History
- December 1995
- Thursdays meeting in PP convers, channel 112
- 1996
- First meetings at Ham Radio fair and UKW-Tagung
- 16 January 1997
- Foundation of the IG FiH by DL2ABM, DL1GJJ, DL2OCL
- 31 January 1997
- The first club call DKØFIH is assigned, owner: DL2ABM, QTH Gifhorn, DOK: H08
- April 1997
- DBØFIH is assigned (DG6YEB in Selm, N21)
- June 1997
- DLØFIH is assigned (DL1GJJ in Hochdorf, P21)
- September 1997
- Publications in journals of the aid organisations and amateur radio
- August 1997
- DFØFIH is assigned (DL2OCL in Helmstedt, H54)
- October 1997
- FiH meeting at Interradio
- November 1997
- First 80m FiH roundtable on Monday evenings
- January 1998
- Publication in the Germany radio announcement
The 100th member is accepted - August 1998
- First radio announcement, initially weekly, from September 2000 on monthly
- November 1998
- The IG FiH on the web: http://www.qsl.net/ig-fih (now abandoned)
- 1998
- FiH meeting at AMTEC
- January 1999
- The “Blue Light Diploma” is published
- March 1999
- DCØFIH is assigned (DB3VG in Illingen, Q20)
FiH meeting in Merchweiler (Ham20) - May 1999
- DOØFIH is assigned (DO1YES in Bielefeld, N01)
- 1999
- FiH meeting at the amateur radio market in Dortmund
- July 1999
- New QSL card design is introduced
- October 1999
- DAØFIH is assigned (DL8NCS in Eckental, B33)
- November 1999
- First 70cm FiH roundtable via the Torfhaus relay on Monday evenings
DDØFIH is assigned (DC1GJF in Frankfurt/Oder, Y22) - December 1999
- 100th Blue Light Diploma is awarded for honour
- January 2000
- 2m FiH roundtable via the Leer relay on Monday evenings (QRT in November)
- February 2000
- The special DOK “FiH” is assigned for the club calls
- March 2000
- DGØFIH is assigned (DG9FFM in Gießen, F07)
- June 2000
- 70cm FiH roundtable via the Gießen relay on Friday evenings (QRT in October)
- July 2000
- FiH long-time contest starts
- October 2000
- FiH info booth at Interradio
- November 2000
- FiH weekend in Heyrothsberge near Magdeburg, fire prevention and civil protection academy
- November 2001
- FiH weekend in Dommitzsch (Sachsen), state police academy
- January 2002
- FiH exists for 5 years
- December 2003
- Torfhaus roundtable is transmitted in Echolink for testing
70cm FiH roundtable via the Vogelsberg relay on Monday evenings
2m FiH roundtable via the Feldberg relay on Thursday evenings
Times and relays are then changed repeatedly - February 2004
- 400th Blue Light Diploma is awarded for honour
- March 2005
- FiH meeting at the flea market in Gießen-Wieseck
- May 2005
- The long-time contest is discontinued for lack of participation
- September 2005
- FiH meeting at the UKW-Tagung in Bensheim
- September 2006
- 700th member is accepted
- January 2007
- FiH exists for 10 years
(11 years no news…)
- July 2018
- Rainer, DL8NCS, takes over the leadership of FiH from Karsten, DL2ABM
The FiH has now over 850 members - September 2018
- Gisela, DG9NGO, is the new diploma manager for the Blue Light Diploma
- April 2019
- The new website is available on ig-fih.de. This is the only current website. The old website (www.qsl.net/ig-fih) is no longer maintained and outdated. Its deletion is desired.
- May 2021
- The Blue Light Diploma is redesigned for a new edition, so far over 570 diplomas were issued
- August 2023
- The website is also available in English