Greetings!

My radios are all Elecraft. I have a K3/100 #366 and K2/100 Serial #4455 with the KAT100 antenna tuner.

The antennas at my Oak Ridge QTH (Anderson County) are basically all down.This QTH is slowing being disassembled, most operations are now from Blaine in Grainger County.

At the Blaine QTH (Grainger County, Grid EM86ee) I have anAB-621 (about 55' to the boom) sporting a 4 element SteppIr with an 80M dipole. During contest season, the antennas can vary some. On 40M I have been very pleased with an inverted Delta Loop, with plans to add a delta on 80 and possibly a two element for 40 (EU/OC). For 160, I have on a top loaded 72' vertical which has stood up well during high wind situations. I have a 330' beverage in a gully that sometimes helps take the edge off noise, although this QTH is pretty quiet. I completed WAS on 160M LP (all during 2005 ARRL160, one weekend) and am working on 160M QRP WAS. I am working on 160M DXCC Low Power (114 worked, 103 confirmed, 27 zones).

My partner, in the picture, a non-Ham, helped me with the installation of the 80M vertical, 160M vertical, SteppIr and many other weird configurations. Rita has helped bury radials. She's also been very supportive during contests, a true keeper! ...and I did (or she did?) as of 19 August 2006, we are Mr. & Mrs.

I QSL all who send cards, sometimes I get way behind, and I apologize to anyone waiting on cards. Would like to see more folks posting logs on LOTW and eQSL, I do upload all of my logs.

Contesting is my main activity and I've been fortunate. Currently, I hold US records in IARU CW QRP (looks like this one is history as of 2009), the ARRL160 SOLP Division/Section/State records and in CQ WW DX CW SOLP 160 and 80. I enjoy state QSO parties as well as DX contests. Primarily a CW operator, although I do drop by the SSB segments from time to time and have become active on RTTY...

Look forward to logging you throughout the contest year... I'm part of the Tennessee Contest Group (TCG).

I was fortunate enough to be the 2009 Tennessee Contest Group Facilitator. We had a good year overall with growth of the group, the Tennessee QSO Party and great participation in a bunch of contests (not to mention a few wins here and there!).

2009 activities included a mobile op as N8Q (QSL to N2WN with SASE, will have a card printed post contest) in the West Virginia QSO Party and N4Q in the Tennessee QSO Party. 1x1 calls in the spirit of the ARRL Triple Play Award ;o)

Watch this site for the 2010 Tennessee QSO Party: http://www.tnqp.org