Biography

Welcome to my station. I have been an amateur radio operator since 1973. Started as WN7ZCJ, then upgraded license to N7IEQ a few months later. WA7VTW was my math teacher first year of highschool. And Rudy had a ham station in his class room that got my attention. I purchased an HW16 and VFO kit, built it at home and drove my parents mad as I learned morse and hung antenna wires from the fence in the back yard. I have portable operated on sailboats as I explored trans-Pacific sailing crossing from California to Hawaii in 2013. Been living in the mountains in southwest Washington state USA since moving from Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1992 when we built the house and a year later my shop and ham shack. I bought a yagi tri-bander and put it up, ran 100 watts mostly until June 2026 when my Mercury Lite showed up. I went totally battery power off grid and can operate 500 Watts now and I operate most modes on all bands, with battery lasting for about 5 hours on one battery charge.

Very impressed and well worth the money Kenwood Xcievers and the KM3KM amp is my first and fantastic solid state amp for off grid and permanent fixed base operations.

I used to live in south central Africa and ait the beam there in hopes of reaching. Managed a few time to hit southern Africa, lots of Japan where I also spent considerable time over the last 30 years traveling on business to pacific rim. Made antartic contact with yagi and 100 watts a couple time so WaC'd which was a goal since I was 13 years old. From my QTH pacific islands, New Zealand and Australia openings are great and I hope to visit and spend months sailing and exploring the coast lines of these continents now that I am retired, sort of.... I have been a airplane pilot since 18 years old and I still love aviation, flying, building experimental aircraft, and teach a bit to young persons.

Equipment

Kenwood ts440 and TS590 - Mercury Lite Amp