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Click for more detail... Profile picture is me at Dayton 2009. Stopped by the Icom booth and ended up playing with their new IC-7700, it's a beautiful radio! -- On CW, I go by my shorter nickname Dunc (prounounced *dunk*) Hello! I am currently 14 years old and an Amateur Extra. I was licensed Technician with code on 2/4/06, upgraded to General on 4/15/06 and finally Extra in January of 2007. The other hams in my family are K0CEY (SK), WD0FHK, KC0BS, KB0BAW, KB0AWL, KC0KTP, KC0QIN, KC0QIO, KC0ZNO, KC0ZVT, KD0EVO, and KD0EVW. Callsign: I was originally assigned KC0VVU, but once I got my Extra changed it to KU0DM. KU as I am a big KU fan, DM are my initials. In the future, I'd like to change my call to a 1x2 for contest and DX reasons. Operating: I probably spend much more time listening in pileups than calling CQ. I love DXing, and am currently working on a little station rebuild (see equipment), once I'm finished I hope to be more competitive in the pileups, my current standing is around 130 worked. However I reserve the weekends for another facet of the hobby I hold dear: contesting! I tend to operate in the majors contests (lately chasing DX to get my count up), however I plan to start spending more time running. A good friend, Lee Bergren W0AR passed earlier this year on May 1st, 2009 at 93. He left me with many stories, wisdom, and teachings in Ham Radio. However one of the biggest gifts he left was his callsign, W0AR. Lee acquired that prior to the Vanity program, and it is truly a beautiful call in many ways. You will hear me operating using W0AR during various contests, using W0AR in memory of a DXer, contester, engineer, friend, and Ham. Lee Bergren W0AR, January 12, 1916-May 1, 2009 I have been operating many contests from the K0KU, University of Kansas ARC club station. They have a very nice station in place, consisting of an Icom 756 ProIII and TH7 at 70' plus legal limit. Although I'm not a student at KU (currenly a Freshman in High School), the president N0RC has been very welcoming.
Doing some hunting in CQ WW CW 08 at W0AR (SK, in the background)
Operating 20m CW during FD @ K0KU
Running on 15m CW at K0KU M/2 for NAQP CW. Alex, KU1CW on 20. Equipment: Running a Yaesu FT-897D to Cushcraft R8 mounted at 20'. WIth hopes of securing a solid job (to go alone with lawn mowing) to get a better radio. The Yaesu works great, but doesn't cut it in contests and pile-ups.
On VHF and UHF, I enjoy playing around with APRS, and seeing how much functionality we can get with equipment at hand, as well as seeing how far we can push our equipment. Trying to get the most range, or most reliability, you can guess that I'm very involved with Emergency Communications. Also enjoy playing with voice repeaters for the same reason as above.
Roles: ARRL Youth Editor, 440 NCS for JOCO (Johnson County)ARES, 2 meter NCS for JOCO ARES, 2 meter NCS for SATERN, 2 meter NCS for JCRAC, President of KD0BUH, T91RC (Troop 91 Radio Club), JOCO ARES Rapid Response Team Coordinator and Youth Outreach, SKCC 3556, FISTS 13577, WWYC 741, and proud member of T91RC, JCRAC, NEKSUN, Olathe CERT, JOCO ARES, and KC SATERN. Being the ARRL Youth Editor, I write articles for the league that may be viewed from their website, however I also do speaking at clubs and hamfests. Most recently I spoke at the Kaw Valley Amateur Radio Club about the role Ham Radio needs to assume to attract youth to the hobby. You can view the speech from the links below (at the bottom right, under the viewing screen click High Quality)
Outside Hara Arena at Dayton 2009, blogged all weekend for the ARRL NEKSUN: The name NEKSUN is a combination of North Eastern Kansas Amateur Radio Club (NEKSARC, K0HAM) and Sunflower Interlink systems(K0SUN). NEKSUN is a organization focusing on the constantly growing APRS network in the Midwest. NEKSUN has about 25 digipeaters/igates on-line across the Midwest operating under the call of K0HAM or K0SUN. We also maintain VHF/UHF repeaters throughout Kansas under the call of K0HAM or K0SUN. Outside of Ham Radio: I am also a Boy Scout with Troop 98. I am currently a Life scout, working on my Eagle scout rank, and a Brotherhood member in the Order of the Arrow and Brave in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say. Also President of Troop 91 Radio Club (T91RC), KD0BUH. Every year at a District-wide scouting event, we put a station (or in the past years, 2 stations) on the air and try and stir up as much interest as possible. We then direct anyone interested to a Hamclass taught by Brian Short, KC0BS and Matt May, KC4WCG (many others help when available, I usually teach 1 or 2 classes a year). I'm a huge sports fan, following my college team the KU Jayhawks who won the NCAA Mens National Championship in 2008, after a record football season and win in the Orange Bowl. Playing football on the Freshman "A" team, and been practicing mainly at Defensive End. Thanks for taking the time to read my bio! Hope to hear you on the air, 73, and best DX! de KU0DM Last modified: Thu Sep 3 16:15:02 2009 Does this page contain inappropriate content? If so, Report this page... |
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