Greetings to all from Dr. Jim, N2ZZ!

Greetings from South Carolina!  Currently, I serve as the ARRL Roanoke Division Vice Director.  I served as the ARRL South Carolina Section Manager 2003-2009.

I am happy to report that I ran for the ARRL Roanoke Division Vice Director position in 2009, and won the election.  I began my term of office on January 1st, 2010 for a term of three years!  I thank all my supporters in the Roanoke Division.  For those who did not vote for me, I hope to gain your confidence over the next three years!  Please visit my election website http://www.qsl.net/n2zz/

Please check out our SC Section Website: http://www.arrl-sc.org/ and the Roanoke Divsion Website: http://www.arrl-roanoke.org/ .  Don't forget the National ARRL website http://www.arrl.org .

N2ZZ biography:

I have interests in all phases of amateur radio, and support the American Radio League in its endeavors to preserve our bands, and bring new operators into the hobby.

I am an avid DX'er and have achieved the DXCC honor roll, with 340 countries confirmed. I was awarded the 5BDXCC award in 1995. I'm not sure if working the countries, collecting the cards, or trying to arrange 500 cards to send to the ARRL was the most difficult! My other awards have included WAS, WAC, Golden Jubilee DXCC, 5BWAC, "We the People" WAS, and the A-1 Operator Club Award.

I am proud to have been the co-recipient of the "Roanoke Division ARRL Service Award" in 2005 and the South Carolina Sideband net "Sidebander of the Year" award in 2004.

I am originally from Liverpool, NY which is a suburb of Syracuse, NY. I now live in Aiken, SC, a very cosmopolitan town which is a true "melting pot" of the entire country. It seems that I have met someone from every state in the union here! I am in private practice here at Aiken OB/GYN Associates, PA and admit to Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

My current station complement centers around an ICOM IC-7800 and an Alpha 87A amplifier. I have emergency 12V power, and a Yaesu FT-857D and Icom IC-706MIIG to keep me on the air during a power outage. For HF I have an open-wire fed G5RV antenna (closer to a ZEPP) tuned by a Palstar AT-AUTO, and a TH7DX up about 75 feet. For VHF I have a 2 meter ringo ranger up 80 feet, and two phased, vertically polarized 15 element yagis up about 75 feet. For 2 meters/440 I have a Comet dual bander up about 50 feet. Lightning protection is by Alpha Delta Products, and two ground rods down about 20 feet, connected to the station by 1/2" copper pipe, ground ribbon strips and hose clamps.

For APRS at home, I use a Kenwood TM-D700 (N2ZZ-1) and provide an APRS digipeater for downtown Aiken.  At Aiken Regional Medical Centers, N2ZZ-5 is an IGATE node.  At the 2009 Dayton Hamvention, I purchased a self contained Byonics MT-AIO APRS unit, N2ZZ-10.

For Echolink, N2ZZ-R on 145.35- , pl 156.7 (Echolink node 5764) is located at Aiken Regional Medical Centers, and N2ZZ-L on 145.72 (Echolink node 147285) is located at my home QTH.

Thank you for looking me up on QRZ.COM!

'73 de JIM N2ZZ