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Recent News
July 21-22, 2007 --
(West Terre Haute, IN) Participated in the NAQP RTTY
contest. 1st RTTY contest & 1st ever RTTY
contacts.
May 31, 2007 -- (West
Terre Haute, IN) Retired from TRW Automotive. Now Pam
& I can go camping and operate portable from wherever the
wanderlust takes us.
September 16-23, 2006 --
(Placencia, Belize) Ray & Pam, along with Steve (NT9T)
& Debbie (KC9AOR), left for a week of fun in the sun & on
the radio in
Belize.
July 2, 2006 -- (Las
Vegas, NV) Ray & Pam were married at the Chapel of the
Bells.
May 11, 2006 -- (West
Terre Haute, IN) Pam's license was issued: KC9JMA (Just
My Angel)
May 6, 2006 -- (West
Terre Haute, IN) Pam passed her Technician
test.
April 17, 2006 -- (West
Terre Haute, IN) My WAS award was issued today. 14 of
the states were confirmed via LOTW.
January 25, 2006 --
(West Terre Haute, IN) Received my SDR-1000 & made 1st
contact with it: CT3MD on 20m SSB.
January 13, 2006 --
(West Terre Haute, IN) Asked Pam to marry
me.
December 22, 2005 --
(Austin, TX) Visited the Flex-Radio Systems offices &
ordered an SDR-1000.
October 15, 2005 --
(West Terre Haute, IN) Met Pam Williams, a 59 year-old retired
nurse from Danville, IL.
August 27, 2005 -- (West
Terre Haute, IN) Got my 1kW linear amplifier on the
air.
Click here for a
description of the amplifier & modifications.
May 1, 2005 -- (West
Terre Haute, IN) Just completed a week of upgrading the base
station. On Tuesday, 4.26, added a Yaesu FT-847 &
delegated the TS-140S permanently to portable operations.
Today, with the help of WA9WJJ, installed a home-brew 160m Windom
antenna at the 27-foot level on my partially completed tower.
Now have 160m capability for the 1st time ever.
March 27, 2005 -- (West
Terre Haute, IN) Just completed participating in the CQ WPX SSB
contest. Except for Field Day, this was the 1st contest that I
had ever participated in with an eye towards building a score.
I used the N1MM contest logging software for the 1st time,
also. I had 250 QSO's with a claimed score of 104,895
points. I don't think that is too bad for my 1st time.
Especially using an ancient TS-140S transceiver that did not
interface with the logging software, so I had to enter the
frequencies manually. I worked 4 countries for the 1st time on
any band (Ghana, Greece, Isle of Jersey, & Tunisia). I
worked 2 new countries on 75m, 2 new countries on 40m, 10 new
countries on 20m, & 14 new countries on 15m. I
worked a total of 61 countries, 25 states, and 185 different
prefixes. All-in-all it was a VERY enjoyable & successful
weekend!
March 13, 2005 -- (West
Terre Haute, IN) Purchased a sound-card interface kit from
BuxComm (http://www.packetradio.com) and put it together. Am
now capable of several digital modes on HF. Made 1st ever
PSK31 contact on 20m with WA4EEZ in St. Petersburg,
FL.
March 7, 2005 -- (West
Terre Haute, IN) Put up a G5RV on existing (partially-erected)
tower. Top is only at 27 feet & the ladder line has to go
through some crazy twists & turns to keep the balun off the
ground, but it seems to be working. This is a temporary
installation to get me on the air from home before my back surgery
scheduled for March 15. Ultimate plans are to add a top
section onto the tower to take it to its full height of 45 feet and
then install a 160m Windom on a side-arm at the top of the
tower.
February 18, 2005 --
(West Terre Haute, IN) Received my
Amateur
Radio Operator's Certificate for Visitors from the Chinese Radio Sports
Association. Since I will be spending the entire month of June
in China, I decided to see if I could operate Field Day from
Shanghai.
January 20, 2004 --
(West Terre Haute, IN) I was appointed an Assistant Central
Division Director by Dick Eisley, W9GIG.
November 15, 2003 --
(Fort Wayne, IN) Natalie & I were jointly awarded the
Indiana Outstanding Amateur of the Year Award by the Indiana Radio
Club Council.
October 17, 2003 through
November 6, 2003 -- (Shanghai, China) TRW Automotive decided
to send me to China for 3 weeks to help install a production line at
our plant in Anting, just outside of Shanghai.
Click here for a
description of my experiences riding taxicabs in
Shanghai.
July 24, 2003 -- (Terre
Haute, IN) Natalie, K9CAT, became a silent key after her
4-year battle against colon cancer. She retained her spirit
and concern for others to her last breath.
May 27, 2003 -- (West
Terre Haute, IN) It is official. Received DXCC
certificates today. Certificate #32,211 for 10 meters and
certificate #33,066 for phone.
May 7, 2003 -- (West
Terre Haute, IN) Replaced HamStick mobile antenna with Yaesu
ATAS-100. 1st contact was with K3SEA on 40m. Nailed
TE75MAC (Costa Rica) on 1st call through pile-up. I would say
new antenna is working well.
March 30, 2003 --
(Indianapolis, IN) Met with Mike Goode, N9NS, a DXCC Field
Checker. DXCC application with 102 entities has been processed
& placed in the mail.
March 22, 2003 -- (Terre
Haute, IN) Natalie, K9CAT, & I received the 2003
Brentlinger award from the WVARA.
March 17, 2003 -- (West
Terre Haute, IN) Received QSL for 100th country today.
Now for the DXCC paperwork.
December 17, 2002 --
(West Terre Haute, IN) We will be driving to Tucson, AZ, to
visit Natalie's mother, and returning after the 1st of the
year. Look for us on 10-meters (entire phone band) or on
20-meters (around 14.250 MHz). Will try to check into the QCWA
net (14.347 MHz) on Sunday, 12/22. Most operations will be on
our travel dates of 12/21-12/23, & 1/2-1/4.
October 31, 2002 --
(West Terre Haute, IN) Yippee!! I worked my 100th
country on 10-meter mobile this past week. Now all I need is
to get the QSL cards.
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