Antennas
12, 17, 30, 60 Meters - K4TR WARC G5RV
10, 20, 80 - ZS6BKW
40/15 Meters - Dipole
6 Meters - rotatable dipole
2/70cm meters FM - vertical
Antenna farm at new QTH is still under construction.
Radios
HF - Icom 7610 and Icom 7300
144/440 FM/APRS - Icom 7100 and Anytone 578
VHF/UHF SSB/Digital/CW - Icom 7100
Favorite Modes and activities - I primarily operate CW and digital, one day I may learn to operate phone. My main interest is DXing. In a given year I'll participate in a handful of contests and QSO parties, but usually nothing too serious. I also like to try out new modes and recently started playing around with FT8 and FT4. I also participate in SKYWARN through the NWS Taunton office and the VOIP Hurricane/WX Net.
Each July I am on the air for the 13 Colonies Special Event.
I started DXing with my very first QSO. As a newly minted Novice in 1988 I logged J73LC as my first contact. I've been chasing DX ever since. After almost 29 years I finally got this first QSO confirmed in July 2016!
Operating Achievements
DXCC - Mixed, Phone, CW, Digital, 5 Band with 30/17/12 endorsements.
WPX - Mixed, Phone, CW, Digital, Honor Roll and Award of Excellence
While I don't chase WAS awards as much as DX I have earned Triple Play #999
Several contest certificates and a few plaques.
Current DXCC Totals
Band/Mode |
Total/Current |
Mixed |
336/328 |
CW |
321/316 |
Phone |
311/304 |
Digital |
220/218 |
Satellite |
4 |
160 |
66/66 |
80 |
139/138 |
40 |
214/213 |
30 |
201/199 |
20 |
289/285 |
17 |
272/270 |
15 |
285/281 |
12 |
241/240 |
10 |
250/245 |
6 |
50/49 |
2 |
1/1 |
Challenge |
1986 |
|
|
WPX Award Totals
Band/Continent |
Mixed |
Phone |
CW |
Digital |
Overall |
2360 |
1250 |
1824 |
1222 |
160 |
362 |
35 |
324 |
88 |
80 |
727 |
214 |
497 |
352 |
60 |
53 |
0 |
1 |
52 |
40 |
1166 |
304 |
914 |
516 |
30 |
526 |
|
298 |
303 |
20 |
1436 |
516 |
1009 |
662 |
17 |
502 |
126 |
323 |
190 |
15 |
1059 |
479 |
700 |
349 |
12 |
435 |
105 |
318 |
102 |
10 |
850 |
560 |
399 |
154 |
6 |
182 |
128 |
95 |
5 |
North America |
864 |
468 |
696 |
573 |
South America |
163 |
99 |
110 |
75 |
Europe |
976 |
511 |
723 |
453 |
Africa |
139 |
69 |
121 |
54 |
Asia |
148 |
65 |
121 |
49 |
Oceania |
88 |
44 |
67 |
24 |