Please QSL direct or via the ARRL Logbook of the World (LoTW).

Products I design, build, and sell:

• "The Y-BOX" 4-way accessory port splitter and breakout box for the Elecraft K3 and K3S:
  
• Compact DE-15 (DB15HD) Breakout Board, available from Anchor Electronics and Jameco
    

Antennas

• 10m: 5 el HyGain 105BA
• 15m: 5 el HyGain 155BA (modified by N6BT)
• 20m: 5 el HyGain 205BA (modified by N6BT)
• 40m: 3 el HyGain Discoverer 7-3
• 80m: 1 el Force 12 Sigma 180S with Seco-Systems Tornado Tuning Drive
• 160m: 1el shunt-fed tower (Omega match), KC2TX Rx Loop, VE3DO Loop

Tower

• US Tower HD589-MDPL, 89' (27 m), five sections, self-supporting
• Mast: 2.5" (6.35 cm) O.D. Chrom-Moly, 3/8" (.95 cm) wall, galvanized
• Rotator: Create RC5B-3

Rig

• Elecraft K3 (2)
• Alpha 87A (2)
• microHAM MK2R+
• Perseus SDR
• SRL QS1R SDR

Tips

• Recommended menu settings for Elecraft K3 to reduce pileup mush (post to Elecraft Reflector, February 23rd, 2017)
• Win-Test Options Checklist (post to Win-Test Reflector, November 24th, 2011)

Photo Albums

• 2017 Visalia International DX Convention, Marriott Hotel, Visalia, CA, April 21-23, 2017
• 2016 NCCC Holiday Banquet, Michael's at Shoreline, Mountain View, CA, December 17th, 2016
• NCCC Meeting, Sneha Restaurant, Sunnyvale, CA, October 18th, 2016
• Dayton Contest Dinner, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dayton, OH, May 21st, 2016
• NCCC Awards Meeting, Tied House, Mountain View, CA, April 23rd, 2016
• 2016 Visalia International DX Convention, Marriott Hotel, Visalia, CA, April 14-17th, 2016
• See also my my Album Archive

Free Software

• Win-Test scripts - open source Lua code that controls Elecraft, Icom, Kenwood, and Yaesu radios from Win-Test  (contest software), and also implements new features
• Cabrillo Statistics (CBS) - log analyzer started by K5KA (SK)

Schematics

• Elecraft K3 Simple SO2R Lockout Circuit (PDF)

Online Presentations / PowerPoint files

• The Advantages of Waterfall Displays for Contesting and DXing, presented at 2017 Dayton CTU
• CW and RTTY Skimmer, and the Reverse Beacon Network, presented at 2017 Dayton CTU
• The Advantages of Waterfall Displays for Contesting and DXing, presented at NCCC Meething, October 18th, 2016 and REDXA Meeting, June 8th, 2016
• How to Record an Entire Contest and Learn From Your Mistakes, presented at 2016 Dayton Contest University (CTU) and NCCC Meeting, June 5th, 2016
• The Advantages of Waterfall Displays for Contesting and DXing, presented at 2016 Datyon CTU
• How to Use Waterfall Displays While Contesting and DXing, presented at 2015 Dayton CTU
• CW and RTTY Skimmer, and the Reverse Beacon Network, presented at 2015 Dayton CTU
• Using Waterfall Displays as a Contesting Advantage, presented at 2014 Dayton CTU
• CW Skimmers, DX Clusters, and The Reverse Beacon Network, presented at 2014 Dayton CTU
• CW Skimmers, DX Clusters, and The Reverse Beacon Network, presented at 2013 Dayton CTU
• Using The Reverse Beacon Network as a Contesting Advantage, presented at 2012 Dayton Hamvention, Contest Forum
• Using Waterfall Displays as a Contesting Advantage, presented at the 2011 Visalia DX Convention, NCCC Contest Academy
• Operating the North American Sprint, an NCCC/PVRC Webinar, 2 Feb 2010
• WinRad and CW Skimmer, given at the 2008 Visalia DX Convention Contest Forum
• WinRad and CW Skimmer (updated), given at the 2008 Austin Summerfest
• Adding a Software Defined Radio (SDR) to an SO2R station
• Connecting the Perseus SDR to CW Skimmer