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William James Porter

Newark 43055
United States, OH

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Call data

Last update:2025-12-01 03:32:24
Continent:NA
Views:133
Main prefix:K
Class:Extra
Federal state:OH
Latitude:40.0688970
Longitude:-82.4016730
Locator:EN80TB
DXCC Zone:291
ITU Zone:8
CQ Zone:5
ULS record:743834

Most used bands

10m
(100%)

Most used modes

SSB
(100%)

QSL dataUp to date!

Last update:2025-12-01 03:32:43
eQSL QSL:YES
Bureau QSL:no
Direct QSL:no
LoTW QSL:YES

Biography

The love of radio bit me at about age 10 while visiting my cousin we used a pair of "Archer Senior Space Patrol" walkie-talkies from Radio Shack. I was amazed at this talking without wires technology it seemed like magic to me. I remember working very hard to come up with the $9.00 it would take for me to own one of these magic radios.

As a teenager of the 70's the love of radio landed me in the middle of the CB boom. I found myself having as much fun experimenting with antennas and radio modifications as actually talking to other CB'ers.

When I started attending high school I signed up for a Television broadcast class on our high school campus which is where I met my Elmer Lee K8MZH. Lee was the teacher in charge of the station and just happened to be a ham. With some encouragement from Lee I signed up for a ham class being offered by our local radio club and became KA8OXN. After being inactive for years and allowing my license to expire I started the licensing process over again in 1989 this time getting my Extra class license to enjoy ham radio to its full potential.

As I was initially attracted to the hobby of radio by its "wireless" magic I have also discovered the magic of people with whom I never could have became friends if not for the magic of radio!

Bill N8LFP

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Yaesu FT 1000 MP
Yaesu FT 2000
Yaesu FT-847
Dentron Clipperton-L Amp
Mirage Amps for 144 / 432
Tri Bander
432 22 element stacked yagis
4218 2 Mtr Beam
Various Wire Antennas
Several HT's

  

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