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Carlos and Janet Perkins |
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About Us And Ham Radio Here in SWVA. |
kf4dwd aka. dirty wet diapers. |
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Equipment. My Other Pages. |
ABOUT US?? I AM A EXTRA CLASS AMATEUR RADIO TICKET HOLDER AND JANET IS A TECHNICIAN CLASS. I FIRST CAME TO THE HOBBY IN 1995. LOCALLY I HAVE SEEN HAM RADIOS UPS AND DOWNS. THERE ISNT NEARLY AS MUCH ACTIVITY HERE LOCALLY AS THERE ONCE WAS. I GOT MY START WITH CB RADIO WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER IN THE MID 80S. SO MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE THOSE DAYS. I SUPOPSE NOTHING EVER DOES STAY THE SAME. THE INTERNET HAS TAKEN AWAY A LOT OF HAMS. I ADMIT I DO SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF MY FREE TIME TALKING TO A FEW FRIENDS ONLINE. I AM NOT NEARLY AS ACTIVE AS I ONCE WAS. THE MOST LIKELY PLACE YOU WILL HEAR ME IS ON 2M ON SIMPLEX TALKING TO MY WIFE. YOU CAN HEAR ME ON MANY OF THE LOCAL REPEATERS. THE 145370, 146835 MOSTLY BUT SOME OTHERS. TO THIS DAY THERE ARE SOME LOCAL REPEATERS I WILL NOT TALK ON. I ENJOY 10 METERS AND I LIKE TO YAK WITH FRIENDS ON VARIOUS BANDS. SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HEAR ME ON 3855 ON THE AAU NET. I WAS AN ADVANCED CLASS TICKET HOLDER UNTIL 2007. JANET AND I MET IN 1990 AT SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE. JANET WORKS IN THE COMPUTER INFORMATION INDUSTRY. I HAVE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND A CERTIFICATE IN ELECTRONICS SERVICING. JANET HAS THAT DEGREE ALONG WITH A SCIENCE DEGREE AND A CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING (FASTTRACK MECC- JAN 2008). IN THE PAST I OPERATED A SMALL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS REPAIR BUSINESS. I DO OCASSIONALLY DABBLE WITH COMPUTERS AND STILL OCASIONALLY FIX A RADIO OR OTHER ELECTRONIC DO DADDGET. I HAVE DECIDED TO STAY AWAY FROM MOST TECHNICAL ADVICE OVER THE RADIO BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO BE BLAMED FOR THINGS THAT GO WRONG AND I WILL NOT DISCUSS MY POLITICAL VIEWS SINCE MY IDEAS SEEM TO OFFEND REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE. ABOUT MY RADIO EQUIPMENT?? WELL I DONT HAVE ANYTHING ALL THE GREAT. I LIVE IN A VERY BAD LOCATION FOR HAM RADIO. THINK OF THE WORST POSSIBLE PLACE FOR RADIO.. THEN MAKE IT WORSE. THIS PLACE IS LIKE A BIG RF BLACK HOLE. I LIVE IN A BIG BUCKET. THE ONLY WAY TO GET A SIGNAL OUT OF HERE IS STRIGHT UP. WHICH SEEMS TO WORK PRETTY WELL FOR 75 METERS. I CAN PLAY RF POOL WITH MY 13B2 AND BOUNCE SIGNALS OFF THE TOP OF THE RIDGE. I GUESS IM FORTUNATE THAT 146MHZ WILL BOUNCE OFF ROCKS. IT'S A BIT DIFFICULT TO MAKE A LONG DISTANCE CALL ON HF. THE RIDGES HAVE A WAY OF STOPPING LOW ANGLE SIGNALS DEAD BUT I HAVE ON OCASSION TALKED TO COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE. I HAVE A MULTI LEG FAN DIPOLE UP 30 FEET FOR THE LOWER BANDS (20,40,80) AND AN ANTRON VERTICAL FOR 10M. I ENJOY 10. I HAVE DABBLED WITH 6 METERS SOME USING A SIMPLE DIPOLE BUT ITS DIFFICULT TO DO MUCH WITH THAT BAND HERE. AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE THE RADIO I MIGHT AS WELL FORGET 440MHZ SINCE THERE ARENT ANY REPEATERS AROUND THAT I AM AWARE OF. I HAVE A YEASU 857D WITH AN AMP ON 2M WITH A 13B2. I HAVE A DERILICT ICOM 706 THAT JUST SORTA SITS HERE. I SURE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A BIG AMP FOR HF. AHHH IF ONLY.... MOBILE I USE A YEASU 2 METER RIG. I HAVE BATTERY BACK UP OF COURSE AS DO MOST HAMS. I CANT SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE YEASU 857D. I HAVE A LOT OF RFI FROM POWER LINES AND THE YEASU DEALS WITH IT MUCH BETTER THAN ANY RADIO IVE TRIED SO FAR. THE DSP REALLY HELPS. LOVE THE RADIO. I AM NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN CHASING PAPER OR COLLECTING CARDS. IM A RAG CHEWER. IM NOT REALLY A CONTESTER ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT HEAR ME TRING ON OCASSION TO CQ LONG DX . I DO OCASSIONALLY DABBLE A LITTLE ON 20M. IF WAC OR WAS IS YOUR GOAL I WISH YOU LOTS OF LUCK AND HOPE YOU HAVE FUN. IF YOU NEED A QSL CARD FROM ME I WILL GLADLY REPLY TO A SASE WITH CARD. WELL
ENOUGH SAID.. IVE RAMBLED ON ENOUGH. I ALSO HAVE A
MYSPACE PAGE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT. YOU CAN SEND ME
MESSAGES THERE IF YOU'RE A MYSPACE MEMBER. PLEASE VISIT
AND SAY HI. IF YOU SEND ME A FRIEND REQUEST PLEASE BE
SURE TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF. I GET WEIRD ADD REQUESTS FROM
TIME TO TIME ON THERE. IF YOU ARENT SURE ILL RESPOND TRY
TELLING ME SOMETHING ONLY A TRUE HAM WOULD KNOW! HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DARKFROSTYHOLLOW SOME OF THE PHOTOS ARE A FEW YEARS OLD. THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY TO VISIT. I HOPE TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN SOON. UNTIL THEN 73!! FROM THE HILLS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA! |
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