I'm originally from Northern California (Vacaville area), but now I'm located in Northern New York near Watertown in Jefferson County which is about 70 miles (112 Kilometers) north of Syracuse, and about 30 miles (49 Kilometers) south of Ontario, Canada in Grid FN24.
My working conditions are as follows:
Studio A:
Icom IC-706MKIIG with a Heil GM-5 microphone into a W2IHY 8-band audio equalizer with an Ameritron AL-811 amplifier doing about 500 watts into an Antron-99 10-meter vertical which is a GREAT antenna for 10, 12 and 17 meters with a tuner. I also use a 124' end-fed "QSO King" made by Maple Leaf Studio mounted horizontally. On VHF/UHF I use the same rig into a Mirage B-5016G amplifier feeding a Diamond V-2000A vertical up about 25 feet.
Studio B:
Icom IC756PRO with a Heil GM-5 microphone into a W2IHY 8-band audio equalizer with an Ameritron AL-80B amplifier doing about 800 watts into a ground-mounted Hustler 6-BTV vertical for HF. I also use the rig on 6-meters with a converted Heathkit SB-200 mono-band amplifier into a 6-meter loop up about 25 feet.
Please visit my website: www.hamwave.com <---- LOOK !
6-Club: # 1994
SMIRK: # 6660
10-10: # 74606
ECARS: # 20559
OMISS: # 7771
QSL either Direct, Bureau, Logbook of the World ( LoTW ) or eQSL. Their links are: http://www.arrl.org/lotw and http://www.eqsl.cc
Also, don't forget to check your logbook on http://www.qrz.com
Distance Conversions:
Miles to Kilometers
1 1.61
10 16.09
20 32.19
30 48.28
40 64.37
50 80.47
60 96.56
70 112.65
80 128.75
90 144.93
100 160.93
Length Conversions:
1 meter = 3 feet 10 meters = 33 feet
2 meters = 7 feet 11 meters = 36 feet
3 meters = 10 feet 12 meters = 40 feet
4 meters = 13 feet 13 meters = 43 feet
5 meters = 16 feet 14 meters = 46 feet
6 meters = 20 feet 15 meters = 50 feet
7 meters = 23 feet 16 meters = 53 feet
8 meters = 26 feet 17 meters = 56 feet
9 meters = 30 feet 18 meters = 59 feet
I live near the "1000 Islands Region" in Northern New York which are islands that span the Saint Lawrence River between New York state and Ontario Canada and yes, the salad dressing was invented here. Here's a couple of nice slide shows that will automatically start when you click-on their link:
