II love QRP work,I have a kx3 which i take everywhere.Im a SOTA member and do alot of mountain topping.The pic above is my atv with the KX3 and hamstick,I have 10,20,40 now but will be going to a somekind of multi band later on.My home station is an Icom 7410,Kenwood ts-711a, Rigblaster Plus2,CN-801 meter,Ameritron rcs-4 switch box. My antennas are a TH-3 jr by Hygain at 55ft and a Antron 99 above it for the locals on 10m. I also have a Hygain 18AVT ground mounted Vertical 10 - 80m with the add on for 17m. I have a 6meter PAR on the side of tower with 150ft ldf4 hardline fed to it. CW key is a Vibroplex iambic . Home made oil field dummy load. Home made 40m & 30m invertedV at only 30ft at apex over metal roof. Rotor is Hygain Ham-4. I love to work DX on 6,10,12,15,17,20,30.I have also just become active in Summits On The Air [SOTA],the pic in the snow with the portable yagi is from summit w4v/ab-034 located on Kents Ridge,VA.I was the first to activate this sight on 1/19/13.I also have a new 30m Vertical i just built, and loving 30m cw and digital.I find myself running less and less power and haveing more fun with QRP. 73 .
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