Licensing History

SWL in 1972. Learned Morse Code from W1QHG (my Quite Happy Grandfather). First callsign WN1RSY issued March 2, 1973, as a 2-year non-renewable novice class. WN1RSY expired. Obtained second novice license, WN1YXL, in July 1975 under new rules. Operated as AK1YXL and AA1YXL during 1976 bicentennial celebration. Passed general class exam in the FCC offices at the Custom House in Boston in January 1980. Moved to Washington State in 1986. Obtained 7-area callsign, N7TNL, in 1991. Returned to New England in 1999.

Activities

Primarily CW DX and contests on 15 m. Station: TS430S + 40-m dipole; IC2000H + 5/8-wave whip; Down East Microwave 2-m xvtr + 13-el yagi.

DX Operations

WA1YXL/VO2: Labrador City, Canada. CQ Zone 2. May 1986.
KH4/N7TNL: Sand Island, Midway Atoll. December 1991 to April 1992, October 1993 to January 1994, November 1996, and June 1997.

QSL Information

Scott Richardson, 29 Knox Lane, Berwick ME 03901, U S A