December 4-12, 2011 J6/WF2S Buddipole DXpedition . Over 2,500 QSOs , all uploaded to LoTW and

all direct qsls have been responded to. BURO cards shipping . TU for making my small op in J6 vy FB !!

ARRL-Life, Honor Roll, 8 BDXCC

Western NY DX Association - www.wnydxa.org W2RR

Orleans County ARC - www.ocarc.us/ W2ORC NAQP HI Score in Local Ca

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EPC #4812- European PSK Club sponsors NICE awards and contests !!

Genesee DX Group * KS2I * DX oriented hams that enjoy talking DX over lunch and then go home and WORK IT !

OLD HISTORY: UF7V DxPedition Team 1990 - First Americans issued a licensed to operated in Soviet Georgia.1991-2 UA3A, UA6A ops. additional ops- /VP9, /C6, /PJ2, V26Z, VP2MBJ. Retired RN in 2006 .

Presently, the station consists of an Icom 7700,Alpha 9500and a Ten Tec Eagle. For the Digi modes, I use a Navigator. For travel , a Ten Tec Eagle, with a NUE-PSK or TT712 cable and NetBook. A station upgrade in July- I retired the PW-1 amp and am installing an ALPHA 9500. The free TEE shirts from ALPHA were the clincher, Hi Hi !!

A K3 has joined my station , along with a P3. After much harassment from my K3 owning friends, I decided to get a New Year Present. Now to begin the learning curve. I have just added a KPA500 to take along on trips. I just renewed VP2MBJ - a place to escape the cold winters !

Antenna Farm is a 55 Foot US Tower with Optibeam OB11-5 and OB 40-30. The 80 meter antenna changes when the weather destroys the wire! A horizontal Dipole at 55 feet will soon be replaced with a full wave Delta Loop. Portable loop and wire antennas from a 10m fiberglass pole fit into my Toyota nicely. I can be found most days on PSK and CW. . After 25 years of avoiding CW, I am enjoying this "NEW" mode with a custom Vibroplex Iambic, Begali Sculpture and Schurr.

My XYL likes to travel and encourages trips to the Maritime DX Conference, SEDCO and Dayton. We have enjoyed hosting several DX hams on their visit to Niagara Falls. Hope we meet on the air and have a QSO. I can pack up a station and head on Dxpedition on a moments notice !

73, Steve