Home Page for K2AS

The Ham Formerly Known as W2CRR, WA2CRR and WN2CRR

See Old QSL's here QSL Page

Field Day 1999 Pictures Here

Where is K2AS?

Latitude 43.2085 Deg. North

Longitude 77.2998 Deg. West

Background

First licensed as WN2CRR in 1971. Upgraded to General Class and WA2CRR in 1972. Upgraded to Advanced Class in 1975. Obtained W2CRR call in Aug. 1997 as part of the vanity callsign program. Then, without haven't previously planning on it at this time, upgraded to Extra Class in Nov. 1997. Member of ARRL, RARA, and Xerox Amateur Radio Club, W2XRX. Intermittently, member of Rochester VHF Group.

Recent Activity

Apr. 24, 2011 - Thought I might update this page finally. Mostly just deleting old info right now. Will start to update shortly.

Equipment

• HF - Yaesu FT-920 160 - 6 Meter Transceiver : 100 Watts
• Kenwood TS-520 80-10 Meter Transceiver : 200 Watts
• VHF - Icom IC-260 All Mode 2 Meter Portable 10 Watts
• Kenwood TM-733 2 meters and 440 MHZ FM Mobile
• Icom IC-W32A 2m and 440 HT
• Radio Shack HTX-10 Mobile 10 Meter Radio
• 50 Watt Homebrew 80 - 40 - 15 Meter CW Transmitter from 1959 ARRL Handbook : My first transmitter, built with the help of Ed Fisher, WB2FLA (now KD7QL) Pictures Here!
• 432 MHZ 10 Watt Transverter : Rochester VHF Group project
• 48 Foot Rohn BX Series Tower
• G5RV Antenna in an inverted - vee configuration
• Cushcraft 13B2 - 13 element 2 Meter Boomer

K2AS 12/99

• Radios I've Had but Sold or Other:

• Heath GR-64 sw rcvr
  My first radio. Got it for Xmas, maybe 1968 or 69. My Dad helped me build it. Actually, he probably did most of the work. Wish I never sold this one.
• Kenwood R-2000 General Coverage Receiver
• Hammarlund HQ-110
  When I was studying for my novice test, I thought the GR-64 wouldn't be adequate for Ham work. Saw an ad in the Kodak paper and again, my Dad drove me out to Greece to check it out. It was $100 used and in good shape. I used it for several years, it did have a microphonic problem. Wish I hadn't sold that one either!
• Heath DX-60B
  Another Xmas gift. I loved Heathkits. Replaced my homebrew rig and gave me all HF bands capability when I got my General.
• Heath HW-101B
  First radio I completely funded by myself, fall 1973. Was in High School and working at Pace Electronics.
• Regency HR-2B 2m
  2 Meter FM was getting big and had to get in on it. Bought this from a guy out in Chili. He had a side business selling this stuff. This was in my 64 Fairlane once in a while.
• Icom IC-230 2m
  No crystals! What a concept.

Activity:

On HF I work all bands, both CW and SSB. On SSB I mostly chase DX, but not too seriously. Work 2m/440FM mobile from my truck using the Kenwood TM-733. Bought Yaesu FT-920 June 1997. First new HF rig since TS-520 in 1975.

Here is my newest radio. Yaesu's FT-920

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