Weather at K3CB: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=k3cb&units=english

Radar for Area: http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=dox&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

NWS Local Forecast: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Royal+Oak&state=MD&site=PHI&textField1=38.743&textField2=-76.175

My 160 Meter Group is at: http://1865-tomato.net

K3UO Microwave Beacons: http://qrz.com/K3UO

I QSL using eQSL normally. I respond 100% to all USA QSL's sent with SASE. I use the bureau for all DX QSL's. I respond 100% to all received from the bureau.

First licensed as KN0BTD in 1952, later as Technican Class, K6LEW, in 1954,then General Class in 1958. Amateur Extra Class as K6LEW until March 2004, when vanity call K3CB was granted. I live in Royal Oak, MD. My fixed station and my mobile are CW-only on all HF bands while operating all modes and allocations from 50 MHz to 10 GHz from my fixed station on the DELMARVA peninsula in Talbot County, Maryland, near the town of St Michaels. My interests are experimenting, building, and operating my own equipment and antennas (having owned C3i), especially microwave and millimeter wave narrow band stuff as well as supporting, maintaining, and operating our microwave station at K8GP, my VHF Contest Group. I am a Life Member of the ARRL and the Central States VHF Society.

My ham shack is in one of our fields (shown below).  HF equipment consists of an Orion II driving an Emtron HF amplifier using a GU78B tetrode.  HF antennas are a Force 12 Delta 6BA (40M-10M, shown at the bottom) on a telescoping tower; a full-size windom for 160M; an OCF Dipole for 80 thru 30M; and a 1/4 wavelength Vertical for 160M.  On HF, 160M cw is my main interest.  Wire antennas are off the horizontal arm on the foreground tower.

My day-to-day interest is VHF on 6 Meters and VHF/UHF WSJT.   My Orion 565, drives a DEMi 6M XVTR, driving an 8877.  Output is to 4, C7-50's (K1JX design).  Feedlines are LDF7 to LMR600UF with LMR400UF along booms to coaxial power dividers. 4 Dow Key (HP) relays handle phasing (BIP/BOP) and antenna selection.  I use Demi XVTRs and KW amplifiers on 2M and 1.25M using 8877's, 70cm uses an 8938.  I run Demi XVTRs on 33cm and 23cm, amplifiers are solid state: 500w on 33cm, 1kw on 23cm.  Other VHF and up antennas: pr FO12's, pr FO16's, pr FO25's (H-frame), pr 33cm long loopers, pr 23cm long loopers, pr 13cm long loopers, pr 9cm long loopers (all on the same H-frame), 2ft dish w/dual band feed for 5.7 and 10G is on the forward face of my mw H-frame.  All mw equipment (DB6NT or HmBrw) is in a water tight box at the top of the tower.  Tower is a rotating, Rohn 55G.

Hope to CU on the bands, 73, Owen