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18:25:15 UTC 26 May 2012
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DXCC (mixed & cw) - SKCC #7670 - FISTS #15370 I got interested in ham radio in San Diego when my cousin Brad -WA6LJTbrought down a shortwave receiver during a weekend visit in 1963. Later that year I got my Novice ticket, WN6CIO and then my General,WB6KMH (missed the one year deadline to upgrade and keep the call) about a year and a half later. My first station was a Knightkit T-150 transmitter that I built, a Hallicrafters SX-111 receiver and a trap vertical atop the garage. I upgraded to Advanced when the FCC started taking away privileges. In college I operated WA6DOTthe first ham club at UCSD and occasionally participated in College nets. I moved to the Bay Area after college and my license lapsed. In the early 80's I got back into ham radio and moved through a number of calls including KA6ZXU, N6ITK and KF6MV, operating mostly from sailboats.
As 1992 fell into 1993, I spent a month operating on Pohnpei, Micronesia as V63MV (my log still exists and QSL’s are available.)
I upgraded to Amateur Extra class in 1994 as AB6ZP and then changed to NZ6P in1998 when the opportunity came to choose a shorter call. In January 2011, I grabbed the AI6II call which appears to be less prone to being mis-copied by weak signal CW contacts. I am established on LotW, but really like exchanging paper QSL cards. I am 95% on CW and with my K3 can operate RTTY in contests using the paddle instead of a keyboard. I work the occasional SSB contact and like chasing DX and rag chewing as well. I am running an Elecraft K-line shack (K3-P3-KPA500) with a 40 meter Inverted Vee and Mosley TA32 yagi for antennas. I recently started using a fantastic ZN-SLR brass paddle made by Tony Baleno. I use a Kent KT-1 Straight Key for SKCC contacts.
I operate Jeep mobile with an IC 706mkIIg for HF and two meters. I recently got my old IC-229H back on the air as well. I am putting together a new Texas Bug Catcher antenna to get a better 75 meter mobile signal out.
Software may be the key to a moderned Ham station and I run a number of programs in mine. This is a shot of the combined two screen set up (HRD, Commander, CWSkimmer, SkimmerToCommander, SkimCC11.) This allows me to self-spot by sharing my K3's anenna with my SDR-IQ to send skimmer shots to HRD's DX cluster module.
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