Hello, I am Kerry Bickford, WA2NAN and live in N.E. New York about 50 miles south of Canada. I have been licensed since 1977 and have never strayed from the Ham Radio hobby. I have tried most of the different modes and spent a lot of time on SSTV and RTTY over the years. I build and market G5RV antennas now and spend most of my Radio Time working DX. I am still using a Kenwood TS-530S that I purchased in 1980 and have never used an amplifier. I also use a new Kenwood TS-480sat that is quite a step up from the TS-530s but I will never retire the 530s. The antenna farm consists of a 250' modified Zepp, a Double G5RV, a homebrew rotatable dipole for 17 and 20 meters, and a 13B2 and a GP-9 for VHF and UHF. Listen for me on 17 and 20 meters.................Kerry