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Greetings from the New Jersey Shore |
| Thanks for the lookup. First of all if you are here it means that either we had a QSO or you hearing me in QSO so please say hello to me. My name is Hiram and I been hamming since 1995. I enjoy both DX and ragchew. I can be found working HF bands only although I have plans for VHF/UHF in the future. At this point I do ot have an amplifier so am working barefoot only. I have recently upgraded my license class and call sign and have decided to start all over working DXCC, WAS, WAC, etc |
| My Rig |
| My radio these days is a Kenwood TS-590. I am running just the barefoot radio at about 100 watts. Nice little radio. Receives well and has pretty good DX audio. I plan to get an amp soon but I am enjoying barefoot contacts. |
| My Antennas |
| My antennas are all wire antennas and most are monoband. I have a 260ft zepp antenna I use for 160 and 80/75 meters, a Lazy H which I use on 40-10 meters and Delta Loops which seem to work great for me. |
| My Location |
| I live in a great area for Ham Radio. Only a couple of miles from the ocean and flat terrain. The ground is mostly sand. There isnt any rock in my yard. When it rains it never puddles. I can actually put in a ground rod with my bare hands (even though I didnt). By far the place for DX of any I ever lived in. Since having moved here in February 2006 I have worked 291 DXCC. Not bad considering most of it was at the bottom of the propagation cycle. Great location, lots of room for antennas, no pesky neighbors and my very own highway exit sign. How can I ask for more? |
| Build a Lazy H antenna |
| I have been asked several times about the antenna pictured above on the left with the 2 sections of ladder line. It is a Lazy H. This one will work from 40 meters through 10 meters and some have had success on 6 meters with it too. I decided to bring back a video I made a few years ago explaining the antenna and how to construct it. The only thing is that you will need tall supports. 3 if possible so it can be supported from the center as well as the ends. It gets out like gangbusters. Try it you'll like it! |
