My name is Larry,Born in 1956. On September 15, 1995 (The day before my Birthday) I took and passed my Technician class License & Issued (KC5QXU), 6mos latter my Wife Cookie (KC5TYV) passed hers. 3 yrs latter my Son,Gary (KD5CJT) passed His, and my Daughter Jenny (KD5LNF) passed hers a year or so latter. Whew! All Ham Family! Now we got to work on the Grand kids. As far as myself,I have came up the ranks and acquired Extra Class in 1998. I have been a VE for ARRL & W5YI VEC, I have enjoyed Giving back to Ham radio & Helping others to get interested in Amateur Radio.

I am a Captian in our Local Fire Department in Baskin, Kudos goes out to Our Chief and all the Firefighters for Lowering our Fire Rating, from a 10 to a 6!

I Recently (Sept. 2006) have been elected to the office of Alderman in our small Village in Baskin,LA. Pop. 248 and I look forward to the betterment of our community.

I am EC (Emergency Coordinator)here in Franklin Parish, La. (We don't have Counties) here in Cajun Country. I am a Member of the ARRL / ARES / VE also VE for W5YI, Skywarn Storm Spotter, and Life Member in the NRA,American Legion, "Six Club" member #350. SMIRK # 6685

I like Contesting,I have worked alot of contests and alot I have yet to enter,it is a Challenge,FUN to do and self satisfying, knowing and trying to get a better score than the last contest. I love chasing DX & collecting "Wall Paper",I Love 6m!I won "First Place" ARRL June VHF Contest 2001/2003/2004/2005 & 2006 single op, Low power in LA Secetion. I did not get to enter in 2002,2007 & 2008. I hope to see what I can do next year 2009.

I am Active on HF/VHF/UHF and love to work the Digital modes, SSB,FM,AM,PSK,SSTV,Amtor,Pactor,RTTY,ATV (No activity in my area),.....CW occasionally seems I've lost some speed. I Love to help others on their "Charlie Whiskey" so they can get their upgrade and get more folks interested in the Ham Radio hobby and get involved with ARES & Skywarn, and Promoting Amateur Radio.

My Station Set-up: My Ham Shack 14'x 28'x 8' Out building I built myself a several years ago, it's comfortable.

Equipment: Icom IC-756,Icom IC-706,Icom IC-2800H 2m/70cm,(2) FT-2800M 2m,Yeasu FT-8100 2m/70cm , Icom W2A 2m,70cm HT,Standard C558a 2m.70cm HT & Icom IC-W2 Dual-band 2m/70cm, (2) Heil Mic HM-10 duel element,Heil Headset for contesting,A Shure 55SW "Elvis Mic" Both on a Boom,Heathkit SB-221 2x 3-500z 2kw 15m-80m, Heathkit SB-200 10-80m Amplifier w/(2)572b tubes,Yeasu FL2100B 10-80m & Harris RF103a Amplifier 2-30 mhz. (1) 3-1000 Tube, (2) MFJ 986 Differential-T tuner. Rigblaster M8 PC to rig interface.

PC's: #1 Homebrew 1.8 gig mhz. proc. 80 gig HD DVD,CDRW, 512 meg RAM WinXP Pro. #2 Homebrew pc 466mhz 17gig HD, 256 Ram op: WinXP Pro

Ham Software: N3FJP's ACLog,MMSTV,MRTTY,WinPSKse,Hamscope,Echo-Link & various others.

I have Two Towers up,197' and 70'. 197':Fed with 7/8" Andrews Ridged, RCS-8V 5 pos. Remote switch box,HAM 3 Rotor. Antennas: 26b2 @ 197' 2m vert.,6 ele Quad 70cm vert. polarized @ 197', Tennadyne T31 31 Ele (50mhz to 1300mhz) @185'. 2m J-Poles @ 100' & 175', 75m Inverted V @ 100' I am Currently working on my 160m Inverted V @ 175'.

On my 70' tower I have RCS-8V 5 pos. remote switch box, Tail Twister Rotor. @ 70' a TET HB-6F8 26' 8 Element 6m Yagi Horiz.,@ 65' Hygain TH5 5 ele. Tri-bandier, 80m Double Bazooka @ 50' and 40m Double Bazooka @ 50'.

Update: I am going to put a18' 24 element M2 70cm ssb yagi & the36' 18 element M2 2m ssb yagi up and move the 26' TET 8 element 6m ssb yagi up on the big tower.

I am currently working on building WebPages for fun, My personal page is at http://www.n5asa.com/

73 & thanks for Looking! CU on the Air-Waves!

de N5ASA