Biography

Retired radar systems engineer. Supported our war-fighters for 40 years.
Former Scout leader, Youth baseball & softball umpire.
First Licensed in 2000 but QRT for years.
Upgraded to extra and became active in VHF and HF.
Mostly work WSJT-X modes.
Dabble in homebrew antennas (EFHW), QRP and Raspberry Pi.
VE with the Elmore County ARC.

Mostly upload to LoTW.
Always glad to exchange QSL cards!

Equipment

VHF: Yaesu FT-65 ; Homebrew Super J-pole

HF: Yaesu FT-dx10.
Homebrew 80-6m EFHW @ 55ft invverted L.


Raspberry Pi 4B, Build-a-Pi, Homebrew soundcard interface (SABRENT USB), CAT, GPS dongle for time sync,

Sometimes roaming in RV.
Installed Kenwood TS-480SAT, Raspberry Pi, Antenna Vertical 35.5 ft random wire & 9:1 balan, LDG Z-11Pro II tuner. LiPO4 battery powered.