QSL VIA LOTW, BUREAU. I work THOUSANDS of stations per year contesting. I’d appreciate it if you can include an SAE or SUFFICIENT POSTAGE/IRC/or GREENSTAMPS if you wish to QSL.  LOTW is preferred. This info is also good for my former call WA6IKQ. All QSL’s 100%.

All Plumas County K6JS CQP logs have been uploaded to LOTW.

I worked for RCA and General Electric for 15 years as an electronic technician, specializing in audio and video circuitry. I made the transition to Information Technology around the time the San Francisco Forty Niners won their 5^th Super bowl. Since that time,  I’ve enjoyed employment with Sonoma State University and currently with a nearby County government.

I was born and raised in San Rafael, Ca… a Marin County Native. I was first licensed at age 14 as WN6IKQ in 1974. I enjoy DXing and contesting, mainly CW, but will plug in the Mic once in awhile. I even work some CW DX while mobile. I am close to DXCC mobile.

My station consists of an ICOM IC-7700, which I won as the grand prize winner at the 2009 Visalia International DX convention. How sweet is that??!! Along side it is a Yaesu FT 1000 MP Mark V field and old SB200 amp. Antennas at the moment are a F-12 C3 at 50’ and a multi band trapped dipole. I also have a TS-570D at the cabin in Lake Tahoe.

I have an Icom IC-706MkIIg and a SCS PACTOR III modem in the truck with an AH-4 auto-tuner and a whip antenna. I used this mobile system in 2002 when I sailed a Cal 36 from San Francisco to Hawaii. The system worked flawlessly  across the Pacific Ocean. I loaded up the boats backstay and with the ocean as our counterpoise I enjoyed DXing, maritime mobile check-ins and Sailmail for the crew of 3. I was in my element:I was fishing, sailing, and I had my
ham radio! I didn’t realize the uplifting effect it had on the crew when I would yell, “Mail Call!”

Clubs

Treasurer and Contest Chairman for the Redwood Empire DX Association.

Northern California Contest Club – KB

ARRL

When I’m not DXing and contesting… I enjoy cycling, mountain biking, cooking, wine making, sailing, bass guitar, flyfishing and gardening.