We live full-time in an RV motorhome

Our house on wheels -- "KK9TT mobile"

Travel throughout the USA and Canada in a 45’ Newmar Mountain Aire motorcoach, our only home

No more mortgages, property taxes, lawns to mow, or snow to shovel!

Operating mobile only

Coach radios...

Flex 6300, SSDR iOS app for iPhone & iPad control

Icom 7100, LDG AT-200Pro II tuner, SignaLink USB, RemoteRig

Hamstick dipoles for 20 & 40 meters on extendable 30’ fiberglass mast

D-Star radios: Icom 7100, Icom ID-5100, Icom ID-51A ... monitor REF 12A & 9C

Yaesu VX7R handheld for local 2 meter, 70cm FM

Ham Radio Deluxe ver. 6.2

Car (towed behind)...

Icom 706MKIIg

Hamstick for 20 & 40 meters

Operating...

HF and CW on 20 and 40 plus D-star -- perfect for our mobile lifestyle. Using Raspberry PI + DVAP running W6KD's D-star Commander. Usually monitor REF 12A (PAPA System), occasionaly on 9C. Check-in every so often on the 20 meter Spiderwebnet 14.347 mHz mornings at 12:30 Z. Monitor 146.52 simplex while underway and use a Uniden 536 in the coach and Home Patrol in the car. Previous rigs include Icom 735, 7000, 756 Proii; Kenwood TS2000, 480HX.

Where We Are Now

Our address of record, where we receive correspondence and post office mail, is in Pensacola FL USA … but we are traveling someplace all the time. Will always give current QTH in all QSOs

Click HERE to see where we are today

Past Lives

Lived in Chicago, San Francisco, Madison WI, Rochester NY, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Marco Island/Naples FL, and spend considerable time with family in Dubuque IA and Napa CA

N8KBD novice station, Icom 735 in Cleveland 1990

Previous call N8KBD. Former public broadcasting station manager, marketing communications manager, advertising agency executive, consultant

Growing up outside Chicago I discovered radio when I noticed my parent's old Zenith console model had a shortwave band. The strange sounds and occasional voices were fascinating and I was hooked. CW seemed an impossible hurdle so I got into CB, scanning, and SWL. I knuckled down in 1987 and mastered the code, then went from Novice to Advanced and am now Extra.

KK9TT station in Marco Island FL on the Gulf of Mexico

Other Stuff

Techy — if it’s made by Apple I’ve either had it, own it, or am about to buy it … sailed our Formula PC in the Great Lakes, the Gulf, Florida Keys, & Atlantic (now sold) … licensed pilot, single engine land … follow, watch, or attend as many Formula 1 races as budget and time permit … trained weather spotter; Davis VUE on the RV ladder … iPads and Kindles help me consume a couple of books a week … occassionaly write blogs, book reviews on Goodreads, plus Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter babble (if you call that writing)… still provide strategic counsel to business owners and executive teams in marketing and communication … Volunteer Examiner (VE) … Extra Class ham