Hello,
HAM Radio has been one of my favorite Hobbies For Many years, I enjoy many
facets of Amateur Radio, DXing, Contesting, QSLing, (Fellow DXers Please send
your QSL'S!!), Hill topping, RTTY, AM rag chews, CW, Satellites, QRP, EME, Weak
signal work on 6M, 2M, 220 MHz, 432 MHz 903 MHz,1296 Mhz, 2304 MHz, 3456 MHz
and 10 Ghz .
PLEASE UPLOAD LOGS TO LOTW & eQSL BUT SEND THE CARDS FOR MY ALBUMS!
County Hunting - I am currently active and enjoying the quest in working all
3,077 U.S. counties, so far this year 2,500+ worked and 2,000+ confirmed! I am
active on the 14336 and 7238 County hunting nets , any Mobiles out there please
checkin the net to run your county , Check out this link for more information:
http://www.countyhunter.com/whatis.htm
Other radio interests SWLing, VLFing, UTE listening, military stations, time
stations, weather stations, beacons etc.
My Awards include :
"Worked All States": 17 Meter band W.A.S. # 1 !!! 10m W.A.S. SSB, 15M
W.A.S. SSB, 20M W.A.S. SSB, 40M W.A.S. SSB, 80M W.A.S. SSB, 160m W.A.S. # 903
ALSO 5BWAS # 2286 AND RTTY W.A.S. # 142, eQSL WAS.
W.A.C. "Worked All Continents" on PHONE, CW and RTTY.
DXCC AWARDS:
DXCC Confirmed: Mixed (323 Countries), DXCC PHONE (321 Countries), DXCC CW (239
Countries)RTTY DXCC # 243 (189 Countries). 10m DXCC # 2,375, 40m DXCC 40m #
927, 80m DXCC # 2,175, 12m DXCC, 17m DXCC, 30m DXCC, 5BDXCC # 5,577 .
Other DX Awards:
DXCC CHALLENGE, CQ W.A.Z. # 3880, CQ-DX 2X SSB # 1936,CQ-DX 2X CW# 1079, CQ-DX
RTTY # 12 ; 73's DX Dynasty Award # 80, WA-VK-CA # 1842, RSGB Commonwealth
Century Club Award # 30, BARTG QCA # 426, S.A.R.G.T. WSRY #167, eDX100, PSHR,
6M VUCC # 1,515 - 250+ confd. grids, 3.4 GHz VUCC # 77, 10 GHz VUCC # 52...
The 3B9C Expedition " NEVADA RODRIGUES TROPHY" North America - Low
Power - First Place! -- Thanks to all of 3B9C for the nice award and a very
Successful DX-Expedition!
CONTESTING: my interest first started operating RTTY contest with several 1st
place W1 call area finishes in several S.A.R.G.T WW RTTY . the S.A.R.G.T. is
this first contest I officialy entered.
Also active in the NH QSO PARTY trivia: New hampshire was the first state to
sponsor "state QSO parties" . The NH QSO party is the 2nd week in
Febuary.
I enjoy contesting for both operating and technical challenges esp.
VHF-Microwave work which I am active HILL-TOPPING in VHF /UHF contests.
Look for me in the January, June, September ARRL VHF QSO parties also the
August ARRL UHF contest and July CQ W.W. VHF Contest. we have several 1st place
finishes in these contests for 2006 1st place portable in all 3 ARRL VHF
contests, Jan., June, Sept. 2006 . 2004 SMIRK 6m QSO Party 1st place NH. 2005
10th place worldwide.
Recent HF CONTESTING: 2004 & 2005 ARRL INTL' DX CONTEST PHONE-QRP 2nd place US
& Canada and 1st Place in the ARRL Northeast Division. 2004 ARRL INTL' DX
CONTEST CW-QRP 1st place NH.
Other activities: I have been active in the past on various local Traffic nets
and have served as NET Control. control Station and enjoy participating in
Weather nets, I am also a ARRL Offical Relay Staion and Volunteer Examiner.
TEN-10: 10-X # 48116 6M SMIRK # 6633 MARAC # R4279
Operating Equipment:
HF Station : Yaesu FT-1000D, Yaesu FT-990, Kenwood TL-922 amplifier, Ameritron
AL-572 Amplifier, Kenwood TS-430S,Kenwood TS-440S, Nye Viking MB-V-A 3KW tuner,
Heathkit SA-2060 2KW tuner. PK-232 for Digital. HF Antenna's: 3 ELE.Cushcraft
Triband Yagi @ 12m, R8 10-40m Vertical @ 12m, AP8A 10-80m Vertical GND MNT.,
Full Wave 80M Band Loop Antenna Balanced Fed. @ 10m above ground for 80 & 160M.
Vintage AM station: Collins 75A-1 Receiver, Collins 32V-2 Transmiter, Viking
Valiant, 6 & 2M Gonset Comm 1 & 2. NC receiver.
VHF/UHF Station: Yaesu FT-736R with modules for all modes for 50, 144, 222, 440
MHz and 200+ Watts on each band. Gonnie Boxes for AMing on 2, 6, 1 1/4 M :),
Microwave Modules for 2m and 6M . NEW: 1296 MHz Down East Microwave 25 watts
Transverter. 903 MHz Down East Microwave 60 Watts Transverter. 903 MHz 200 watt
amplifier converted cell amp. NEW: 2304 MHz Down East Microwave 20 Watts
Transverter W/ piggy back AMP. 3456 MHz DEMI TVTR with 40 watt amp . 2304 and
3456 are mounted close to the antennas with less then 3 dB system loss. Yaesu
FT-8000R DUO-Bander.
Satellite Station: Yaesu FT-736R, 20 Ele. cross yagi for 2M; 17 Ele Cross yagi
for 70 cm. (2400 MHz DEMI down converter no antenna yet); Yaesu G-5500 Rotator
, Satellite tracker with Digital readout; Mast mounted SSB electronics SP-2000
Preamp for 2m and Mast mounted SSB Electronics SP-7000 70 CM preamp both with
in shack Sequencers controling high power TE 2M AMP 400 Watts out and TE 70 CM
AMP with 150 watts out.
Home station: VHF/UHF Antennas, 21 ELE. Log Periodic 50-1300MHz @15m Horiz.
mounted ,2nd Create 21 Ele log Periodic 50-1300 MHz Vertical polarized.
144/222/450 TRI-Band Vertical @ 15M, 50/144/450 MHz Ground Plane @ 12m, 2M 12
ELE. Beam at 12 m, 2m 10 ELE. cross Yagi @ 10m, 432Mhz 16 ELE. Cross yagi...
HILL-TOP LOCATION ANTENNAS: 3 ele Cushcraft A3 at 35 ft, 40/80M Full size fan
dipole fed at 60 ft. 75/160M Full size fan dipole fed at 80 ft.
MOBILE SETUP: Yaesu FT-100D , ATAS Motorized Antenna Covering: 6m 10m 12m 15m
17m 20m 30m and 40m Bands, And a HB Screw-Driver Antenna for 80M, Duo Band Whip
for 2m and 70cm.
Antennas for Portable "hill-Topping" My 02 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Overland with home made drive on plate with rotator with rack mounted support
arm, push up mast, I use a 50-1300 MHZ Log periodic if I'm feeling lazy , dont
laugh :) it rendered Second place finish in the portable category for the 2004
JUNE VHF CONTEST and 1st Place in the 2004 September QSO Party.
UPDATE NEW: HILL-TOP Station: 6 digit GRID IS: FN43GD
NOW ACTIVE on 8 BANDS 50 MHz to 3456 MHZ contiguous.
Portable OPerating: on 1,000 FT hill just outside Concord, NH miles outside of
Concord the Hill has a elevation that is just 0ver 1,000 feet. with Unobscured
Horizon from South to West to North.
I will be active during all ARRL VHF and UHF , CQ WW VHF, SMIRK and other VHF
contests as well as during AURORA, E'Skip , TROPO , Meteor Scatter Band
openings when I catch them with the best of my efforts, email me for any
possible Schedules.
Portable station is setup in the back of my SUV where I am Using a Yaesu
FT-736R for 2M, 6M, 1 1/4M, 70CM and DEMI Transverters for 903 MHz, 1296 MHz,
2304 MHz,and 3456 MHz .All Bands from 50 Mhz-6M to 2304 MHz-13 CM.
The Antennas: 6M: 4 Element Yagi by DS, 2M 12 Ele 17 ft. boom K1FO style Yagi,
222 MHz 17 Ele Yagi, 432 MHz 25 Element 17 foot boom K1FO style Yagi ,
Microwave Antennas: 903 Mhz 33 Element loop Yagi on 12 FT. boom, 1296 MHz 45
Element Loop yagi on 12 FT. boom , and "Blowtorch" for 2304 MHz 76
Ele Loop yagi on 12 FT. boom and for 3456 MHz a 76 ELE Loop Yagi on a 8 Ft.
boom. all by Directive systems.
All Coax Cables are Times Microwave LMR-240UF/400UF 6&2M, LMR-400UF for 222,
432, LMR-600UF for 903 @ 1296 MHz Attempting to keep cable loss to a minimum.
Low loss custom cables were made and kept short as possible. The result is
respectable Low loss with out "heavy weight hardline!"
Cable loss by band at the antenna: 6m Loss less than 1 dB, 2m Loss less than
1.5 dB, 222 Mhz loss less than 2 Db, 432 Mhz loss 2 dB, 903Mhz loss 2.0 dB,
1296 MHz loss 2.4 dB. 2304 MHz 1.4 dB loss. and 3456 MHz 1.6 dB Loss .
Other Hobbies and Interests Include: Hiking, Mtn. Biking, Travel, Chess,
Skiing, SnowMobiling, Photography, Astronomy, Astrophotography,etc. Too many
Hobbies and not enough time!!!
ATTN: FELLOW FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD, I DO USE LOTW "LOG BOOK OF THE
WORLD" So please do register and UPLOAD your logs ! I am also E-QSL
AUTHENTICATED , I prefer LOTW, However I am a QSL Collector , so please I still
want and collect real paper QSL cards!! Internet QSLing is great for award
credits however this does not replace a nice card for the QSL Albums to browse
through!! :) so please use LOTW but send your QSL card!...
Also fellow CONTESTERS I UPLOAD most of my Contest logs to LOTW and E'QSL and
Encourage others to do the same if you Email your contest results you can
upload the text ADI or TQL file To LOTW and E'QSL at the same time its easy and
can be helpful to others. If you want to schedule a contact for my state, grid
or county you can write or email me at:
KA1LMR@yahoo.com
