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Click for more detail... QSL POLICY: Direct or bureau only please. Whether US or DX station, an SASE and/or return postage strongly recommended & greatly appreciated. W9XY logs after 5 July '99, and full JY8XY logs available on LOTW. Note: HI7 operation of 2005 is NOT on LOTW as I only did logs on paper. I do NOT use E-QSL whatsoever. (Sorry). QSL manager ONLY for: KE9A/DU3 & JY5SK (and my own DX calls). Licensed: October, 1976 as WB9YXY. Changed to W9XY in December 1996. Other calls: JY8XY (1986, '95, '96, & '97), W9XY/HI7 (2005), SM/W9XY, & HA/W9XY (2007) County: Marquette (rare one!). I'm the most active HF op / DX'er in the county. Interesting Fact: The county seat of Montello is home to Wisconsin's largest tree! It's a cottonwood, measuring 23.2 feet (7M) around and 138 feet (42M) high! QTH: Located very near the boyhood home of John Muir, famous naturalist & Father of our US National Parks. http://www.tn.buffalo.wi.gov/default.asp?id=14&mnu=14 HF: Kenwood TS-950SDX & Ten-Tec Titan II KW amplifier. (Life is too short for QRP!). Rohn 45 tower supports an M2 KT36XA (6 el triband yagi) at 83'/25M, and a Cushcraft 2 el 40M beam at 95'/29M. A Hy-Gain Tailtwister turns it all. On the low bands, I use inverted vees for 80 & 160M mounted near the top of the tower. Fortunately, living in the country provides a situation where there is very little or no receive noise whatsoever on the bands. (*Antennas shown below.) VHF: Icom IC-2200 & Diamond X510M (duo-band, 17'/5M) vertical at 100'/30M. Also available, IC-2100 & Cushcraft 11 el yagi (vertically polarized) at 89'/27M. Wildcard: Yaesu FT-857D and any of the above antennas. This rig is also taken on mini-expeditions such as the HI7 trip. I use the Paddlette BP key (tiny!) with it, just for fun. Keys: Two Vibroplex Brass Racers, two Benchers (one black, one chrome) , a Paddlette BP, and a W5JH "Black Widow" reside in/around the shack. (Six keys??! ... You can never have enough keys!) Spare HF rigs/amp: Yaesu FT1000MP MKV Field, Kenwood TS830S, Yaesu FT301D, DenTron MLA2500 amp. (You can never have enough HF rigs either!) Have Visited: A6, JY, G, EI, GM, XE, 6Y, HI, SM, HA, & OE. (Also VE7, and most of USA). None for work or business; all for visiting friends, having fun, being DX, and exploring new experiences & cultures! Awards: 5BDXCC, 160M DXCC (200+ conf), 5BWAZ (38 zones), 160M WAZ (34 zones), DXCC: Top of the Honor Roll since 2002 (Tnx P5/4L4FN!). More: I enjoy CW and am fortunate to be able to copy high-speed Morse code. In the past, I've been clocked in excess of 50 WPM and have also won the CW Pileup Contest at the annual W9DXCC Convention (in Chicago) several times. Other: Besides DXing & traveling, I enjoy aviation. When not "on" the air, I like being "in" the air. In the spring of 2005, I passed my flight exam and received my Private Pilot license (VFR). Occasionally I take my 2M HT and operate air-mobile while flying the pictured Piper Cherokee PA28-140 (rental aircraft) out of the Baraboo-Wisconsin Dells airport (DLL). My Work: I work for a midsize local auto parts chain doing mostly accounting and inventory duties. I also occasionally assist with some IT type tasks when needed. My Motto: "Adventure is the essence of life". (Thanks Dick Rutan, KB6LQS, pilot of the Voyager aircraft; first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world). My Life Theory: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do, rather than by the things you did." (Thanks Mark Twain). Please visit http://www.maqs.net/~w9xy for more details about family, the station, and my DX'ing activities. Tnx & 73, Bob W9XY
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