I am retired and live in the farm country of West Central Indiana in Vermillion County (EM69GP) with my wife Linda W9LSB.　

I was first licensed in 1977 as WD9HMI as a Novice. In 1978 I upgraded to General, 1980 to Advanced and in 1994 to Extra. I changed my call to K9SV in 1996.　

I operate HF 6- 160 SSB, CW, and RTTY. I prefer 17 meters for SSB rag chewing and do a lot of Dxing on all bands and modes.

I also jump into the contests on occasion.

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　　 　　 STATION

My station: YAESU - FT2000 + DMU, YAESU - 1000-D, With the INRAD roofing Filter installed, SP5 speaker with a Timewave 59Y DSP unit. Backup and Mobile rig is an Icom 746 using Clear Speech DSP. The primary Amp is an Alpha 99 with a Henry 3KD Premier as backup.　

The antenna tuner is a Nye MB-IV. The digital watt meter is a PowerMaster digital. For RTTY and digital modes I use the Microham Digikeyer. 　　

VHF rig is a Kenwood G707A.　　

The main Computer is a Dell OPTIPLEX 760 3ghz Dual Core. 4GB of ram and 2-250gb hard drives.

Logging software is Prolog and Contest software is Writelog.　

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HF ANTENNAS

My HF beam is a Mosley Pro 57A @60ft. Put up in 1989 it has been a great performer on all bands and modes. It covers 10,12,15,17,and 20 meters.

The rotor is a rebuilt Hygain Ham-IV from C.A.T.S.　

Other Antennas: Bob Grove design all band OCF dipole at 55ft.

Quarter Wave 160mtr inverted L.

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LOW BANDS HF VERTICAL

The HF Vertical design is John Haelre's (SK), Folded Umbrella.

The Original article was in May 79 Ham Radio Magazine.

Used on 30, 40, and 80 meters with 120 - 62ft radials

As folded dipole worked against ground the Umbrella is an excellent low angle DX antenna. For more details on the antenna email me at address below. 　

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　 SIX METER BEAM

The 6 meter beam is a 4 element Higain yagi on a 12 ft boom.

Mounted on a pushup mast at 25 ft. I am well on my way to

DXCC on 6 with this setup.　

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Complete K9SV and WD9HMI Logs are on LOTW and Eqsl.

　QSL me via Direct or Bureau. SASE Appreciated

Contact me: K9SV1@yahoo.com