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I was previously active under WV6SVW and WA6SVW from about 1961 to 1967,
operating from Union City, CA and Fremont, CA until my license expired. I have
been QRV since September of 2004. I am a member and currently the secretary of
the Northern California DX Club (NCDXC) and a member of the Northern California
Contest Club (NCCC), the current holder of the Sweepstakes Gavel.
I am also interested in Trains and Model Railroading (HO gauge), so AE6RR is a
great call for me (not a vanity call)! The train pictured on my QSL card is a
Western Pacific F7 locomotive that was part of a special running of the
original California Zephyr. This train consisted of original restored cars
including dome cars and a dome observation car. I rode this train in April of
2004. There is more information and pictures at this link:
http://www.trainsunlimitedtours.com scroll to the bottom and click on the
California Zephyr logo.
My home QTH is in San Jose, CA, Santa Clara County, grid CM97, Santa Clara
Valley Section at the mailing address. The current HF antenna is a G5RV Jr. (52
ft. long) on 40 to 6 meters. This antenna is about 2 ft. above the roof in a
stealth installation. The rig is a Kenwood TS-2000x with an Ameritron ALS-600S
amplifier and a LDG AT-1000 Autotuner running about 600 watts. The antenna for
2m, 70cm and 23cm is a Diamond 3-band mobile whip on the roof.
Since returning to the air in Sept. 2004, I have achieved DXCC (phone, mixed &
20M), WAC, WAS (20m mixed & 20m phone),CQ DX and the new CQ DX Field Award (97
fields worked/92 confirmed at this time). I currently have 155 DXCC entities in
the log (including VU4/VU3SIG, 3Y0X and K7C!) with 151 confirmed. I have 35
zones worked and 34 confirmed. All with wire antennas!
I appreciate all QSL cards and I QSL 100%. QSL direct, stamps or IRCs are not
required. I also submit all logs to the ARRL Logbook of the World. I also have
envelopes in the ARRL 6th District Bureau.
I have entered several contests and although my operating hours have be
restricted to a few, I have had a lot of fun. I was surprised to get a
certificate in the mail for 1st Place, Single Operator, Phone Only, Low Power,
Santa Clara Valley Section in the 2004 ARRL 10M Contest. I also received 1st
place W6 call area, single operator, 14 MHz, any power in the Canada Winter
Contest 2004.
I am also active on local 2m, 70cm, and 23cm repeaters. I have done some
satellite work, so far I have worked AO-27, SO-50, AO-51, FO-29 and VO-52. I
have worked satellites both from the mobile whip on the roof and an Arrow hand
held antenna from portable locations. You may also hear me on mobile with a
Kenwood TS-480SAT and a Hamstick.
See you on the air somewhere!
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