Shown is my ZeroFive 40m vertical with 16 ground radials. What a nice low-angle antenna!

I got my Novice license in Oct of 1964. The General class license came in Jan of 1965. In the 80s I progressed to Advanced. I received my Extra class license a couple of months before the code requirement dropped from 20 wpm to 5 wpm.

Electronic projects have been my main interest. Projects over the years include:

Cub Scout galena crystal radio. Boy Scout 2 transistor radio. Lafayette volt-ohm-milliampere meter. Knight Kit 3 transistor super-regenerative 27 MHz CB walkie-talkie. Radio Shack Star Roamer super-regenerative receiver kit. 40m dipole antenna. 40m inverted Vee fed by 4.5 inch homebrew wooden dowel ladder-line. Transmatch for ladder-line inverted Vee. Phased pair 7 ele 2m yagis. AC power supply outputting 800VDC @ 250 mA for my first SSB transmitter - a Heathkit HX-20. Toroidal core transformer based 12V mobile power supply for HX-20. 555 based CW keyer. Op-amp based audio bandpass CW filter. Heathkit SB300/SB400 rcvr xmtr pair. Homebrew grounded-grid HF linear amplifier - 1200 Watts PEP input using four 811As. 1800 VDC supply with twin 866 mercury vapor rectifiers for 811A linear amplifier. Homebrew linear HF amplifier with input of 2000 Watts PEP built around a 4-1000A. Power supply for 4-1000A linear amplifier based on 85 lb 3600-0-3600 VAC transformer outputting 4000 VDC @ 500 mA (scary). Z80A based auto patch. DEMI 10m to 2m transverter kit.

Ham radio building has been satisfying and, at times, humerous. On a Saturday morning soon after completing the 4-1000A amplifier. I was in the middle of a 40m SSB QSO with a mobile station in Arizona when my wife received a phone call from our next door neighbor. He diplomatically informed her that he and his wife were trying to sleep in but couldn't due to my voice emanating from their electric blanket controller!

I currently enjoy traffic nets such as the Beehive Utah Net on 7272 kHz.

73, Dave - K7TN