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Name:                      Ed Kriston
QTH:                        Reisterstown, Maryland (about 15 miles NW of Baltimore)
County:                    Baltimore
Grid:                          FM19
License:                  General (First licensed in November 1995 as a Technician Class)
Age:                        Over a half century
Member:                  Ten -Ten #69509, Sprinbok #1914, Chesapeake Bay #597, Branding Iron
                                1#      , Branding Iron 2 #      , OMiss #    , ARRL, Baltimore City/
                                County ARES/RACES, Potomac Valley Radio Club, Amateur Radio
                                Communications Support Group, Ex-President of the Baltimore
                                Amateur Radio Club 
Home station:        Operating station is in the basement of condo townhouse with
                                antenna restrictions. Entire station is contained on two storage shelf
                                units. A Kenwood TS-570D, VHF and/or UHF is done with
                                several different radios. Packet is done with an AEA DSP232 multi
                                -mode. PSK-31 duties are handled by my  Rigblaster Nomic and my
                                AMD K6-2  333MHz shack computer.
                                I am able to operate on 80m- 70cm with a 10m homebrew dipole, a Van
                                Gorden SD-80 shortened 80m dipole and a Cushcraft AR-270 dual
                                band vertical inside the attic.
My mobile setup:
Radios:                    Yaesu FT-900AT mounted under the driver seat with the  faceplate
                                  is remote mounted to the  shelf installed above the sunvisors. VHF/
                                  UHF duties are handled by my Icom IC-2350 mobile.
Antennas:              A Diamond NR770HNMO is mounted just behind the driver area on the
                                  roof  for VHF/UHF duty. HF is taken care of by an Outbacker OB-8.
My /4 setup:
QTH:                        34 foot 5th Wheel trailer at Colonial Beach, Virginia
County:                  Westmoreland
Grid:
Lat/Lon:                  38.23947 degrees N / 076.97173 degrees W    47 feet above sea level
Radio:                      Ten-Tec 544 (Triton IV)
Tuner:                      MFJ 949E when necessary
Antenna:                Hy-Gain DX-88 with the roof radial kit, mounted to a military surplus
                                  tripod.

There will be pictures of all the above in the Photo Album 3 section of the page, if interested.

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