Repeater information

Biography

Look for me on FT-8 Wspr and other digital modes on all HF bands; or the 444.300 repeater in eastern Iowa PL192.8
I have worked at Rockwell Collins and some small businesses.
My studies are engineering and computer science.
I interface the radios with computers and write some software for automation control.
Countries I visited in the past:
England Germany Austria Japan China Canada and many states.
IA AL MS LA IL IN OH WV VA NC
FL TX MO MD ND SD NV NM AZ CA
ID MO NE CO UT WY PA DC NC SC
HI KY TN MN MI WI
Flown over but not visited:
OR WA NY NJ MA ME VT CN NH DE AK
My relatives range from Samoa to Texas to Denmark to England.
QTH is EN42

Equipment

VLF: Using a Cushman frequency selective Levelmeter this will tune cw usb lsb from
'dc' about 15khz to 3mhz. I use a shielded loop antenna. It can be locked to a reference
for very low drift.
Stations heard 23khz 25khz 40khz(NL) 60khzWWVL comes in at -80dbm.
40khz seems to be ideal for lightning detection.
137khz: have not detected any signals.

Due to the 2020 derecho (140mph extended windstorm) that struck east part of iowa,
most of the antenna systems are down and have to be rebuilt.
Many are ready to put back up when the tower is completed.
Meanwhile a CB 5/8 wave vertical has been retuned to 10m and an at150 tunes it flat.
I am riding the 10 meter wave while it lasts.
An Icom 751 is used there to operate FT8 Wspr and occasional voice..
A 20m vertical is available. The ic751 has been renewed with many new capacitors.
A Yaesu FT990 which has the built in tuner is used on a dipole on 40 20 15 10.
Due to the two radios co-site proximity I don't band hop right now on wspr.

I also have the Icom 706mk2 with computer control. which is used mobile and portable.
A Tyt quad bander is used on 10 6 2 and 440 mobile. Look at 29.6 or 29.5.
There is a lot of noise on 29.6 at times, ?keyed up remote bases?

The tower work ought to be done soon to get back on long range VHF UHF.



See you on the bands!