Biography

Welcome,

I've been an OTR truck driver since 1994, I enjoy seeing the country and visiting with people I've never met. I also enjoy talking with people on the bands.

I have always been on the 11 meter band since my childhood years when my dad had his vacuum tube 23 channel CB radio along with a moonraker on a 40ft tower, back when you needed a call-sign just to talk on the CB. That was a a lot of fun back then.

After several years of talking on the 11 meters, my Cobra 29 quit working. So while I was in Knoxville, TN, I decided to purchase another radio. I purchased a Stryker SR-955 HPC, 10 meter 60+watts of peak power with USB, LSB, FM, and AM band radio, it's frequency range is from 24.000 MHz to 30.015 MHz. The salesman made it very clear not to talk on the 10 meters without a license and the reasons behind it. So that peaked my attention to learn about the hobby.

I passed the Technician & the General exam on 12/14/2019 and received my license on 12/18/2019. I've been enjoying the new hobby ever since.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Current HF setup:

Yaesu FT-891
HI-Q 5R/160 Mobile Antenna

Current VHF/UHF Setup:

Icom ID-5100A
Yaesu FT3D
SharkRF openSPOT3
Comet SBB-5NMO 38" NMO mirror mount

Local repeaters:

145.130 MHz, WA0NQA, Ararat Shrine Radio Club in Kansas City
146.940 MHz, WB0EJJ, Paul Revere Amateur Radio Club in Prairie Village, Kansas
145.170 MHz, K0GQ, Raytown Amateur Radio Club in Raytown, MO
145.290 MHz, WØERH. Johnson County Amateur Club in Overland Park, KS
146.790 MHz, W0KCN, Kansas City Northland ARES
147.120 MHz, N0HV, Southside Amateur Radio Club

Satellites:

ISS, AO-92