KG4FJK'S DOWNTIME HOMEPAGE

THE KG4FJK DOWNTIME HOMEPAGE
Welcome to the homepage of Amateur Radio Station

KG4FJK Hi there!
My name is Jaime and this is an ongoing effort
to justify utilizing time in an unproductive and wasteful manner
(i.e. have some fun!)
What is Ham Radio?
The amateur radio service is a way that you can interact with other amateurs (hams) on the radio. Whether across town or across the equator, at any time during the day or night there is someone you can talk to on the air waves! It's also a great way to get involved with community service or disaster relief or helping keep military personnel overseas in touch with loved ones back home; these are just a few things that Ham Radio can help with.
Here's my shack! Such as it is......
Not much...but it gets me out there!

The radios:
Icom 706 MK IIG - for VHF-HF single sideband.... also some UHF FM/SSB.
Yaesu FT-1500M for APRS and local packet. That's with the laptop and a Kantronics KP3+ TNC
Kenwood TM-V7 for local 2 meter & 70 cm FM. This is usually what I chat on when you hear me.
My mobile rig is a Kenwood D-700A 2m/440 and APRS/Packet.

Click here to see where I am or where I've been.
APRS is basically a way of tracking me through my radio, a Global Positioning Reciever and the internet while I'm driving around. It's a lot of fun and very handy for Severe Weather Tracking!
Click here to get the full story on APRS from the man that developed it, Bob, WB4APR.
I can also switch over to HF with the 706 fairly quickly
plus a few SW receivers (Sony IC2010 *the best*) and handhelds for portable work.

Antennae:
G5RV dipole @ 50 feet for 75 meters thru 10...
10 meter Hamstick Dipole on the rotator plus a three element yagi for six meters
and a four element yagi for two meters sideband (both horizontal).
A Diamond 2m/440 vertical for the local VHF FM.

Tuners:
Icom AH-4 for HF
MFJ-969 for 10 and six meters.
Amplifiers....?
Well, on two meters I have a Mirage B2516-G that is fairly good for what it does... 20 Watts in 160 out
but on HF and Six meters I've done pretty well barefoot. Of course, there is always room for improvement.
73 and Good DX!!!

Want to know more about ham radio? Here's a good place to start...

I help KC4CSX, Andy, with running nets during severe weather on the Kennehoochee repeater in Cobb County, GA.

I've got W4BTI streaming through the internet
on www.shoutcast.com >>Click here!<<
In the search field, type "KARC", then click "tune in" and enjoy!

A proud member of Cobb County ARES.
Click here for all of the State Georgia ARES info

Here's Something new!
I'm going to start putting on this page all of the flags of all the countries I've confirmed by QSL card! Utterly useless - Totally unscientific - but what the hell!
Much thanks to the CIA Fact Book

Working DX (long distance stations) is the fun part of Ham radio for me. Even if it's just confirming call signs and
signal reports, making contact with someone using the basic radio and antenna set up is facinating. Put the mouse on a flag to find the country it belongs to,
then click on the CIA Factbook link above and "Select Country" to learn more about that country. That is what it all really comes down to...
finding common interests
and finding common ground.

QRZ callsign lookup:

Callsign lookups provided by qrz.com

Questions? Confused? If I can help: Send me e-mail

Marschalk