ORIGINS AND BEGINNINGS I first became interested in Amateur Radio when we visited my father's brother, Sam Zollers W2EWN, and he demonstrated Amateur Television with a co-worker from RCA in Camden, NJ. 1954...... while attending fifth grade at Burnside Elementary School in Jeffersonville, PA I met, Dick Roberts W3TWQ, a sixth grade teacher who ran a Ham Radio demonstration in an assembly program one day. I was not lucky enough to get him as a teacher when I got to sixth grade but he kept my interest tweeked anyway. 1957...... while attending eigth grade at Stewart Junior High School in Norristown, PA I met Doris Harkins W3HHJ a Home Economics teacher. In November 1958, I took the Novice test which was administered by a friend and neighbor, my Elmer, Art Becker W3JZN 1959...after arriving at Norristown �A.D.Eisenhower� High School I joined the Amateur Radio Club and was very active with them until I graduated in 1962. HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY My Novice License was issued January 21, 1959, callsign KN3HLN. I operated 80, 40 and 15 meter CW with a homebrew, crystal controlled, one-tube 6DQ6 transmitter from the 1958 ARRL Handbook, a Hallicrafters S-53A receiver and a half-wave coaxial fed dipole antenna. March 1959 I purchased, and built, a Heathkit DX-40 transmitter which cost $64.95 including a $4.63, Railway Express Agency, delivery charge. July 1959 I built a Heathkit VF-1 VFO which cost $19.50 plus a $.59 delivery charge and I added a 40 meter dipole antenna. October 1959 I upgraded to General class, callsign K3HLN, added a Hammarlund HQ-110-A receiver, a 20 meter dipole antenna and a 10 meter ground plane antenna. February 1960 I built a homebrew, crystal controlled, 6 meter AM transmitter that used a 2E26 final with a 6AQ5 plate modulator and ran about 20 watts output to a 5 element beam antenna. An Alliance U-100 TV antenna rotor was used to turn the beam. I used the HQ-110-A for receive since it covered 80 through 6 meters. I worked 26 states, confirmed, with this setup. I also worked all 35 stations, confirmed, for the SJRA Award on 6 meters. February 1961 I bought a Heath DX-100 transmitter from Bob Guest W3JSA and really put a big signal on the bands. October 1961 I built a homebrew, crystal controlled, 10 meter AM mobile transmitter and went mobile in the family 1957 Ford sedan. When I started working in October 1962 I bought a blue 1951 Plymouth station wagon and moved my 10 meter AM mobile rig from my parents car to the station wagon. PREVIOUS OPERATING LOCATIONS Norristown, PA - January 1959 to June 1964 Centre Square, PA - June 1964 to March 1968 Perkasie, PA - April 1968 to October 1971 Quakertown, PA - November 1971 to June 1973 Hereford, PA - July 1973 to January 1985
P.O.Box 240, Woxall, PA 18979-0240
- February 1985 to Present OTHER K3HLN QSL CARDS Various QSL Cards used by K3HLN over the years. BANDS OPERATED AND EQUIPMENT USED CURRENTLY HF BASE - 80 thru 10 meters with Yaesu FT-301-AD, 100 Watts, CW-AM-SSB-FSK Radio Shack HTX-100, 10 meters, SSB & CW, 25 watts HF ANTENNAS - Dipoles on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 10 meter Coaxial Vertical, and 10 meter inverted "V" VHF/UHF FM VOICE BASE - 146 MHz, 222 MHz, 440 MHz with Kenwood TM-741A VHF FM-SSB-CW BASE - 50 MHz with ICOM IC-505 running 10 Watts VHF PACKET BASE - KAM Enhanced TNC / Kenwood TR-7400A APRS 144.390 MHz HF MOBILE - 10 Meters with Radio Shack HTX-10, 25 Watts FM-SSB, 7 Watts AM VHF/UHF FM VOICE MOBILE - 50 MHz with an RCA 700, 146 MHz with a Radio Shack HTX-242, 222 MHz with an ICOM IC-37A, 440 MHz with a Kenwood TR-8400 AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES South Jersey Radio Association - Achievement Certificate #113 - July 1962 Harrisburg Radio Amateurs Club - Keystone Award #173 - June 1962 American Radio Relay League - Worked All States #13,861 - August 1962 American Radio Relay League - Code Proficiency - 20 WPM - June 1977 American Radio Relay League - Public Service Award - Hurricane Agnes - June 1972 ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Radio Relay League - Member since 1959 - Life Member since 1976 Rooster Net - Member Certificate #600 Philadelphia Area Repeater Association - Charter Member #38 Telford Area Repeater Association - Charter Member Ten-Ten International Net, Inc. - Certificate Number 71882 Norristown High School Amateur Radio Club - W3CTG - 1959 to 1962 North Penn Amateur Radio Club - W3BTN Les Voyageurs Amateur Radio Operators Club - WA3IPP OFFICES AND POSITIONS HELD Past President - Philadelphia Area Repeater Association -
Past Vice-President - Philadelphia Area Repeater Association - Past Technical Committee Chairman - Philadelphia Area Repeater
Association - Past Vice-President / Secretary - Les Voyageurs Amateur Radio Club (pre-PARA) Past ARRL AREC Emergency Coordinator for Montgomery County, PA Here are some links to other amateur radio related sites on the Internet..... Information on how to get an AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE ! American Radio Relay League - Headquarters American Radio Relay League - Atlantic Division Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation - AMSAT� - North America Area Repeater Coordination Council - Eastern PA and Southern NJ Philadelphia Area Repeater Association - K3ZFD Philadelphia Area Repeater Association - K3DSM Philadelphia Area Repeater Association - History Telford Area Repeater Association - N3PSJ ARRL Field Day - 2000 - W3PNL and N3YSI
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