I'm always trying to be relatively active member of the amateur radio community, APRS, just going to start SSTV now, BSARC, ARRL, ARES, SKYWARN, is there something I missed? I think emergency preparedness is vital to being on the next step. In addition, I have battery back up to stand me up when need. I run an IC-207H from home, which runs primarily off a DT-3N car battery, which is in turn, trickle charged when needed, and that runs off my 1500va UPS for the computer. This radio I have had since my second year of amateur radio, when I installed in my first truck. My first radio was an Icom T-22A. The 207 then runs through RG-8 to a UVS-200 antenna, mounted on the deck on the second floor out back. Being in a rental, I cannot do much for, antenna mounting, so I am stuck with what I got, I will post a picture of it. It gets 6db vhf and 8-9 db roughly on uhf, with 50/35w vhf/uhf radio output.

With a timely and helpful tax return in 2004, I got an IC-W32A, and an IC-2720H. Both work wonderful and I could not be happier using them.

I use the 2720 in my van, to which I use to cross band repeat to me while I work inside a big building, mainly during the summer, so I can hear SKYWARN and let my management know the current conditions. To assist and help the 100's of people shopping in our store, since the handheld really cannot get a good signal in all that brick and metal. I use my w32A to receive and transmit to my 2720 primarily, but use it as my sidekick.

Therefore, I am also big into computers, photography, and things of technical ability. I have made my two own computers, I have fixed multiple computers, including my own, family and friends. I try to stay on top of the current news and headlines revolving around them, as it could/will shape our future of technology, so I like to stay in the know about them things.

I will post some pictures up on here from time to time. Right now, they are not ready for small internet post, I have to down sample a bit, so give me a few, and I will have up on here. Hear me around; give me a shout, thanks for your time, TTYL.

73's Matthew - KD7BJG

Here is my amateur weather run site, which used to be in my domain of my call sign, sub-domain, but I purchased the domain it is on now to help with the long URL address and complications in understanding the call sign when I wasn't writing it, and my writing etc, here is a link to my weather site: http://www.grainvalleyweather.com/

My radio site: http://maheiser.home.comcast.net/radio.htm

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