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N4JAW

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James A Williams Jr

Louisville 402182562
United States, KY

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Call data

Last update:2025-01-21 20:30:17
Continent:NA
Views:125
Main prefix:K
Class:Advanced
Federal state:KY
Latitude:38.1875000
Longitude:-85.6250000
Locator:EM78EE
DXCC Zone:291
ITU Zone:8
CQ Zone:5
ULS record:4380294
Issued:2021-01-26

Most used bands

20m
(74%)
40m
(15%)
10m
(5%)
15m
(4%)
17m
(3%)

Most used modes

CW
(100%)

QSL dataUp to date!

Last update:2025-01-21 20:31:05
eQSL QSL:YES
Bureau QSL:no
Direct QSL:YES
LoTW QSL:YES

Biography

My ham radio journey began while spending the Christmas holiday of 1956 at my grandparents. One of my aunts was a school teacher and one of her co-workers was a neighbor of my grandparents. This neighbor’s husband was a WWII vet who used his GI Bill to become a Radio / TV repairman. The day after Christmas Mr. Vance C McCain / WA4IDE (SK) invited my cousin and I into his repair shop, fired up his SSB rig, called CQ a few times and “BEHOLD”; a voice came back sounding like Winston Churchill. As a product of post WWII, I had been acquainted to that foreign accent from times spent sitting on the floor in front of our big RCA cabinet radio listening to shortwave and domestic broadcasts with my parents and both sets of grandparents. It was fascinating for my young ears to witness someone in Madisonville, KY talking with someone in Great Britain. At that young age I was hooked.

I reside in apartment and it hasn’t prevented me from working the world on SSB, CW, PSK31, RTTY, FT8 and SSTV with a Mag Loop Antenna sitting next to one of my bedroom windows. I’ve also worked satellites, ISS, HF / UHF packet, JS8Call and Winlink. Since retiring in 2016, I’ve had more time to enjoy the hobby; however, the pandemic shutdown propelled me deeper into the hobby than ever before. I’ve rekindle my efforts in troubleshooting and repairing equipment, kit and antenna building, become more proficient in Morse code, operate mostly QRP, become more involved in studying Space Weather.

Since going car-free several years ago, 99% of my POTA activations are done by bicycle. I call myself “Ham on a Bike” and as a bike tourist it is nothing for me to load up my bike for a trip which includes ham radio to add to the adventure.



The year 2024 saw me become more involved in revamping some of my older equipment Ten Tec rigs, building antennas for portable operating and almost daily Parks on the Air activations. 2024 saw me complete my 200tth and 250th POTA activation from Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve US-7956 in Louisville, KU. USA; which is less than four miles from my QTH.

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