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Joe, K1JT and I at the Prague EME Conference in August 2002
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Meeting VE7BQH in his shack in Vancouver during a business trip to Washington State in November 2001.
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Meeting JA0BLU and many other EME amateurs in the Niigata area in April 2002.
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My xyl and me when she joined me on a business trip to Tokyo in March 2003. Luckily we had some time to travel to Mount Fuji.
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Doesn't black and red match perfectly? On a business trip to Shanghai September 2004.
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Meeting the famous alpinist Reinhold Messner who spoke at a congress I had organised in February 2005.
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Meeting Journalist Dr. Gabriele Krone-Schmalz at the same conference in February 2005.
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With the Master of Chess Garri Kasparow who spoke at a conference I had organised in February 2006.
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Bob, ZL1RS, could manage a short visit to my home on 6 July 2006 when he flew from Geneva via Frankfurt to Sri Lanka. Sadly we had only a few hours but it was good to meet and also listen to him telling not just about ham radio but also about his work for the International Red Cross.
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Alex (RU1AA) and I met at the 11th EME Conference 2006 on August 26, 2006 in Würzburg.
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Also at the 11th EME Conference, again with Joe (K1JT).
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With Frank Schätzing, author of the famous bestseller "Der Schwarm" ("The Swarm. A Novel of the Deep"), in February 2007.
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From left: Frank DH7FB, Josep EA3DXU and DF2ZC. On our way to ZB land we met for dinner in Barcelona on 18 April 2007 - sadly the final time I saw my friend Josep: He passed away 6 months later.
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On 2 April 2009 the first German in space, Dr. Sigmund Jähn, spoke at a congress I had organised in Berlin.
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On 3 April 2009 when waiting for my flight from Berlin to Cologne I met the former German Secretary of Foreign Affairs Hans-Dietrich Genscher. We had an interesting discussion about the quality of my pilot's case and about how he managed fighting the jet lags when he travelled around the world.
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