''Funkamateur'' (“amateur radio operator”) is a monthly

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enthusiast

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published in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. The magazine is published in

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and draws its circulation of 34,700 primarily from

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

, and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. The magazine is published twelve times per year with a circulation of 34,700. ''Funkamateur'' traces its roots to the magazine "Sport und Technik", which was published by the former

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

organization

Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik The Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik (GST), lit. “Sport and Technology Association”, was one of the East German “Mass Organizations”. Officially, it was established to structure the free time of young people interested in sport ...

(''Association for Sports and Technology'') starting in 1952. In 1954 the section for radio enthusiasts was split off, initially under the title "Sport und Technik, Ausgabe D, Der Funkamateur", which was shortened to "Der Funkamateur" in 1955. Similar to developments in other countries (e.g. with

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magazine growing out of the amateur radio magazine 73), ''Funkamateur'' played an important role in the East German computer enthusiast scene in the 1980s, publishing numerous computer-related articles such as a series on building a complete computer based on the microprocessor

U880 The U880 is an 8-bit microprocessor that was manufactured by VEB Mikroelektronik "Karl Marx" Erfurt (abbreviated as MME; part of Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt) in the German Democratic Republic. Production of the U880 started in 1980 at VEB ...

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