Biography

A picture of me at age 14 in 1966 with homebuilt 75 W cw transmitter and HeathKit receiver.

Thanks for visiting my page, 73 & great dx to you !

I will qsl direct via card or eqsl.com

Equipment

CW/BPSK: Yaesu FT920 normally at 50 Watts
CW: Old straight brass key or Iambic Keyer
Mac Mini + homebrew interface + fldigi 3.23.19

Beofang UV5RA HT for vhf/uhf

Two selectable inverted Vee's N-S and E-W up 40 feet or
100 ft longwire, all for general hf shortwave.
70 cm vertical up 45 feet for local uhf repeaters

Station is 1500 ft. atop a Pennsylvania mountain in the middle of the woods.
Ground rods are into artisan spring run-off 5 ft. from the shack.