I'm a good Southern boy, and go by my 'middle' name - TIM. Not Patrick.

If you're hearing me on HF, I'm using a 200 foot flat top dipole up about 40-50 feet, with about 110 feet of 450 ohm window line fed directly into the shack. I've already started building two additional wire dipoles. One will be almost 300 feet long and about 80-90 feet high. The other will be an inverted V with the apex up about 90-100 feet, and each side probably about 100 feet long (200 feet total). Both will be fed with 450 ohm ladder line. All this is possible with a tennis ball launcher!

If you're hearing me on VHF (at home), I'm using a small discone (100 Mhz and up) mounted in the highest point of my attic. It's fed with high quality coax and does an excellent job from my fairly high location, just North of Atlanta. I also have a home made hybrid 6 meter/2 meter dipole in the top ridge of my attic. Maybe I'll mount an outside antenna in the future? I've got the antenna and hardline to do it, but with the little work I currently do on VHF from home, the extra antenna capability wouldn't get used much.

My 3 HF rigs are a Kenwood TS-850S/AT, Kenwood TS-2000 and a Flex SDR-1000. The TS-2000 also allows me to operate on 6, 2 and 440 all modes. I also have an old Yaesu FT 2400 to work 2 meters FM from the house.

For audio DSP, I have a Timewave DSP-599zx audio filter. It works GREAT. My TS-2000 has IF level DSP, but in certain instances, I prefer the outboard audio level DSP instead! Right now, I'm still getting used to my newest rig, so the verdict is still out on how well the software defined radio works for noise reduction. In the meantime, my Timewave is a keeper.

I love to operate CW, SSB and digital modes. Played around with digital voice on HF too. Just wish there were more folks doing the same thing.

Very recently, I purchased the hand held Arrow multi band antenna for ham satellite work. I've made a few contacts with my 5 watt HT and this antenna via all three working FM birds in orbit. LOTS of fun. Now I'm working on taking my Kenwood TS-2000 outside on the tailgate of my truck, powering it with a small battery, interfacing it with my laptop running Ham Radio Deluxe and working the SSB ham satellites using that same arrow antenna.

I'm still looking for a local ham that also works the satellites. I want to work him/her through the satellite when we're standing next to each other! The fun never stops :)

Best of luck to you.

-Tim