K 9 - "(A)ll" - "(P)oints" - "(W)est"

Amateur Extra Class -- (20 WPM CW Test!!)

You can call me:"Dick"

Licensed since age 15 in 1960. Ham for 52 years as of September 27, 2012!! & now semi-retired as of July 1, 2012!! I was a Professional Certified Auctioneer, since 1975, and hold Registered Wisconsin Auctioneer license #1! Ex Calls = KN9APW (1960) & WB9DWG (1970). GRID SQUARE = EN-53fb. Active 160-2 meters. Same QTH since 1974. 100% Return on QSLs via mail/direct or bureau (not a user of LOTW at this time!) 6 Meter DXCC (102+) & 6-Meter VUCC with over 725+ confirmed 6 meter grid squares & 2-Meter VUCC with 150+ confirmed 2 meter grids. VUCC awards checker authorized by ARRL since 1992! See websites -- www.WisconsinSurplus.com   or   www.LustAuctions.com   Home phone # 608-833-8335; 10-Band WAS! 9-Band DXCC! 102+ DX confirmed on 50 Mhz!! FLEX-Radio 6750 Signature Series (promised!!!) owner/user as of July 15, 2013 (I HOPE!) !!! with Tokyo High Power #HL-1.5KFX amp; Tokyo High Power #HC-1.5KAT auto tuner; (2) Kachina 505DSP/A transceivers; Yaesu FT-650 6-meter xcvr; Icom IC-706MkII & IC-7000 portable xcvrs; IC-275H 2-meter all mode; 85+ ft. Rohn 45G tower & HG-70 70+ ft. HyGain crank up tower; & Wilson 56-ft. rotating tubular tower! Too many antennae & related to list!!   NEWEST INTEREST IN HAM RADIO, SINCE OCTOBER, 2012 --- Digital modes, Now operate nearly 100% on BPSK-31 on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, & 40 meters!! Digital modes are my newest challenges --- and we all need a new challenge, right? Also renewed my RTTY interests after 15 years and I can be found on digital RTTY these days as well -- all digital operations are using my IC-7000 with tuner at 45 watts to wire antennas or yagi! Amazing what you can work with 45 watts, a GOOD automatic tuner, and most any length of wire antenna!!

(SteppIR DB18E waiting to be assembled and installed come the warm weather in the spring of 2013! -- I fear, at 68 years old with a bad lower back and legs, that I may have 'bitten off more than I will be able to chew' after reading the assembly manual!!! Is it needed or worth it??)

THAT'S WHAT 51 YEARS AS A "HAM" WILL ACCUMULATE!!!

(Alternate mailing address: K9APW -- P.O.Box #113 -- Mount Horeb, WI 53572-0113)