W1DYJ Contact Status

I was first licensed in 1962 as Novice KN1VFX and was active for a number of years from Stratford, CT, as Technician K1VFX.  I started with an 80M HB 807 CW transmitter and an SX-140 receiver.  6M AM was my favorite band -- with a HB 2E26 plate modulated with a pair of 6L6s, a HB nuvistor preamp in front of the SX-140, and a HB 6 element beam.

I received W1DYJ in 1966, during college at MIT, as an additional station license.  The FCC rules were more stringent then.  This was when the FCC was handing out old (SK) calls before they went to WA1 calls.

I was barely active during the 70's and 80's, due to marriage and kids.  I became active again in 1994, enjoying rag chewing and contests with a TS-430S and FT-736R in Woburn, Massachusetts.   I replaced the above with a Kenwood TS-2000 in February 2001 after obtaining my Extra Class license in 2000.

In 2008 we bought a second home in Harpswell, Maine, and I started bringing up a new station there.  Phase 1 -- 2M and 70CM FM -- complete.  Phase 2 - HF with a "new to me" TS450SAT and dipoles -- just starting.  Phase 3 - ???.