The Amateur is Considerate. . . He never knowingly uses the air in such a way as to lessen the pleasure of others. -Paul M. Segal W9EEA (1928)

 

 

 

 

          

    

All QSO's are frequently uploaded to eqsl.cc and LoTW.

Licensed since 1980 (9 years old). Former calls are KB2FM (2002-2010), N2DUB (1983-2002), and KA2IPI (1980-1983)

CWOPS #1419 - INDEXA #4388 - 10-X #40545 - FISTS #9585 - SKCC #6271

Mixed DXCC #38,649 - 306 confirmed

Phone DXCC #32,942 - 230 confirmed

CW DXCC #12,730 - 270 confirmed

Digital DXCC #2,936 - 134 confirmed

Diamond DXCC Challenge - awarded 3/27/2012 - 106 submitted - 36 unsubmitted

8BDXCC Status: All worked but waiting for 4 qsl's on 12 meters.

WAZ Mixed # 8971

WAS - WAC - [RCC - OTC] - eWPX (400) - eWAS

 Station setup:

• Kenwood TS-590S
• Collins 30L-1 [Winged Emblem]  with K6HM power supply upgrade as per Dec. 2009 QST
• Logging and digital modes with MixW 2.20

Antennas:

• Coming soon!: Hustler 6BTV [with 12/17 add-ons] 
• KIO hex beam 20/17/15/12/10/6 at 60 feet on Rohn 9H50 Mast with TV Rotator
• 40M Half-wave dipole at 40 ft.

Backup equipment:

• Kenwood TS-140S / TS-440S/AT
• Heathkit SB-200
• Heathkit SB-220

Heathkit collection:

• Heathkit SB-200 [No mods / Original caps & Cetron tubes / new parasitics]
• SB-220 Linear [Original Xformer & PS. Grids directly grounded (as per W8JI) / meter protection diodes]
• SB-600 Speaker
• SB-610 Oscilloscope (needs work)
• SB-614 Oscilloscope (mint/works)
• HW-7 Transceiver
• HW-8 Transceiver
• HWA-7-1 Power supply
• HD-1422 Antenna noise bridge
• HD-1410 Keyer (works great, has mod to plug in paddle)
• HM-2102 wattmeter
• SA-2040 Antenna Tuner (mint)
• (2) Cantennas

KIO Hex Beam construction 06 april 2012

 

 

The early days / my original station Collins S-line 32S-3 / 75S-3  (pictured in late 1980).

Alternate station setup (1981-1984) Drake 2A / Gonset GSB-100/101 - Mount Tobias Rd. Willow, NY (FN22ub)

Notable Contests:

• 1986 IRSA-CRRL CAN-AM Contest - First Place in NJ - Phone Single-Op All-Band   
• 1990 ARRL 10-Meter Contest - First Place NNJ Section - Single-Op CW Low-Power
• 2002 MDXA Deathmatch - Second Place Overall (First place in category)
• 2014 ARRL 10 Meter Contest - First Place NNJ section - SIngle-Op CW High-Power

My current circumstances (wife/kids) don't currently permit me to spend the time to make a competitive contest entry.

 

CLUBLOG totals do not include LoTW confirmations or any deleted DXCC entities.

 

As you can see from the diagram below, I am 3100 feet from the intersection of four grid squares:

This was my 2010 Field Day setup at the Nike base atop Clausland Mountain in Orangeburg, NY. (FN31ab) - Kenwood TS-440/AT with deep cycle battery - Two Hustler 20M mobile antennas in dipole configuration on homebrew tripod mast. I have since built a triband version (20/15/10) of this antenna.