Hello and thanks for visiting, I obtained my Tech license in July of 2009 and my General in August followed by my Extra in October.My station is an Icom IC7600 with an output of75 watts into a Tokyo Hy-Power amp with an output of about 1KW max on some bands My First antenna was aTarheel 100HP antenna mounted on my screen room. I Have just (March 7,2013) put a SteppIR DB 11 on top of a MA40 crank-up tower at 40 feet. It really is great on 6 thru 20M. I will be using the Tarheel for 30, 40, 80 I have the following awards: DXCC 250+ Phone, and DXCC RTTY, Also WAS, WAC, and WAZ, all on phone I am also an ARRL VE and an assistant manager of the South East Florida Traffic Net.I just started RTTY qso's in April 2012. New fun! I really enjoy DX.73