France; 2012 8th Int. DX Convention is Paestum, Italy; 2012 Int. DX Meeting Tokyo, Japan; 2012 Clipperton DX Convention in Granville, France