Hello,

Thanks for looking up my callsign. My name is James and I live in Texas City, Texas. The city is in Galveston County right on the Texas gulf coast.

I do like to trade QSL cards. When trading cards by regular mail I always QSL 100% with No SASE required. I'm also authenticity guaranteed with eQSL, and trade cards there too.

The rig here is a Kenwood TS-570s 160-6m. The antenna is a hy-gain TH3MK3-S, 3-element beam at 40ft. I also have a ground mounted Titan DX. I have two Kenwood mobiles for 2meter & 70cm operation,and two Yaesu FT-470 HT's.

I usually like to work 20m phone, but also like to work some CW when the mood strikes me.

I enjoy building & testing antennas. It is a lot easier now with my antenna analyzer, Hi, Hi.

I am a member/president of an active amateur radio club, Tidelands Amateur Radio Society. We have a wonderful group of people for members & are always looking for more.The club has several outings each year in addition to field day.

I also belong to the GCECG, Galveston County Emergency Communications Group, ARRL, ARES & Texas RACES. I am also an ARRL VE liaison here in the Texas City/Galveston County area. We hold our sessions the 3rd Saturday of the month at 9am. There is always something to keep you active in amateur radio. This is why I enjoy it.

Tidelands ARS had another successful Hamfest in 2008. We are now getting ready for the 2009 Hamfest. Our 2009 event will be held on July 11th from 8am-2pm. For more information about the Tidelands ARS 2009 Hamfest see our website at, www.tidelands.org . We are looking forward to another successful Hamfest this year.

The club also participated in the 2009 SPAR winter field day on January 24. We were a Multi Op station,Outdoors,In a Public location & No commercial power. We managed to score 3,016 points even though conditions were not the best. However we hope to do better next year.

The club hosted a special event station in Texas City for the 62nd anniversary of the Texas City Disaster on April 18th. We want to thank all of those who contacted us during our short time on the air Saturday. Our event was cut short due to some severe weather that moved into our area around 12 noon that day with thunderstorms,hail and high winds. We can plan almost everything except the weather. We will be back next year with the 63rd anniversary event.

Once again thanks for looking up my callsign. If you hear me on the air give me a call.

73 from Texas,

James.