Biography

QTH 35 miles N. of Philadelphia, FN20jk, Bucks County. 2022 is 56 years in Ham Radio.

First call: Novice WN3FTO Pennsylvania (1966) and Ft. Gordon, GA (1967) Army Signal Corp 25C training. Knight T60 and Star Roamer with 80m dipole fed directly with 300-ohm TV twinlead. Shack/living quarters was an 18' x 52' tent.

Other calls: Got WA3JUF (Conditional Class) and HL9KK in Kwangju, Korea (1968). At that time, Art Harris, HL9KA (SK) gave me the exam. Worked 20m CW with a homebrew 2-el bamboo quad. Operating as a DX station was a lot of fun. W3KM since 1996.

I work all HF bands with a TS-590S and OCF dipole and 6m with a 3el beam. 6-2-222-432-1296 in VHF/UHF contests.

WSJT QSOs:
When you receive or send RRR, RR73 or 73, log the QSO, just like SSB or CW. In contests, if you receive R as part of the exchange, log the QSO. Many stations will not complete the sequence after they get a RR73. Allow the sequence to finish, I will do the same.

I am a member of the Mt. Airy VHF Radio Club aka The Pack Rats since 1973.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

TS-590S
TM-621A
IC-451A

28 MHz to 144 MHz HB transverter
28 MHz to 222 MHz HB transverter
28 MHz to 144 to 1296 MHz HB transverter

HF thru 6m: 300W Buckmaster 7-band OCF dipole
6m: 3el Directive Systems Yagi, 100W
2m: 12el HB Cushcraft Yagi, HB 100W
222: 11el HB DL6WU Yagi, HB 75W
432: 19 el HB K2RIW Yagi, HB 75W
1296: 2 x 45el HB loop Yagis, HB 60W