QSL INFO:  Please QSL direct w/SASE.  QSLs received with SASEs are generally answered the day they are received!  I upload all logs to LoTW and eQSL, usually very soon after the QSO, or at the end of a contest.  If you do not get a match for a QSO you are claiming with me, please e-mail me.  Note that it is my policy to reject eQSLs that do not match my logbook data.

Beacon Info

The NV4B/B beacon is back on the air on 28.258 MHz as of June 19, 2009.  A reception report would be greatly appreciated; see my web site for info.

About Me

• First licensed June 17, 1996 as KF4KLG at age 13; received Advanced class callsign KT4XA in October 1996, and upgraded to Extra in June 1997.  Current callsign "bought" in September 2000.
  
• Employed as a design engineer for ADTRAN in Huntsville, Ala. writing primarily DSP-controller interface software for VoIP hardware; also a part-time staff engineer for broadcast radio stations WFMH-FM, WGOL, and WKAX

On-Air Activities

• QRV all modes 160m-6m, 2m, 70cm, and 222 MHz FM
• Casual contester, even more casual DX'er
  
• Primary station equipment:  Yaesu FT-847, Solarcon A99 vertical on 50' tower, G5RV at 30' (which would explain the "casual" qualifier above)
• Portable station:  Yaesu FT-817ND.  Recently acquired B&W AP-10 antenna, but haven't even tested it yet...
  

Off-Air Activities & Interests

• Homebrewing/QRP projects -- I tend to build QRP rigs and never use them...
  
• Microcontrollers
  
• Repeater construction; involved in these repeaters/repeater projects:  53.13-, 147.21+, 224.34-, and 444.675+ in Russellville, Ala., 146.79- in Vina, Ala.

Memberships

• Member of Alabama Contest Group, 10-10 Int'l (#68980), SKCC (#3459), NAQCC (#2138), FPQRP (#1981)
• Trustee of Franklin County EMA club license, WX4FC

More info at nv4b.com