W2RU -- "Bud" -- formerly KN2KIR, K2KIR, K1WJD, W2JJ. Herkimer County. WNY ARRL Section. Loc: FN23nr.

Located on a one-acre waterfront parcel on pristine 4th Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. Buried in a "jungle" of evergreen trees you will find the following antennas:

160: Shunt-fed 90' Rohn 45 tower w/top loading, 24 radials

80: Half-wave dipole fed with "real" open-wire line

40: M2 40M2L "shorty-40" @ 100' (30m)

20: CC 20-4CD (strengthened) @ 92' (28m)

20/15/10: CC A-3 @ 60' (19m)

30/17/12: 40-meter half-wave sloping dipole @ 26' (8m)

2: CC 11-element Yagi

Rotors: Early T2X with Green Heron RT-20 PC-linked controller. Behind the photographer: 300' NE Beverage, 200' NW Beverage. Inside: TS-950SDX, Alpha 99, SB-220, K1EL WinKeyer WKUSB, Logger32.

I'm 99% CW and have been since my Novice license days. Except for my use of CT or CTWin in contests, I send CW by hand with an old Brown Brothers paddle driving the K1EL WinKey -- in my opinion, the best (and perhaps only) Ultimatic keyer on the market.

When not chasing DX on the low bands or preparing for & operating in Sweepstakes, Field Day, or DX Tests, I'm active in the Eastern Area Net of the National Traffic System, ARRL's orphaned message-handling system. Currently I'm a member of the Fort Herkimer ARA, Salt City DX Association, and Yankee Clipper Contest Club (YCCC).