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Here I am making repairs on a VHF array atop the main tower. I have managed to maintain an effective VHF station in Phoenix for over 40 years. |
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Here I am making repairs on a VHF array atop the main tower. I have managed to maintain an effective VHF station in Phoenix for over 40 years. |
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Operating with Robert, 3B9FR. We met while I was on a DXpedition to Rodriques Island in 1999 operating as 3B9R. |
| One of my many ham radio passions is making contacts around the world by bouncing signals off the moon (EME). This is a view of my handmade 2m EME station. |  |
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 50 900 136 (6m DXCC #523) 2 meters 50 792 166 (2m DXCC #33) 1.25 meters 11 32 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 339 (need P5) 339 353 354 Phone 340 340 356 356 Mixed 340 340 357 357 Digital 334 334 341 341 Satellite 168 138 160 258 258 80 325 323 40 349 349 30 337 336 20 355 355 17 339 339 15 349 349 12 324 324 10 343 341
Top of the Honor Roll - Mixed and Phone
DXCC Honor Roll - Mixed, Phone, Digital and CW
5 Band DXCC; 160, 30, 17, 12, 6 and 2m endorsements
RDigital DXCC
5 Band WAZ
160 meter DXCC
DXCC Challenge - 3000 endorsement; current tally is 3034 accredited
11-band Endorsement for 5Band DXCC (1st ever)
Satellite DXCC - #38
Satellite WAS
6 meter DXCC - #523
6 meter WAS
6 meter VUCC - 825
2 meter DXCC - #33
2 meter WAS
2 meter VUCC - 775
Stations worked: 1300
Years on EME: 33 years
Radios (on-line):
Elecraft K3/P3 - Station 1
Elecraft K3 - Station 2
TS-2000 - 2m EME, 70 cm EME and 2m terrestrial radio
FT-736R - 1 1/4 m and 23 cm band radio
RF Space SDR-IQ Software Defined Radio for panoramic spectrum display on K3 radio
FunCube Dongle PRO+ Software Defined Radio receiver for full band WSJT decoding on 2m EME
Onkyo T-4700 FM tuner Sporadic E monitoring device (88 to 108 MHz clear channel scanner)
Amplifiers (on-line):
Elecraft KPA1500 - Station 1 amp
Elecraft KPA500/KAT500 - Station 2 amp
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 | .25 w/l Sloping vertical with four .25 w/l elevated radials |
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80 meters: |
3 element vertical array |
| LF rx antenna #1 | New Waller Flag antenna
completed May 2013:
Rotatable flag receiving antenna for 160 m |
| LF rx antenna #2 | Download my IDXC 2013 presentation on Low Frequency RX antennas from the link below: |
| 40 thru 10 meters: | Moseley PRO-67C3 at 74 feet |
| 6 meters: | M2 6M7 yagi at 85 feet |
| 2 meters: | 2M5wl at 90 feet |
| 1.25 meters | none at this time |
| 70 cm: | none at this time |
| 23 cm: | none at this time |
| VHF log periodic | 48 to 200 MHz log periodic for VHF propagation studies |
Current Projects:
Upgraded 2m EME antenna array: 4 X 20XP
New 432 EME array: 4 X 50XP
Contest site in Safford, AZ. Look here.
Contact me by email at: aa7a "at" cox "dot" net