Welcome
to the website of amateur radio station KK1VT. I
presently hold an advanced class license and was
first licensed in 1993 as KA1ZVZ. My wife, Cheryl - KB1JBT
and my daughter, Mekah - KB1JBS
were licensed in December of 2002. I
enjoy homebrewing my equipment and operating QRP. Our QTH is in
the town of Waitsfield, a small resort
town at the foot of the Green Mountains of
Vermont. |
Coordinates:
44°11'15''N, 72°50'36''W Previously:
KD1UP, N1NPI,
KA1ZVZ |
I am active on HF and VHF. I operate a Yaesu FT-840, Heathkit HR-1680 superhet receiver that I use in conjunction with my homebrew transmitters, and an 80 meter Little Joe transmitter coupled to a W1FB DC receiver. We run an FT-2600 mobile. I recently installed a four element collinear array cut for 40 meters, and also operate with a 103 foot center fed dipole. I have also used delta loops, and a lazy H with very satisfactory results. I like to operate from remote locations, notably VHF mountain topping. I have a choice of 4,000 foot peaks within a half hour drive of home. My favorite portable antenna for mountain topping is a five element cubical quad. My best VHF QRP DX (aside from the MIR Space Station) was from Mt. Abraham (which is about seven miles SW of our QTH), to Schenectady, NY, just over 100 miles. (see lower right corner of map above). I was running five watts from a Kenwood TH-28 HT into the cubical quad. I just got on the air with PSK31 using a homebrew Bux Comm Rascal interface and running WinPSKse. PSK31 is a very fascinating mode, it's like digital QRP. I can usually be found on 14.070
I am a member of: | |
American Radio Relay League, W1AW | |
Central Vermont Amateur Radio Club, W1BD | |
Lyndon State College Alumni Amateur Radio Club, AA1VT | |
New England QRP Club, WQ1RP, #102 | |
Adventure Radio Society |
Links to sites of interest:
Radio
Amateurs of Northern Vermont
QRZ.com
Ham Radio Spectrum reference and
directory, www.ku4ay.net
Spaceweather.com
World Wide HamCall Callsign Server
Links to QRP websites:
Adventure
Radio Society
NJ-QRP Club
Alaska QRP Club
QRP Amateur Radio Club International
QRP Home Builders
Page
Dan's Small
Parts and Kits
Ocean
State Electronics (good
site for parts and tools)
In addition to ham radio I am a volunteer Emergency Medical Responder. I also run a stock and assignment photography business, Steve Allen Photography. My wife, daughter and I enjoy cross country skiing and during the summer we go canoeing and camping.
73 for now,
de KK1VT