Take a look at underground sprinkler cable.  For example, Lowes.com item no. 391364 -- 5 conductor 18 gauge.

2011 Annual Western Carolina Hamfest

Saturday July 30, 2011
Sponsored by Western Carolina Amateur Radio Society
WHERE: Haywood County Fairgrounds
758 Crabtree Road, Waynesville, NC
Latitude: 35.533414 / Longitude: -82.960174

There are probably a lot of options if you use a 4th district call with one of these formats: *4NDY or **4NDY.  If you want to keep the Zero, what about WA0NDY or KA0NDY?

I think you're out of luck with the last name.

Jack

See if this helps:
http://www.qsl.net/soundcardpacket

Here you go (courtesy of K6XX):

http://www.qsl.net/k6xx/ic706amp.pdf

See www.mods.dk

Is there any way to disable the duplex feature of a soundcard when working EchoLink so I won't hear my voice through my PC speakers when "transmitting"?

I would like to enable true "PTT" so the speakers are muted when speaking into the microphone. Sure I can use headphones or turn down the speaker volume, but it seems like there should be a more effective remedy. I am using the latest version of EchoLink.

Thanks,
Jack

Take a look at www.radioworks.com for some nice antennas and a lot of helpful information. Their G5RV is here: http://www.radioworks.com/PDFCat2002/55.pdf. Their Carolina Windom is also very popular.

Your internal antenna tuner in the Kenwood may not be able to satisfactorily tune the G5RV (or any other multi-band wire antenna) on all the bands you want to use. Most internal antenna tuners have a limited range and are primarily designed to "tweak" an antenna that is already resonant for a particular band.

I'm sure you'll get a lot of suggestions and responses on this helpful forum. Good Luck.

Jack

Take a look at Eqf-Jr by N3EQF:
http://www.eqf-software.com/

I used it for years on an old 386 computer. It looks like this is still available as a shareware download.

73,
Jack   W4JH

Try this one:
http://www.aacnet.net/download.html

BuxCom is Buck Rogers, K4ABT. He is an honest gentleman who has contributed greatly to the digital modes of amateur radio. Contact Buck and explain the situation and I'm sure he'll make it right.  

Terry, take a look at the BV program by DF3CB: http://www.df3cb.com/bv/bvfeatures.html

Its freeware and seems to be a favorite among the big-time QSLer's.

73, Jack

See the Slashed Zero Font web site:
http://vlp.home.pl/hams/font.htm

Take a look here:
http://www.westmountainradio.com/links.htm
for a great selection of digital mode software.

The FCC rules were changed some years ago, and you are no longer required to append the "Portable 8" to your callsign. It still might be a good idea for you to do so, however, in order to avoid creating pileups of stations wanting to work Alaska. Also, if you participate in contesting, check the particular rules for the contest -- you might need to add the "Portable 8."