Dietrich Brandt (Germany)

Born in Elbing / Westprussia on the coast of the Baltic Sea in 1937. After visiting high school I made my education as a radio and t/v mechanic.Then I attended the nautical college in Hamburg where I got my 2nd Class R/O Licence in June 1959. From 1959 to 1963 I was R/O on board several german vessels, After that I attended the nautical college (now nautical high school ) at Bremen from 1963 to 1964 and obtained my 1st R/O Certificate. From 1964 to 1965 again R/O on board german ships. The photo : that´s me and a part of the radioroom of the passenger liner TMS “HANSEATIC”/DABR , there were 4 R/O-Colleagues o/b. From 1965 to 1968 I was Operator in the German Military Air Weather Service ( former Geophysikalischer Beratungsdienst) at Cologne-Bonn Airport and got my 1st Class Weather Operator Licence (Prüfungsschein 1) .From 1968 to 1997 I worked in the Deutsche Bundespost, Telekom and was radio operator at NORDDEICH-RADIO / DAN. During that time I got my Amateur-Radio-Licence and the Flight Radiotelephone Certificate .Then after retirement I appreciate ham radio my C/S is DL1BHM.       Bst 73 Dietrich