I am a professional photographerwith a BS degree in Photography from The New York Institute of Photography. I've been published in many magazines such as Field & Stream, Life Magazine, and Time Magazine. Currently I have 3 books published, "Woods Walk", "Nature Around Us", and North America Outdoors". I have done spot news photos for a few local newspapers also. My photography site can be viewed here, Westphalen Photography, inc.

I have been listening to shortwave and scanners since the late 1970's, been on 11 meters since 1975. On May 31, 2008 I took the Technician test and passed with flying colors! A little over one year later on June 11, 2009 I took the General test and passed that to! HF here I come!

I can be found on the local repeaters 147.240, 147.150, 147.045, and 146.505, 146.520 simplex all the time. I'm also very active on Echolink (Node # 396255),  HamSphere and CQ100 also. On CQ100 I monitor 14.200mhz 24/7, on HamSphere I monitor 7.055mhz. Give me a call sometime.

I am a member of Rutherford County ARES, Foothills Skywarn, and The Blue Ridge Weather Watch in North Carolina. I am also an Accredited ARRL Volunteer Examiner (VE) and ARRL Field Examiner (CE).

The shack here includes a Yaesu FT-212RH 2m mobile, Realistic DX-100 HF receiver, Radio Shack PRO-2040 scanner, Radio Shack PRO-2026 scanner, Galaxy DX959 11m transceiver, Radio Shack TRC-511 11m transceiver,  Kenwood TS-520s HF transceiver with Kenwood AT-200 tuner, DG-5 Digital Readout and Kenwood MC-50 mic, and a Radio Shack HTX-202 HT with mag-mount on the roof in the mobile.

My antenna farm includes: Tram 1/4 wave 2m/440 ground plane, Homebrew copper J-Pole, Homebrew 3el 2m beam, 102' G5RV 60' high, 96' random wire 30' high, 130' 80m dipole 25' high, Antron A-99, Patriot 10m vertical, 180' copper wire SWL antenna, and 16' 11m dipole.

I am very active on The North American Traffic and Awards Net (7.195 @ 0100UTC), The OMISS Net (7.185 @ 0100UTC and 3.942 @ 0200UTC), The 3905 Century Club Net (7.178 @ 0200UTC) and The County Hunters Net (7.188 @ 1200UTC).

NEEDED for WAS:

AK * SD * UT * WV * WY

QSL INFO:

I QSL 100% I prefer Direct.  LoTW,  eQSL are also OK.  I am also good in the OMISS Beauro. All SWL reports will also be confirmed with a special edition QSL card.  I believe that QSL'ing is another step in the process of the contact and I make it a point to QSL every new contact that I make.  USA and Canada stations do not need to send a SASE, other DX stations please include SASE or return postage.  You can check my eQSL member authenticity at:

KJ4ENS eQSL Member Profile

You can also visit me at:

My Ham Shack Page

Amateur Radio Station KJ4ENS Website

Amateur Radio Station KJ4ENS MySpace Site