Note: Please QSL Direct,DO NOT EQSL. All of my requests for a QSL will be with my Card, SASE, IRC or U.S. Dollars. Please E-Mail me at k4sja@yahoo.com  if you have any questions.

VUCC #1148 50 MHZ, 8/28/2001

Hello and thanks for stopping by my QRZ Site. . I am 53 years old, and I am a EXTRA Class Operator.I am not Married but I have 2 Wonderful Sons, My Oldest being Jacob who is 15

years old, and my youngest being Trevor who is 9 Years old. I love them very much, and my Boys are my life . I spent 18 years in Law Enforcement, as a Law Enforcement Officer, with 16 years being employed by Kentucky State Government, before I Retired on disability. (Serious Bad Back). I live in a small town in Southeastern Kentucky named BOONEVILLE, located in OWSLEY County. Booneville got its name from the famous 1700's Explorer, DANIEL BOONE. He camped here Hunting,Fishing,Trapping and Surveying, for many seasons. I am located in Grid Square EM87el.

My Base Equipment consists of two ICOM 746's, HF-6M-2M, 100 Watt Allmodes. An ICOM SM-20 Mic,and a Heil HM-I Mic and 2 Icom SP-21 External Speakers.I also have a MFJ 989C 3KW Antenna Tuner,and a Ameritron AL-1200 HF Amplifier.Also I run a Kenwood TM-255A, 2 Meter 40 watt Allmode. The Mic on it is a Heil Goldline Mic with the GM5 Element and I run a RFConcepts 2-315 170 Watt Amplifier. This is my primary 2Meter FM rig. I also have a 10 Meter RCI 2970 100 Watt, Allmode Base Radio with an Astatic Super Sidebander Mic. All powered by an Astron RS-70M Power Supply. Also I have 3 Scanners,a Radio Shack DX-394 Reciever,and lastly a Diawa CN-801 SWR & Power Meter. I run a Icom 2100 2 Meter FM rig in my vehicle. As you can tell, I really enjoy Amateur (Ham) Radio.

I have 3 Towers. The first is a 100 FT.Rohn tower in my front yard, Ground Elevation 825 Ft.,with a 2-Meter Vertical on top, Next is a 2-Meter Cushcraft 17B2 Horz. Beam, and lastly a Cushcraft 6-Element 6-Meter Horz. Beam. All being turned by a Yaesu G-450XL Rotor. For my HF work, I have a Second Rohn Tower,113 Ft. in height. I have a Alpha Delta Inverted V, Model DX-LB PLUS. It covers 160-10 meters. I have the Apex of the inverted V, hung at the 105 Ft. Mark. This tower and inverted V is located 1100 feet away from the Back of my home on a higher hill. I run 1 inch catv 75 ohm hardline to it and it works great.I have just recently put up a 3rd Rohn Tower which is 95 Ft. in Height. It has a 13B2 Vertical on top, then under it I have a Hy-Gain TH7DX Super Thunderbird HF Beam, Being turned by a Ham 4 Rotor. Most of the above can be seen on my website at www.qsl.net/k4sja, I hope you will visit it.

Here are some of my HF Statistics as of June 1, 2006:

(1) 265 DXCC Enities Worked with 261 countries Confirmed. (2) 50 U.S. States worked on 20 Meters with all 50 states Confirmed. (3) 164 IOTA's worked and 148 Confirmed (4) 40 CQ Zones worked on 20 Meters with 39 Confirmed. (5) 453 WPX's Worked, with 369 Confirmed.

My favorite Mode of operation is SSB.

I have confirmed 41 Grids on 2-Meter SSB, an also have confirmed 153 Grids on 6-Meter SSB. I had my 6 meter confirmed Qsls checked and on August 28,2001 I recieved my VUCC Certificate #1148,which I am very happy with. On October 25th of 2000, I took and passed my General Class Written Theory Exam, and on July 14th of 2001 I took my Morse Code exam and Passed. I then on 06-04-2002 took my Extra Class Exam and Passed.

I Monitor 50.125 USB, 144.200 USB, and the 20 Meter Band. I also monitor the Hazard(Perry County) KY. Repeaters 146.670 and 147.375.

And lastly, please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of some help to you.I may be slow in response but I'll try to help you. Please visit my Homepage at http://www.qsl.net/k4sja or E-Mail k4sja@yahoo.com.

Please remember to RETURN QSL. Qsling is an important part of Amateur radio. please do not eqsl.

K4SJA, Steve.

Remember to introduce a Child to Hunting and Fishing and Playing Ham Radio, and Later you won't have to hunt your children.