Biography

I first got interested in electronics around 1967 (age 11-12!). This lead on to radio when I was given several working and non working receivers and components from a Silent Key. The working receivers included a BC-348 with a 240v PSU and as yet unidentified HF receiver made by the Federal Radio & Telegraph Corp. (a true boat anchor, this was a 19 inch cube that seemed to weigh about 1/2 ton). These sets gave me coverage for the LF, MF & HF bands.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

I currently work the HF bands with a Kenwood TS-850SAT on 40/20/15/10m or a Softrock Ensemble RXTX (1W) on 40/20m. I use an Icom IC-240 on 2m (10W) or 2m/70cm with either a Baofeng UV-5R (4W) or a Icom IC-3210E (25W Car).

My HF antenna system consists of a wire fan dipole (running E-W) in the loft with a balun at the feed point and a Windom (running N-S) outdoors.