Biography

Born: Monterey, California (vintage 1961)

** ARRL Life Member **

DXCC #42,526 (20Meter DXCC added 12/02/2011)

DXCC-RTTY #3001

WAS-CW # 53,065

WAS-RTTY # 631

DXCC-Challenge Current: 433

N8NOE's Online Log, Check it here?

DMR REPEATER: 442.8375+ CC1 (Motorola XPR8400)

Licensed: 1989-KB8LKF (Novice), 17 Years & 3 Upgrades Later N8NOE (Extra), Continuously Active.

Favorite Bands: Grateful Dead, Jimmy Buffett, Nazareth, Blue Oyster Cult, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Alice Cooper, Texas Tornados, Frank Zappa, Jo-El Sonnier and John Mellencamp

Groups and Such: http://www.ctdxcc.org/ , http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MI-Cigar/ , http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MacAPRS/ ,

Favorite Software: MacLoggerDX, CocoaModem, RUMped & RUMtrol (DL2RUM's Software), RYTelnet, Photoshop, Acrobat, MacOSX, (Any Flavor), Xastir and Microsoft Office OSX. ( I DO like the Windows (ctrl,alt,del) Keys!)

Favorite stuff for the Shack: My FLUKE-867B Meter & FLUKE-196C ScopeMeter. My NEW MacBook Pro 15" (Intel Duo-Core) & 13" Uni-Body MacBook Pro, "My Favorite Coffee Cup", B/SOTL, Coffee, Rocky Patel, Coffee, C.A.O, Cohiba, Punch Gran Puros, Bahia Blue,Coffee. (If ya'll don't know you DON'T need to).

Favorite Rig: My Home Station has all been updated now, I use a Icom IC-7700, with the ArraySolutions OCF-80 Antenna at about 30ft, And a GAP Challenger (Ground Mounted). The Added ACOM 2000A Amplifier is a GREAT addition to the station, and really Plug-N-Play. The PowerMasterII is Great to have in the Shack Also. I also use a Palstar HF-Auto Tuner. This is about the BEST I can do here. I Also run a Icom IC-756 ProIII Portable, a YP-3 Portable Yagi, And the Transworld Backpacker. Just started getting into D-Star Radio and having a Blast with that also. See Who is on D-Star Right Now on D-Star Users.

Clubs: CTDXCC ( Central Texas DX and Contest Club ), ARRL Life Member, Feld-Hell FH#439 , Straight Key Century Club SKCC#2469, Flying Pigs FP#1031 , PODXS 070 #1148

I've been running RTTY, CW, HELL Mostly on ALL bands I hear signals, Mostly 20/30/40 and even got a few on 10 Meter. My MacAPRS Station on FindU (Xastir) is still up 24/7



Apple's Snow Leopard Server ( OSX 10.6.2 ) is running, but still a Work in Progress to make Everything Right.

Running AB5K AR-Technology's AR-Cluster at Home here also, This can be Reached by my FTP-Web Page (or),

AR-Cluster (ARC Ver.4) Telnet://DX.N8NOE.US on Port 23 and

AR-Cluster with CWSkimmer (ARC Ver.6) Telnet://N8NOE.US:7373

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

(( HOME ))
Icom IC-7700
ACOM 2000A Amplifier
Palstar HF-Auto Tuner
PK-900 TNC/RTTY controller
Array Solutions Windom,Power Master II, Line Isolators
GAP Challenger Vertical

(( Carry/To-Go ))
Elecraft KX2 and KX3
Chameleon F-Loop
YP-3 Portable 3el Yagi
Assorted other Antennas, PAC-12, Dipoles, Etc....