Biography

Hey! Thanks for checking out QRZ! I hope my QSO with you went well. I should say, I have real trouble with high noise on 40 and 80 - like S9+20 - I never call CQ, but if you tail-ended a QSO, you have to beat S9+20 for me to hear you. Sorry if I didn't come back - I'm working on it... By building a lovely Magnetic Loop antenna - Just about ready... I'm also working on my CW - My thanks to WIll, WJ9B and Rob K6RB, and the other CW-OPs guys in CW Academy for all the help. Hopefully you could copy my fist. Hopefully I copied your side of the QSO as well. I love International Lighthouse and Lightship Week - so watch for us on Patos Island or Alki Point in Washington every August. I also enjoy QRP operation from Summits on the Air (SOTA) peaks - no S9 noise up there - I love it! I'm a big fan of Field Day - Every Ham, Every June, Field Day. I usually operate with the Seattle ACS and Puget Sound Repeater Group effort at South Seattle College - Listen for W7ACS, WW7PSR or W7AW.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Elecraft K3, P3, KPA500, KAT500, KX3
Icom IC-7000, 706MKIIG, 880AD, 80AD
Kenwood D7

Gap Titan vertical, 3-Element Tribander, wires
VHF - UHF M-squared beams
8 element 6m beam and horizontal loops
160M/80M/40M copper pipe loop antenna

See my QRZ page for pictures...

vy 73 de WR5J

Curt

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