On the air for more than 56 years
YouTube videos of my Traffie 5-Band Hex-Beam are here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HDRvRo6Blw (Assembly)
THE AB-1339/G TELESCOPING MAST SHOWN IN THE 3 VIDEOS BELOW WAS MADE BY "WIBE".
I GOT MINE FROM A HAM WHO BOUGHT SEVERAL OF THEM AT AUCTION YEARS AGO.
THESE MASTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM SURPLUS OUTLETS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm7YSj1NtDE (General)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cmKocvf6tE (Lowering)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsi2cg3hCmc (Raising)
The K8EAB Online Log is here . 
My DXpeditions
Barbados
PLEASE DO NOT SEND eQSLs
FOR 8P9EA, J38EA, J79EA, OR J6/K8EAB TO K8EAB ! ! !
An 8-man mini-DXpedition to Barbados from January 29 -- February 6, 2013
8P9EA
The 8P9EA online log is here
Our team consisted of the following 8 operators: W3FF as 8P9FF, W6HFP as 8P9HF, WZ1P as 8P9WZ, WG0AT as 8P9RT, KC4VG as 8P9VG, KB9AVO as 8P9DG, K8EAB as 8P9EA, and N7UN as 8P9UN.
This team specializes in 100 watts power or less and Buddipole portable antenna systems. We had fixed operations from a villa and portable operations from various points on the island using CW, SSB, and digital modes..
73, Wey
The 8P9EA QRZ page is here http://www.qrz.com/db/8P9EA
QSL Info
No IRC's --- No IRC's --- No IRC's --- No IRC's --- No IRC's
ATTENTION ! ! ! AIRMAIL POSTAGE FROM THE UNITED STATES
INCREASED ON JANUARY 27, 2013
POSTAGE FROM THE USA IS $1.10 (US) TO ALL COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CANADA AND MEXICO
$1.00 WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF POSTAGE FROM THE U.S., SO BE SURE TO INCLUDE ENOUGH POSTAGE TO ALLOW ME TO RETURN YOUR CARD TO YOU DIRECT
IF ONLY $1.00 IS INCLUDED, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEND YOU A DIRECT QSL CARD
No IRC's --- No IRC's --- No IRC's --- No IRC's --- No IRC's
QSL via LoTW (preferred), eQSL, Bureau, or direct mail to my home call with S.A.S.E. (USA) or S.A.E. with TWO "Green $tamp$" (DX)
Grenada
The Feb 2012 J38EA online Log is here
QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or to my USA address above .
Direct QSL to my homecall with S.A.S.E. (USA) or S.A.E. with TWO "Green $tamp$" (DX)
The J38EA QRZ page is here http://www.qrz.com/db/J38EA
(SEE INFO ABOUT A PIRATE USING CALL-SIGN J38EA)
Dominica
The Feb 2011 J79EA online log is here .
QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or to my USA address above .
Direct QSL to my homecall with S.A.S.E. (USA) or S.A.E. with TWO "Green $tamp$" (DX)
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St. Lucia
The Feb 2010 and Dec 2010 J6/K8EAB online logs are here
QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or to my USA address above .
Direct QSL to my homecall with S.A.S.E. (USA) or S.A.E. with TWO "Green $tamp$" (DX)
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Saba
From October 10 - 23, 2010, I was privileged to operate with the PJ6A team that made the first QSO's from a new DXCC country (the island of Saba, approximately 30 miles south of the island of St. Maarten) following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. Details can be found here: http://www.pj6a.com
THE QSL MANAGER FOR THE PJ6A OPERATION IS N4NX .
I SUPPORT THE DX CODE OF CONDUCT ! ! !
I was licensed as KN8EAB in February of 1957, and upgraded to General Class in October of that same year. I'm primarily a CW operator, always chasing DX. I've assembled kit rigs (K2, KX1, SST, as well as numerous Heathkits in the 50's, 60's, and 70's). I always take ham equipment with me when I travel. I've operated from vacation cabins, hotels, lighthouses, the Caribbean islands of Jamaica, St. Martin, St. Lucia (twice), Saba, Dominica, Grenada, Barbados, and from hi-rise apartment buildings, a pontoon boat, mountain tops, park picnic tables, etc.
My second transmitter, the Heathkit DX-100 . aptly named,
since it weighed 100 pounds! I'm 16 and my kid-sister is 3.
I graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1967. I flew jet training and attack aircraft for the Navy for 6 years. In February of 1974, the XYL and I and our two sons moved to metro Atlanta to begin civilian life and we've been here ever since.
December 8, 2012 - 113th Meeting
Navy 17 - Army 13 (Navy's 11th Win In A Row ! ! !)
The Midshipmen now lead the series 57-49-7
I owe my passion for this hobby to my "Elmer", Bill Fearnley - W8VII, seen below in his shack in White Sulphur Springs, WV with two other ham friends.
73, Wey - K8EAB
"I'll give up Morse code when they pry my telegraph key from my cold, dead fingers ."
Above image is used with permission from it's original creator, Richard M. Holoch - KY6R
How NOT to pass your morse code exam .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJGrlUXCZzc
