Biography

Former calls and licenses - Novice 1959 - WV2IUD, General 1960 - WA2IUD, Extra 1961 - W9DUH.

Commercial 2nd and 1st Radiotelephone, 1962, AB2LQ, vanity call W2JLK since Feb. 2001.

Radioman USN Reserve. Bell Labs Distinguished Engineer (30yrs - now retired). Mainly enjoy CW DXing but have tried about everything ham radio has to offer. Current station configuration is Kenwood TS-990s / Upgraded Heathkit SB-220 2Kw amp / MFJ 3KW Differential antenna tuner feeding (for now), a rotatable 40-10m wire dipole array and 20-.7m Yagis. QTH located on the coast of New Jersey looking across the Atlantic at Ground Zero in Manhatten, NYC. (QSL card shows my homebrew QRP rig - 1w CW - DXCC!)

DXCC Honor Roll, 8B DXCC, VUCC, WAS Triple Play, QRP DXCC

Equipment

TXs: Homebrew 5w CW, TS-570D, TS-2000, TS-990s
Amp: Heathkit SB-220 with lots of mods
Ant.Tuner: MFJ-986
Ant: Cushcraft A3S tribander, 4 el 6m Comet beam, 11 el 2m beam, 12el .7m beam lots of dipoles and homebrew antennas
Misc: Tektronix 2445A scope, AEA Morse Machine, Commcat log