Biography

First licensed as a Technician with the sequential call KO4VVN in January 2022, I acquired my current callsign out of respect for Gerald Warr (SK), the original holder of W4UTZ.

I was inactive until summer 2024 when I built a QRP Labs QDX-M kit for the 10m band and started making contacts with FT8/FT4. That led to an upgrade to Extra in February 2025, a multiband second QDX, and a restoration project Kenwood TS-830S hybrid.

At my QTH in Charlotte, NC, that TS-830S is now on duty for FT8/FT4 (and occasional SSB), interfacing with the shack PC through direct soundcard connections and a serial PTT circuit. The current antenna is an attic dipole cut for 20m that the old hybrid will load up passably well from 30m to 15m.

I do occasionally operate away from EM95ne, and when that happens I am QRP (5 to 25 watts), traveling with a QDX and a wire dipole/EFHW or mobile with a vehicle-mounted base-loaded vertical.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Kenwood TS-830S -> Attic Dipole