Biography

Residing in Otsego County, New York. I have been a ham since 1992, coming into the hobby as a "No Code Technician", then achieving my 5wpm and becoming a "Tech Plus", and then getting my 13wpm and obtaining my "General Class" privileges. Someday I will stop being lazy and get my "Extra Class".

I enjoy DX'ing on HF, 10m through 80m. I am not a paper chaser or contester but I do like to collect QSL cards, so if we QSO please QSL. I am an old fashioned ham, and I QSL the old fashioned way. I do not eQSL, or LOTW, or via the bureau, I QSL direct only, and if I take the time and expense to drop you one in the mail I ask and would appreciate you reciprocating the gesture by sending one back. I return all QSL cards received 100%. I do not do greenstamps, IRC's, SASE's or PayPal. I operate on old ham principles and values, let's just swap QSL cards the old fashioned way!

I am an ARRL General Class VE, a member of ARES/RACES, and SKYWARN. I am a member of 10-10 International, my 10-X #64219.

I am a Freemason, hailing from Cobleskill Lodge #394, PM.



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DAN

Equipment

My station rigs consist of a Yaesu FT 840 HF rig, a Yaesu FT 2200 2m, a Ranger RCI 2950 10m, and Realistic HTX 202 2m. Antennas consist of a G5RV Jr., a Solarcon Imax 2000 10m vertical, a Cushcraft Ringo Ranger 2m, and a Isotron ISO 80. Mobile operations consists of an Icom IC-2300H 2m, a Yaesu FT 60R 2m/70m HT, and a Standard C558A 2m/70m HT.