Biography

Thank you for visiting my QRZCQ page!

Thanking God for my great health and the many blessings in my life every day, far too many to count.

Current weather at my QTH, updated continuously every few seconds:
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KTXODESS95
Or https://ambientweather.net/dashboard/65d3ef3d4df04ffafbfa54df5c1b327b
Or https://app.weathercloud.net/d9678107401#current (defaults to Metric)

This is my 33rd year as a licensed Amateur Radio operator, still with my original callsign. My grandfather always had radios and enjoyed talking on them, so I was exposed to it starting at an early age.

I am intermittently active with WSPR transmissions on 630m-6m (200 mW), and the U.S. 22m Industrial, Scientific, and Medical band at 13.5539 MHz as well (0.46 mW). I do voice sometimes on HF SSB, VHF/UHF simplex and DMR.
See my WSPR spots here: https://www.wsprnet.org/drupal/wsprnet/map
Facts about the 22m band: http://22meters.com/index2.html

I monitor 146.520 MHz simplex occasionally.
https://rrra.org/post/2019/05/25/who-is-monitoring-2m-simplex/

I am also a data feeder for Flightaware.com and FlightRadar24.com, I have antennas and receivers to gather ADS-B position, altitude, speed, and other data from aircraft on 1090 MHz and send it via internet connection to servers where anyone can see it.
Here are my current stats for Flightaware:
https://flightaware.com/adsb/stats/user/n5xxn#stats-9529
Real-time air traffic in my area:
https://flightaware.com/live/airport/KODO
https://www.flightradar24.com/32.13,-102.58/8


I wish you all blue skies and well-tuned antennas!

73's,
James

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

This section doesn't really matter because everyone has their favorites and it's all a variety. Get something you think you might like and enjoy it.

Or talk about the useless "equipment" you have like it is stuff everybody else wants. Or lie about a bunch of equipment you dream of having but don't actually have. ;)