AA6KJ (Simi Valley, California)

I was first licensed in Finland as OH6KJ. After being nearly 30 years QRT, I got back into this great hobby in the summer 2012 as AA6KJ. Currently enjoying chasing DX and contesting (mostly CW).

Rig: Elecraft K3 (100 W)

Amp: Acom 2000A (1.5 kW)

Ants: 5 band spiderbeam (3 el for 20 m, 2 el for 17 m, 3 el for 15 m, 2 el for 12 m, 4 el for 10 m) at 15 m height, fan dipole for 30m/40m, and DX-B sloper for 80 and 160 m.

Logging and contesting on Linux: CQRLOG, Win-Test (under wine) and sometimes the good old tlf.

Other: My QTH is plagued by occasional power line -like noise, which is S3 on most bands. While the noise blanker takes it down completely, the settings must be cranked up causing distortion and interference from the nearby strong signals. So, if I can't hear you well, be patient and, if on CW, drop the WPM rate. Also, it does not help that I am located in a valley with mountains very close to SW-S-E-N directions.