W1JEQ
Matthew Chamber
This
is Matthew Chamber, W1JEQ, from Newark, Missouri. Matthew was first
licensed in 2003 as KCØQEV. He joined ARMS in 2009 and is now the proud holder
of an Amateur Extra Class license.
Matthew says he originally got licensed
simply out of curiosity but quickly found that his favorite facet of ham radio
was emergency communications. God happened to make his second-ever Ham Radio
contact with a man who changed that. Dave Kreuger, ABØDK, led him to the Lord
and, to quote Matthew, "My life's never been the same."
Now there's a great Ham Radio story!
The W1JEQ station includes an Icom IC-725
HF transceiver which outputs into a Vectronics mobile tuner and a 20-meter
Hamstick on the fire escape of the college dorm where he lives. He also has a
Yaesu FT-1500 2-meter transceiver. His antenna is a 2-meter, half-wave mag
mount.
Because of school responsibilities,
Matthew isn't able to get on the air a lot now, but he does enjoy DX'ing and
some contesting. But, most of all, he enjoys rag chewing with his Christian
brothers--finding out how God is moving in their lives. He somewhat humorously
shares that last year he made the least number of contacts possible at field day
by not making any actual field day contacts. Nevertheless, he still sent a
message to the section manager, so his award was highest score with zero
contacts.
Matthew is a student at Heartland
Christian College and also work part time at Heartland Creamery loading trucks
to head out to stores. He also volunteers time working on their 2-way (UHF)
radio system for the ministry and farm. He is a sound engineer on his church's
worship team and is learning how to play the bass as time permits. He is also on
the camera crew for his church's TV show (www.hland.tv).
Matthew adds these words. "I hope to get a chance to meet many of you on the air when I can actually hear you. I have tuned in and tried to check in, but so far I haven't actually heard the net even though I am on the right frequency at the right time, but with the wrong propagation."
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October 2022