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Welcome to the Iowa Wireless Contesting Club Station Located In Bondurant, Iowa...
15M TH7DX @60Ft 10M Quadyagi @50FT 20M Cushcraft X7 @70FT 40M HYGAIN 402BA @90Ft
Pictured here is the WØIW Contest Station owned by Joe Leto WØIW...
The Iowa Contesting & DX Club or the IWC is a Contesting Station
Near Des Moines, Iowa. The IWC is an informal bunch of friends who
want to contest & DX... and use the WØIW club station for contests &
special events. The clubs website is http://www.w0iw.com where
you can read all about the clubs latest exploits into contesting, and building
a contesting station brand new in Iowa...
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Joe Has been in Amateur Radio for close to 30 years...
My home page is...
http://w0iw.com
Year born:
April 14th, 1967
I am originally from...
Greenfield, Iowa
Previous calls:
ka0raa n0fbc kg4fb w0ant kj0l
My marital status is...
Very Married to K0QLT
Joe W0IW & xyl Linnea K0QLT own the repeaters and the contesting station,
and have a dedicated handful of friends use both...
XYL/Kids...
4 harmonics... 3 SO- 239's ....1 pl259
I got interested in ham radio because...
I like contest & DX and love to experiment with radios and
antennas..
Loved the thrill and magic of shortwave radio and old time
radio shows since I was a teen...
My favorite thing to do in ham radio is... Because?
Working contests & DX and talking on my repeater and echolink...
My equipment consists of...
TS 2000
ic-756 pro
40m beam
20 m beam
etc etc etc
I am a member of the following ham radio clubs...
ARRL & the Iowa Wireless contest & DX club
Local Echolink repeater club
I am most proud of the following accomplishments in ham radio...
Being
an Extra class ham, and
being on several Dx expedition around the world including Saudi Arabia,
Guantanamo bay Cuba, Antarctica, etc..
I worked an ARES station in
Puerto Rico during hurricane Hugo in Puerto Rico
in 1989 I also worked during Desert Storm out of a hum vee for 6 months
when
I was in the US NAVY and Stationed in the Dessert shield & Storm which I was there for during all the actions.. I was in the US Navy for 6 years then came back home to Iowa...
I would like to try the following new things in ham radio in the next 10 years...
Help my wife & kids someday get there extra class.
When I'm not on the radio, you can normally find me...
thinking about building antennas & radio & club contest stuff online...
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We have a handful of dedicated members who contest with us.
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The IWC owns 2 wide area coverage repeaters on a 2000 ft tower near
Des Moines, Iowa 145.310- 444.675+ both pll 114.8 and both are
Echo link systems. #3897.
When in the area dial dtmf 911 to link either system together..uhf to vhf or vhf to uhf.
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We are just starting to grow an antenna farm...
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We provided the equipment & antennas to our friends who have Joined the
IWC to operate contests from there large Acreage NE of Des Moines, Iowa
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If you need to get a hold of us or w0iw please do
so either over the 145.310- repeater or call us at
515-250-2108
or email us at
radioham @@@ gmail.com
our website.... http://www.w0iw.com
73
WØIW
