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N5ASA LARRY R LABORDE 245 DOBBER GLASS RD BASKIN, LA 71219 USA Lookups:   6443 Ham Member
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QRZ Record: 480076 Login to manage/edit Lookups: 6443 (6581) Mailing Label... QRZ Admin: N5ASA Last Update: 2009-10-26 14:37:07 Class: Extra Codes: HVIE Effective: 2008-01-23 Expires: 2018-03-03 Latitude: 32.267830 (32° 16' 4'' N) Longitude: -91.724253 (91° 43' 27'' W) Grid Square: EM42dg US State: Louisiana US County: Franklin Previous: KC5QXU ITU Zone: 7 CQ Zone: 4 Born: 1956 GMT Offset: -6 hours ULS Record: 698283 FCC page... Web Page: http://www.n5asa.com/ QSL Info: DIRECT OR EQSL.CC Admin For: (4) KD5CJT KD5LNF KF5DMJ N5ASA

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Hello all,

My name is Larry ARS-N5ASA,Born in 1956 in San Bernardino,California. On September 15, 1995 (The day before my Birthday) I took and passed my Technician class License & Issued (KC5QXU), 6 mos. 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.

Here is my Family/Son/Daughter/Grandkids

Whew! All Ham Family! Now we got to work on the Grand kids, some will have to wait to grow up a little bit more hi.

(Update) My oldest Grandson, 11 yrs. old, Cody is Now KF5DMJ..I am a proud Papa!We are working on the others. hi

N5ASA & KF5DMJ

 

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. Promoting & Helping others to get interested and to get their Amateur Radio License.

Business: Owner of a small electronics repair company.

Public Service: Captain in our Local Volunteer Fire Department BFD in Baskin, Kudos goes out to Our Chief and all the Firefighters for Lowering our Fire Rating, from a 10 to a 6!

Elected official: (Sept. 2006-2010) to the office of Alderman (Councilman) in our small Village in Baskin,LA. Pop. 248 and I look forward to the betterment of our community.

 

Appointments: EC (Emergency Coordinator)here in Franklin Parish, La. (We don't have Counties) here in Cajun Country. http://ares.n5asa.com/

Member: ARRL / ARES / VE also VE for W5YI, Skywarn Storm Spotter,ARRL Instructor and Life Member in the NRA,"Six Club" member #350. SMIRK # 6685

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 this year 2009. UPDATE: I got to work the June VHF Contest, but from my work QTH 100 watts,6m M2 Loop @ 15'..Wish I were at the Home QTH. Blah!

2009 TCHC Field Day

 

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.

Other: 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.

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

Equipment:

In the Shack #1 

 

HF: Icom IC-756 Pro,Icom IC-756,Icom IC-725,Kenwood TS-850, (2) Kenwood TS-940SAT,Yaesu FT-817.

VHF/UHF: Icom IC-2800H 2m/70cm,(2) FT-2800M 2m,Yeasu FT-8100 2m/70cm, Yeasu FT-8800 2m/70cm,& Standard C558a 2m/70cm HT.

Accesories: W2IHY 8 band EQ,W2IHY EQplus (2) Heil Mic HM-10 duel element,Heil GM-5, (3) Heil Proset headset for contesting,A Shure 55SW "Elvis Mic" Both on a Boom,

Amplifiers: Heathkit SB-221 2x 3-500z 2kw 15m-80m, Heathkit SB-200 10-80m Amplifier w/(2)572b tubes,& Harris RF103a Amplifier 2-30 mhz. (1) 3-1000 Tube. Mirage B3016 160 watt VHF Amp., 2m 160 watt Tokyo-Hipower.

 

 

Misc.: (2) MFJ 986 Differential-T tuner.Nye Viking MB-IV Tuner, Rigblaster M8 PC to rig interface.Mirage 6m KP-1/Pre-Amlifier

PC's: #1 HP Compaq 3.4 gig mhz. proc. 80 gig HD DVD,CDRW, 2 Gig RAM WinXP Pro.

#2 Homebrew pc 1700 mhz 80 Gig HD, 512 Ram op: WinXP Pro.

#3 Dell Inspiration 6000 1.3 mhz,2g Ram,60 gig drive notebook.

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

 Tower/Antennas:  Three Towers up,197' , 75', 43'.

I had a hard time to catch that Rainbow!

  

 

The 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'.

 

 

70' tower:  I have RCS-8V 5 pos. remote switch box, Tail Twister Rotor. @ 75' a TET HB-6F8 26' 8 Element 6m Yagi Horiz.,@ 70' Hygain TH5 5 ele. Tri-bandier, 80m Double Bazooka @ 50' and 40m Double Bazooka @ 50'.

 

 

Work QTH: 43' Tower: 75m inverted V wire, 10m A99 vertical, 6m M2 Loop @ 15'.

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 and 160m Double Bazooka up on the big tower when I get a chance.

 

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

My QSL Card 2 designs I use the one on the left.

 

Here is a pic of my wife & I