Call data Last update: | 2016-07-18 14:49:18 | QTH: | New Bethlehem, PA | Continent: | NA | Views: | 298 | Main prefix: | K | Class: | Advanced | Federal state: | PA | US county: | Armstrong | Latitude: | 40.9900000 | Longitude: | -79.3400000 | Locator: | FN00HX | DXCC Zone: | 291 | ITU Zone: | 8 | CQ Zone: | 5 | Website: | www.qsl.net/k3rll | ULS record: | 3162201 | Issued: | 2010-01-22 |
QSL data Last update: | 2016-07-10 18:13:28 | eQSL QSL: | YES | Bureau QSL: | YES | Direct QSL: | YES | LoTW QSL: | YES |
| Biography Amateur Radio: K3RLL
I changed my call sign 01-22-2010 from WA3ZBJ (which was NOT a vanity call, needless to say) to K3RLL to emulate my brother Glenn who has held the call W3RLL since he was a teenager. (At our age, it has been a long, long time since either of us were teenagers.) I've been watching K3RLL probably more than 30 years and when it became available, I jumped for it.
Retirement has provided the time to again enjoy ham radio from both Florida and Pennsylvania.
PA: Located here along the shores of "world famous Redbank Creek" in rural Pennsylvania with an old Icom IC-735 feeding a G5RVjr up about 40'. With a wire antenna and current conditions, this station is just not a commanding presence on 20 meters. However, I continue to enjoy QRP with various gear such as my little Hendricks "Yellow Wonder" PFR3 that has seen a lot of portable use here along the hilltops. When then-president Bush sent us all an individual bonus check for ham gear, I was able to add a Yaesu FT-817nd to the stable and carry it back and forth between PA and FL. This little rig has been a lot of fun. It's amazing what a store-bought rig will do! (Smile) It even came with a "microphone".
FL: After retiring and being chased out of the Palm Beach area by hurricanes Frances and Jeanne, I am now operating from Northern FL with a very early c.~1990 Elecraft K2 #1596 to a flat-black stealth Hustler 4-BTV that can only come out at night. Living with a homeowner's association requires one to quickly return the vertical to the garage whenever not in use. Daylight hamming is therefore restricted to a coil-loaded attic dipole. A brighter ham would never have built a home in an antenna restricted community. Hi hi. Therefore, most of my FL operating is QRP from various parks and such using my trusty old 1975 Heathkit HW-7, NorCal 2N240, Rockmite 40, Yaesu FT-817nd, Elecraft K1 #2613, SWL-30, SWL-20 or now a KX-1. The SW-20 or 30 "go pack" fits into the Harley saddlebag for favorable weather portable opportunities.
Latest Project: Last summer I assembled (can't really say 'built') a new Elecraft K3 and this past winter the matching P3. With the matching (matching is important, you know) Elecraft SP3 speaker, it forms a nice line across my small radio desk.
I'm not totally convinced the K3 does a lot more than my early K2, but with matching boxes ..., well, you know. (Grin).
I highly recommend investigating NAQCC if you like CW, lower power and simple wire antennas. It's a club for those of us who still like the basics of ham radio. http://naqcc.info
Other interests include my 1967 MGB (purchased new), a burgundy Mustang, a matching C6 Corvette and a couple of motorcycles, although my beloved old Corvette has moved on to a new owner. ("Boys and their toys"?)
Thanks for not only stopping by, but for reading along and I hope to hear you on the bands. You'll most likely find me on the QRP CW frequencies.
72/73, Don K3RLL
Incomplete list of published items:
"World Radio Online, February 2011" - My shack gets a little magazine coverage for QRP stations.
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