See my blog post detailing these changes to the station.
I am active mostly from 80M to 6M using an Icom IC-7610 and an SPE Expert 1.5K-Taurus amplifier into a K4KIO Hexbeam antenna with elements for 20M to 6M. I also have a MyAntennas end-fed halfwave antenna for 80M to 40M. I am working to add a 160M antenna to the mix.
For VHF and UHF, I primarily use an Icom IC-9700 for 2M and 70cm, and an Alinco DR-06TA for 6M FM, into a Comet GP-15 antenna mounted on the roof.
I primarily use Icom ID-52A, Kenwood THD-74A, and Anytone AT-D878UVII Plus handheld transceivers. I also use the VHF/UHF radios to participate in local 2m nets. In my truck, I have a Kenwood TM-D710G.
I also have Icom IC-7300 and IC-705 transceivers for portable and QRP operations.
I am am occasionally active on CW, having completed the CWops CW Academy Level 1 course in 2018. To send CW, I use UR5CDX CT599 paddle, with a K1EL WKUSB WinKeyer. I also use MRP40 to help me copy those lightning fast senders (and by lightning fast, I mean anything sent over about 15 wpm).
I have participated casually in a few contests, to include ARRL DX, ARRL VHF, Field Day, CQ WW DX and WPX, and a variety of QSO parties. I’m looking forward to more contests and QSO parties, and can hopefully improve my scores.
I thoroughly enjoy DXing, and like to chase awards. I have been fortunate enough to complete 5BDXCC and 5BWAS with several endorsements. I still need Hawaii for WAS on 160m. It may be a while before I reach that goal. If it was easy it wouldn’t be as fun or rewarding! I also completed VUCC for 50 MHz. I would like to thank the many hams around the world who confirmed our QSOs so I could apply for the awards.
My future goals include improving my antennas, especially for 160m and 6m. I would also like to do more portable operations, and activate some rare counties for the Georgia QSO Party.
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