Tim Rauhut

Tim Rauhut joined WiMo at the beginning of 2002 after retraining as a technical product designer. For Tim, it was not only a new workplace, but also the opportunity to incorporate his joy and passion for "everything that sparks" into his work.

Long before he received his license certificate in 2002, Tim was bitten by the radio bug - on the very day that a supposed operating error landed him in the shortwave range of his grandmother's Grundig portable radio. Instead of the local FM stations, he heard faint voices in languages he didn't know and oriental music. What a magical moment for a ten or eleven-year-old in the 1980s! From then on, every time he visited his grandparents, he disappeared into the guest room with the radio. Soon afterwards, he was given a set of walkie-talkies for his birthday. From then on at the latest, he was bitten by the HF bug and his passion for handheld radios was sealed. During his time at secondary school, CB radio was the means of choice for communicating with his colleagues, as cell phones were not yet available. Whether it was doing homework together in a relaxed atmosphere or meeting up in the afternoon: the 11-meter band was not only practical, but you could also hear stations from abroad, which was absolutely fascinating. Of course, his first car also had to be equipped with "CB" later on. At the same time, his passion for shortwave reception continued to grow and he began to experiment with self-built antennas and to achieve the maximum possible with the simplest means. When the desire to become active on shortwave himself arose at some point, it quickly became clear that there was no way around participating in the amateur radio service. Even after passing the "E" class exam, there were a number of opportunities, but his goal was to achieve the "A" class and in 2009 he finally got there. Unfortunately, he has only been able to operate the radio to a very limited extent due to lack of space, so his activities have shifted to low-power portable operation and the use of handheld radios. To this day, the legendary Yaesu FT-530 is his absolute favorite and loyal long-term companion. When digital radio arrived a few years ago, he was able to make worldwide radio calls on "DMR" with an AnyTone handheld radio - from home or on the move, without an additional antenna or a portable setup.

Most WiMo website visitors and customers have probably already (unknowingly) come into contact with Tim's work: Be it in the form of product texts, collages, CAD graphics or assembly instructions for one antenna or another.