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Hi, my name is Ken. I live near Gray, Georgia, which is a small city about 8
miles North of Macon near the center of the state.
I am retired after 30 plus years from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., which
merged with R.J. Reynolds in 2004.
As a young boy living on a farm in South East Georgia, I was introduced to
radio communications by a school mate, by way of Citizen Band radio. Later
after marriage and two children (both daughters), my interest returned to
radio, and I got my first ham license in 1991. I applied for VHF repeater
frequency and have had a full time repeater on the air since 1993. The repeater
(146.805) is part of a state wide Sky Warn linking system with the National
Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia.
My HF station currently consists of a Kenwood TS-2000, LDG AT-1000 Autotuner,
Ameritron AL-80B amp, feeding a homebrew Carolina Windom antenna. I use a
Signalink USB interface for digital modes, which I have just started to
explore. I also have the Kenwood TH-D7 handheld that I can use with Sky Command
of the TS-2000.
My other expensive hobby is Photography (you can make a small fortune in
photography, if you start with a large fortune first). I shoot Nikon equipment
in Digital and film and still have a medium format Pentax 645N I use
occasionally. I have shot some weddings and enjoy outdoor/nature photography.
73’s Ken
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