I  am  phasing out " most " paper QSL cards slowly

its a chore  with little satisfication AFTER over 50 years

of radio ! 

So don't bother with sending paper QSL via the BUREAU !

 

The Best way to get PAPER QSL is send to QRZ address

with self addressed envelope and One Dollar for international

Air MAIL -  Or BEST option :  use LOTW , good for any date after

JAN 1 , 2013 !

QSL  ( paper ) requests from USA and CANADA require

Self Addressed Stamped Envelopes please.

 

I am new to LOTW -starting JAN 1, 2013 and beyond.

if we work in CONTEST and you want LOTW ,

send me time,date and FQ since this information

is not uploaded to LOTW ( at this time)

 

Former Call Signs: WX7K, AA6IT, K2MMS, KN2MMS

I am social DXer , sometimes contester. Love CW !! It's music to my ears!

I know CW is a dying art, but great CW can make the hairs on my arm stand up !

My favorite band is 40m !! But I am getting more interested in 160m now.

Original call was KN2MMS in the late 50s. As teenager was active CW Dxer with NC-300

and Viking Valiant to Mosley TA 33JR and 40m wire vertical running up a tall tree.

 

I am always learning new things in LIFE -

The best students make the best teachers.

they are TWO Sides of the SAME COIN !!!

Life is eager to meet our expectations !

 

Antennas : at 33 meters: 2el on each band 30 / 40 meters

at 30 meters: 3 el on 20m, 4 el on 15 meters

for 160m the tower is shunt fed , with radials on the ground

 

 

I have all 40 zones CONFIRMED on each of these BANDS

80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 meters

160 m (TOP BAND) is a work in progress !

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As KN2MMS in late 50s my first Transmitter was crystal controlled

World Radio Labs 680A using single 6146 ( I used light bulb as dummy load )

 

Photo below is me at age 16, Call Sign was K2MMS

My RECEIVER as teenager (K2MMS). Weight 26 kgs National NC-300

Below is my teenage Transmitter Viking Valiant using 3 X 6146 in the final

 

PRESENTLY in USE :

LogiKeyer ( homebrew with 18 memories ) - paddles from left to right :

Palm Radio ( mounted on wooden block ) , N0SA iambic , N0SA iambic

Operating position today : Nye Viking Tuner, K3 , LP-100A watt meter

and (on Top) is ALPHA 78 highly modified for dual 3XCP800s, and hypersil

transformer ( reducing weight about 18 lbs ) . Left top is Green Heron

controller for Prop Pitch rotor at tower top .

 

The LOW BAND MONITOR ( monthly bulletin ) used to have informal

contest for Longest mileage WAC on 160 meters

One season I got lucky and came in second to Larry K1UO

who had 48,000+ miles ( see below)

Other interests : Alternative Medicine, Ketogenic Diet, Fitness and Healing, Paleo Diet

Day hiking in the nearby Mountains , enjoying the great Outdoors.