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Here I am (seated) with fellow six meter operator Katsu, JH7OHF, on the 2000 Kingman Reef DXpedition (K5K) |
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Here I am (seated) with fellow six meter operator Katsu, JH7OHF, on the 2000 Kingman Reef DXpedition (K5K) |
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Here I am again operating with Robert, 3B9FR, on the 1999 DXpedition to Rodrigues Island (3B9R) |
| One of my many ham radio passions is making contacts around the world by bouncing signals off the moon (EME). Here I am tinkering with my home made EME antenna. |  |
Recently,
I have taken to traveling to Africa in November every year in order to
participate in the CQ Worldwide DX CW Contest with the VooDoo Contest Group. In
2005 and 2006, I operated with this contest group in the West African nation of
Mali. Pictured with me on the left in the 2006 event are Vince Thompson (K5VT),
Fred Handscombe (G4BWP), Mike Fulcher (KC7V), Roger Western (G3SXW), Lee Finkel
(KY7M), John Warburton (G4IRN) and Robbie Ferguson (GM3YTS). In addition to
participating in the CQWW DX contest event, we also travel throughout the
country when we can and also participate in other specialized ham radio
activities such as RTTY or EME. In 2006, we assembled a portable 2m EME station
and made a number of contacts around the world to the delight of the VooDoo
Contest team as well as some lucky 2m EME operators.
Band
States Worked Grids Worked Countries Worked 6 meters 50 825 115 (6m DXCC #523) 2 meters 50 624 92 1.25 meters 11 27 1 70 cm 5 24 4 (DL, HB9 & OH via EME!) 23 cm 1 7 1
Mode/Band Current active worked Current active confirmed Total worked Total confirmed CW 337 (need P5) 337 347 347 Phone 338 338 350 350 Mixed 338 338 351 351 RTTY 321 318 Satellite 168 137 160 157 152 80 290 286 40 339 338 30 319 312 20 349 349 17 326 324 15 340 340 12 301 297 10 334 330
Top of the Honor Roll - Mixed and Phone
DXCC Honor Roll - Mixed, Phone and CW
5 Band DXCC; 160, 30, 17, 12 and 6m endorsements
RTTY DXCC
5 Band WAZ
160 meter DXCC
DXCC Challenge - 2500 endorsement; current tally is 2734 accredited
Satellite DXCC - #38
Satellite WAS
6 meter DXCC - #523
6 meter WAS
6 meter VUCC - 725
2 meter WAS
2 meter VUCC - 550
Stations worked: 775
Years on EME: 19 years
Radios (on-line):
FT-2000D - Main HF DXing and contesting radio
IC-756Pro - Main 6 meter radio and second contest radio
IC-706 - Second 6 meter station and second 6m digital mode station
FT-736R - Radio for 2 m terrestrial, 2 m EME, and operating on the 1 1/4 m and 23 cm bands
IC-820H - Satellite , 432 EME and second 2 m station
RF Space SDR-IQ Software Defined Radio for VHF Sporadic E monitoring
WinRadio 1500e - VHF Sporadic E monitoring radio (Ch 2 thru 6 VSB carrier monitor)
Onkyo T-4700 FM tuner Sporadic E monitoring device (88 to 108 MHz clear channel scanner)
R-7000 - Sporadic E monitoring radio (VOR and NOAA weather radio frequencies)
Amplifiers (on-line):
Alpha 76A - SO2R first radio main amp
Henry 2K-4 - SO2R first radio adjacent band amp
Drake L4B - SO2R second radio amp
Commander VHF-2000 - 6 meter amplifier, 1.5 KW output
Homebrew 8877 - 2 meter EME amplifier, 1.5 KW output
AN/AM-6155 - 1.25 meter amp, 350 Watt
AM-1565 - 70 cm 500 Watt amplifier
Antennas currently installed:
| 160 meters | l/4 Sloping vertical with four l/4 elevated radials |
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80 meters: |
48' linearly loaded vertical |
| Rotatable flag receiving antenna | |
| 40 thru 10 meters: | Moseley PRO-67C3 at 74 feet |
| 6 meters: | M2 6M7 yagi at 85 feet |
| 2 meters: | Six times 3.2 wavelength DJ9BV array (see photo above) |
| 1.25 meters | M2 222-7WL seven wavelength yagi at 90 feet |
| 70 cm: | M2 432-13LWA 13 wavelength yagi (38 element) at 80 feet |
| 23 cm: | 44 element yagi at 30 feet |
| VHF log periodic | 48 to 200 MHz log periodic for VHF propagation studies |
Current Projects:
6 Meter EME - completed...5 EME contacts in the log (see project page here)
1296 GU7b cavity amplifier
Portable EME station for use in African DXpeditions...Complete. 2 DXpeditions to TZ and 3X completed.
Using Direction Finding system to estimate direction of VHF Sporadic E signals
Building test equipment lab for microwave station construction and test
Contact me by email at: aa7a "at" cox "dot" net
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