Antennas: Way to many to list 'em all here, but my current  HF antenna is a 528 ft. Delta loop, fed at the apex @ 50 ft. by a 50-600 ohm (12:1 balun) with the corners pointing toward the northeast and the southeast @ 20 ft. off the ground. This antenna will soon undergo a conversion to a Double-Delta, resistor terminated Loop configuration, that we conjured up with while I was in the US Air Force and Air National Guard, for Rapid Deployment  HF Communications. This antenna will require no tuner and  will handle 2500 watts continuous keydown,  24/7 !!!
 
    My primary antenna for 10m is a CB vertical, Avanti Astro-Plane, up 95 ft. in a pine tree. Currently it is out of service due to winds from Hurricane Gustav, but I have 3 more as back-ups. I just have to talk my son into climbing the pine tree to replace it.  I do climb towers, but no longer "Gaff" the trees!!!

    QSL IS VIA BURO OR DIRECT, I WILL DO THE SAME, NO SASE REQUIRED!!

    I am registered on eQSL.net and on LOTW and am still learning  about both  of them. I have started uploading  my current  HF logs to  LOTW and eQSL. It will be a while before  i can upload my 10 meter logs as they total over 5,000 contacts!!!

    I will be sending you my "TRADITIONAL" QSL Card in return for your  "TRADITIONAL" QSL Card via whichever route you prefer, BURO, MANAGER or DIRECT. I can also send SAE with coupon/IRC or an SASE. "GREENSTAMPS" can sometimes be  a problem, as mostly, they never  make it to the recipient intended, but I'll try it once!!

    Getting back to eQSL, I cannot use eQSLs' for ARRL Awards, so  "PLEASE", if I send you a Card, then kindly return the favor. If   I can scrape up the postage on a meager budget, then I'm sure you can too, otherwise, you're in the wrong "HOBBY". I have been  negligent, in the past few years on getting out QSLs' because of  finances and do not intend to fall behind again, so if I owe you  one from the past few years, rest assured, it's on the way!!!

    I currently have  DX-LAB on my main computer, but have  been cringin' at the thought of interfacing my radios' and 'Puters
together, but I guess it's "gonna'" have to happen, sooner than  later!  I'm not real keen on the KEYBOARD, hunt and peck is about as good as it gets for me, so, it will be a challenge to talk  on the radio and try to type at the same time. Currently, I do  all my qsl logging on logbook style scratch-pads that I made up, and I later transfer them to the REAL Logbooks for qsling.

  Well, that's enough about me for a while, you're probably getting  bored anyway or contemplating suicide for having read my "BIO".

Please, enjoy our HOBBY of Amateur Radio while you still can. The  day may come when the lobbyist' win and the politicians get to sell off the frequencies to give themselves the pay raise that they will never earn or deserve!!!

     73 es gud  DX !

         Tyrone - N5XES        

                                                                        Rev:  7 Oct 2009  - N5XES