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 32nd 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.

Most of my current activity is 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, usually during the day on weekdays.
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

Radios:
Icom 7300 x 2 (doesn't everyone have at least a couple of these laying around now?)

Yaesu FT-100 paired with RigExpert Standard digital interface (for prototyping alternate WSPR configurations), currently being used for WSPR RX on 10m day/80m night, but I change it often.

Zachtek dedicated WSPR transmitters for 6m-2,200m (except 60m, the restrictions in the USA make
WSPR not practical/legal)

Zachtek monoband receivers for 15m, 30m, and 40m.

Yaesu FT-840

Yaesu FT-890

Alinco DR-605

Alinco DJ-MD5TGP

Raspberry Pi 2 (GPIO Pin 4) being used to transmit on 22m ISM band WSPR with 0.46 mW (-3.4dBm).


Antennas:
6m:
Sirio Tornado 50-60

10m - 80m:
Ground-mounted Hustler "8BTV" with 64 radials, updated with 30m, 17m, and 12m add-on kits, and fed with 150ft of DXE-400MAX cable, here's a short video tour of it with the ground radial installation:
https://youtu.be/tJMgHC50SrE
Hustler 4,5,6BTV Vertical Antennas Enthusiasts Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1772829652833090

Homebuilt ground-mounted multiband vertical antenna for 30m, 22m, 20m, and 10m with 32 radials, fed with 100ft of 1/4" Heliax.

MyAntennas 75m EFHW oriented E-W at 20'
MyAntennas 80m EFHW oriented NE-SW at 30'

160m:
Full-size OCFD, feedpoint at 50'

630m:
Experimenting with T-antenna and Inverted L antennas with various means of matching, haven't decided on a permanent setup yet. But I will make something permanent in the near future.

2,200m:
Coming soon (whenever "soon" is. ;) )