To begin, I'd like to offer this very, very good guide for every Radio Amateur:  ETHICS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR THE RADIO AMATEUR  by ON4UN & ON4WW.

          Hello.....I use Logbook of The World (LoTW) for the easiest ARRL recognized QSL confirmation of all QSOs, I will send a direct QSL when requested. 

• LoTW: Preferred method.   If you are not a LoTW user please set up an account and we will both save time, money and energy confirming our QSOs. I update my log regularly so you can have the confirmation, usually in less than 24 hours. Try it!

           I also use N3FJP AC LOG "Amateur Contact Log", along with his other contest logging software, and subscribe to QRZ.com XML Logbook Data Service for the quickest and most complete logging information download abilities......I'm originally born (in '52) and raised in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, San Diego County, Southern California. Love my Wife, Kids, Photography (if we QSO photo be ready for a bit of a long one) and Radios.....Equipment: KENWOOD TS-450SAT, MC-60A MIC, LDG AT-200PC AUTOTUNER ANTENNA TUNER (same as AT-200 PRO, but computer interfaced controled), ASTRON RS-35M POWER SUPPLY, ANTRON A99 18' VERTICAL ANTENNA W/35' PUSH-UP POLE.  ALSO JUST ACQUIRED A CLEAN OLD SWAN 350 (FAR LEFT), MANUFACTURED IN MARCH 1966, WITH THE SWAN 117XC SPKR/PWR SUPPLY...I HAVE AN ASTATIC D-104 CHROME/BLK "Night Special" w/T-UP9 BASE MIC, will get used to the Swan in time (tuning-up and such) for OLDER TIME RADIO "playing-around's" sake.  THE BIG BLACK BOX IS A SOUNDS SWEET SPEAKER....really love it...takes the top edge off hiss/noise, making extended overall listening much less fatiguing and adds the capability to actually hear honest bass in the audio, useful, especially on some of the weak signals,  improving their intelligibility when I widen my filtering as an option now.....a very different and improved listening experience in comparison to only my radio's speaker.  Recently, I erected a 75M dipole (up only 20' and 10'/12' ends), which improved 40&20M work and gets me on 80m of course...the Antron A99 for 17M thru 10M.  Other times I may be found on the "Local Home" frequency 28.380 MHz on 10M.  I always enjoy hunting & talking with every DX Station. Looking forward to talking with you, 73 de KI4TZU, TOM

            Pictured at a local Ham Fest with a two of my best radio buddies, Richard KI4TZX (in the middle) and Danny KI4MPN (on the right)...if you run across them, they're great guys to talk with...I'm on the left... the morning was chilly so the sloutchy-shirt was a throw-on jacket.....oh well..

            Currently studying up for the Extra Class License and definitely want to learn Morse Code...keyboarding code just doesn't interest me.  I would like to have the Begali HST Single Lever Key, a High Speed Telegraghy key, capable of 50+ wpm in the right operator's hand....don't know that i will get "there", but doing it manually will be much more interesting and satisfying to me.

              If you wish to search my log files for past contacts go to http://dx.qsl.net/logs/index.html , and index my callsign then enter your callsign into the search field.........the log is very current from 12/1/2009, I update this once or twice a month..... I still need to re-enter data from earlier qso's at sometime in the future......73

          BTW....If you would like a Solar-Terrestrial Data and/or the Flagcounter panel on your QRZ'd page, just click on each box and it will open another browser tab to their websites so you may install them using your "Edity Biography" option in the "Edit Record" section on your QRZ'd page.......small note on the Flagcounter...use the one for "Websites" when you copy/paste the code to your page.  73