This page Highlights some of my main ham radio operating interests.  I plan on talking about contesting and award topics here as well as posting some of my accomplishments.  This page will be a rough overview at first but I will eventually go with some sort of elaborate design to incorporate contesting data and so forth.  

My pride and joy of amateur radio so far has been DX and Grid Hunting on 6-Meter Upper Side Band.  I very much enjoy sniffing out weak signals and trying to make contacts.  Contest days on 6 are some of the most fun I have had on the radio.  A good 6 meter opening has even caused me to call in sick from work on occasion too!!  It's addicting!   Here's some of my progress.....

States Worked on 6 Meters as of 12/18/04:

Grids Worked on 6 Meters as of 06/20/2006:

FM Frequencies I regularly monitor in my "local scan group":

Repeaters:
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City                   Region      Output         Call           Sponsor          CTCSS Access                                         
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Manitowoc            NE        145.1900     WB9MFB     WB9MFB         107.2
Manitowoc            NE        146.6100     W9DK         MANCORAD     107.2 
Kewaunee             NE        146.8050     WB9RJB      WB9RJB          146.2 
Plymouth              NE        147.0600      WE9R        SHEB ARC        107.2 
Sturgeon Bay        NE         147.2100     W9AIQ       DC  ARC          107.2
Sheboygan            NE        147.2550     N9REH        N9REH            127.3 
New Holstein         NE        147.3000     KA9OJN       C.A.R.E.S        107.2
Port Washington    SE        147.3300     WB9RQR     OZARES          127.3
Fond du Lac          NE        442.4000      N9QIP        W.I.N.             107.2
Sheboygan            NE        442.9000     AC9A          AC9A              107.2
Plymouth               NE        443.2250     KD9TZ        ARES              107.2
Milwaukee            SE         443.8000     N9GMT       FM38              123.0
Sturgeon Bay        NE         444.0000     K9KJM         K9KJM            107.2
Cleveland              NE        444.1750     K9SJ           K9SJ ARES      107.2
Kewaskum            SE         444.2750    N9NLU         KMCNET          127.3
Plymouth              NE         444.3500     WE9R         WERA             114.8 **
                   **Best place to reach me via radio

Simplex:
146.400     107.2       AB9FT Echo-Link Node in Sheboygan
146.520                    Simplex 2M Calling Frequency
145.800/144.490       ISS VHF FM down/up
52.525                      Simplex 6M FM Calling Frequency
50.160                      Local simplex Net
446.000                    Simplex 70CM FM Calling
435.300                    AO-51 Satellite FM downlink
29.600                      Simplex 10M FM calling Frequency