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Steppir DB-18 (40M ~ 6M) at 90FT, 2ele on 40, 3 ele on 20M ~ 10M, 4 ele on 6M

Above; Recent Vacation in High Sierra Nevada of California 11000ft, (3353 M)

Close up of AB-577 base/launcher (Now removed)

(Above) Typical RV Portable QTH. Full Size 40M Vertical with 4 Elevated Ground Radials.

Recently got back into the hobby as AF6TC after a long hiatus, and am rediscovering the all the fun I had with the hobby. I was originally licensed back in the late 70's at about the age of 13. I was active until I went off to college and made my hobby my career. Radio is still my career (RF Engineering) but now I am back into the hobby with a new call sign after I let my old one expire. The technical part of the ham test was a lot easier this time around than as an 13 year old kid hi hi.

After graduating college with an BSEE in Electrical Engineering I went to work for a former ham radio manufacturer in Oceanside California. Talk about a dream job!! Since then its all been very fun and looking forward to seeing you on the HF bands which were always my favorite.

I like to work 40 Meters in the mornings on the weekends (10:00 ~15:00 UTC). Can be heard during the weekday mornings on 40 M operating mobile (100 watts into a hamstick) commuting to work.

Equipment Setup;

Main Radio Flex 5000A (Running on a Quad Core, Windows 7 64 Bit)

Backup Radios; Icom 756 Pro 2,746 Pro

Portable Radio; Yaesu FT-450 (Nice little Radio)

Amplifier(Main); Alpha 87A (1500 Watts)

Amplifier(Backup); Yaesu Quadra System (1000 Watts)

Amplifier(Backup)Ameritron ALS 600 (500~600 watts RV Portable)

Antenna; Steppir DB-18 (40M ~ 6M) at 90 ft (27M)

Previous rigs were a Heathkit HW8 (still have it, got it as a Christmas present), TS520SE(another Christmas present, but traded it for an Atlas), and an Atlas 215X(Still have it).

Other hobbies include dirtbiking, camping, RVing etc.