Biography

9-20-22 Technician License

10-15-22 General License

11-4-22 Amateur Extra

12-2-22 Vanity callsign change from KD9VUC

12-30-22 ARRL Accredited VE / CVE

2-7-25 W5YI Accredited VE

Ham Radio Prep and HAMSTUDY.ORG are great resources!

Short-term goals: Make lots of QSO's! I'd like to find free time and do some POTA activations, but that's tough currently running 2 businesses.

I have many years of experience with citizen band, marine, VHF/UHF commercial & avionics radios. I'm a diesel mechanic specializing in diagnostics and repair of electrical systems.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Equipment: Handhelds: Yaesu FT5DR

Yaesu FT-891 HF Set up in a Portable Zero Voyager backpack. Portable Zero Escort Rails, Tigertronics SignaLink USB, maT-30 Automatic Tuner, MFJ-4230MVP power supply, MFJ-213 antenna analyzer. Homebrew EFHW antennas. Homebrew portable power supply.