I use LOTW. I hope you will too. :)

Hi all, I passed my Tech and General tests Feb 28,2007, and then passed my Extra test March 10,2007.

I was KC2RDG from 3/13/07, till 4/27/07, when I was assigned my vanity call of K2HAT.

I have had the nickname of HAT for years, and am happy to have gotten a vanity call with my nickname.

I have been interested in 2 way radio communication since I was a child. My Dads 2 older Brothers had CB radios, in the 1960's, back when "CB" was actually licensed, I am pretty sure Uncle Earl was a Ham also.

I always thought it was neat to be able to talk thru the radio waves, "wireless".

My Dad helped me get a CB, and he got the license so I could talk on the radio.{Thanks Dad.} That was in 1969 or so.

I got to meet a few Hams in the early 1970's, while I was in the Boy Scouts, and ever since then, wanted to get My Amateur Radio license.

I earned my Eagle Scout, in the Boy Scouts of America, in 1976.

I belong to the ARRL, and some local clubs.

I am involved with the East Greenbush Amateur Radio Association, and the Troy Amateur Radio Association.

Here is the East Greenbush Amateur club site. http://www.w2egb.org/

Here is the TARA website http://www.n2ty.org/

I have been helping with the local National Traffic System nets, helping to send and pass along, traffic messages, and enjoy doing so. The local Traffic net is held on the KC2FCP 147.270 repeater, there is a tone of 94.8 The net is held at 6:30pm eastern time zone, {23:30 UTC when its not daylight savings time} Sunday thru Friday.

{The CDTN net Saturdays is on the N2LEN repeaters, 147.150 and 449.025}

Join us for the Capital District Traffic Net, and you might enjoy it too.

Most every night at 6:00pm eastern time zone I check into the NYSPTEN net @ 3.925 mhz.

http://www.qsl.net/nyspten/index.htm

Many Thanks to all the Kind people, who have helped me along the way, and God Bless.

I am using an FT-920, for HF, and havebeen using it on PSK-31 and some other digital modes.

For 2 meter, and 440 I often use an Alinco DR 570T.

In my mobile I often use a Bozak dual band Mag Mount antenna.

Photo at bottom shows my house with my antenna's; an Imax 2000 {5/8 wave vertical 24 foot tall} for 10-20m,

a Jetstream 17 foot vertical for 2m/440, and a G5RV type 100ft dipole that is hard to see. :)

Use LOTW and save on postage.

10-10# 76138, EPC # 07175

DXCC # 45807 :)

WAS # 55860

WAC Basic

73 de K2HAT :) Lee Hatfield Jr