Biography

I was first licensed in 1971 as WN7QYG. Upgraded to WA7QYG in 1972. Upgraded to Extra in 1981 and received call KU7Q.

Ham radio led me to a career in communications. I spent 20+ years as a comm tech or engineering assistant, and the last 19 as a Comm operations manager with O&M responsibilities over 3 states.

I've always enjoyed the technical aspects of the hobby and mostly operate CW or FT4/FT8. I really enjoy designing and building unique station accessories based on microprocessors. A couple of examples are BlueLync featured in the February 2007 issue of QST and CTR2-Mini featured in the May 2023 issue of QST.

My latest project is called CTR2-MIDI. It's a small (60x60x20mm) Bluetooth and USB MIDI controller specifically designed for ham radio use. It's supported by Marcus' (DL8MRE) iOS/MacOS radio control apps (SmartSDR, SDR-Control, SDR-Mobile, etc.), Remote Ham Radio, Thetis (ANON and Hermes Lite), SDR-Console, and others that support MIDI control.

For more information visit my web site at https://ctr.lynovation.com or my YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/lynovation

73, Lynn, KU7Q

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Yaesu FTdx101D, Flex Radio 6400, Icom IC-9700, sBitX, Xiegu G90, QCX-20, Kenwood TS680, Heathkit HW-7, Elecraft K1, Kenwood TM-241, and a Hexbeam.