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               OFFICIAL EMERGENCY STATION

       RACES  radio operator for the city of  WORCESTER

          de W1KT my name is Ed and you are 5/9

This site is about a great world wide hobby  Amateur Radio

and my station in Worcester , Massachusetts USA   

Grid FN42ch   42.298n  -71.770w       CQ zone 05   ITU zone 08 

            10X # 59148     VP # 2668    CW # 07          

CQ  CONTEST de W1KT

I started building this station in 1990 with the help of my XYL

Amy , W1AMY, here is a brief overview of the shack and antennas:

The lot size is only 100x100 ft  so planning for antennas was difficult

but the location is on a hill 782 ft ASL and a clear shot 360 degrees 

RIGS: Kenwoods 950sdx ,Ts 870 ,TEN-TEC Orion, Yeasu Ft 840  Azden Pcs 7000H

                        Icom IC8000 and Yeasu ft100d for mobile with High Seirra screw driver       

ANTENNAS: All FORCE 12:C49XR @90 ft for 10 15 + 20 a 340d @ 98 ft for 40

                        180b @ 105 ft for 75/80 an inverted L for 160 , and a  5/8

           vertical for 2 meters all on a US Towers HDX589 installed by  

           XX TOWERS (KC1XX)

           Logging software for contest is CT for daily logging WIN EQF and

           a IBM Aptiva 486 computer  Packet is Kam plus                          

Contesting and DXing are my favorite things -This station has 303 confirmed countries

 DXCC WAS WAC WAZ and  63 "contest awards" from CQ.ARRL.10-10.and IARU

I am a proud member of : THE ARRL-YANKEE CLIPPER CONTEST CLUB- 10X INTERNATIONAL

WORCESTER EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM  (WECT) RACES , ARES

and THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DX FOUNDATION        I SUPPORT ----KNOW CODE----

        My favorite    (All HAM RELATED)       

BECOME AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR HAM RADIO "ELMER" ON LINE 

                         HAM EXAMS ON LINE                 KNOW CODE

                 YANKEE CLIPPER CONTEST CLUB (5 TIME WORLD CHAMPIONS)

ARRL                                   ARES                            TEN TEN                          WECT

EHAM                                   N1WAS J-POLE       QSL.NET                         QSL MANAGERS   

CT LOG                               US TOWERS              HF RADIO                       10 METER BEACONS

HRO                                     WIN EQF                     FORCE 12                        BATTLE ROAD

MFJ                                      NCDXF                        XX TOWERS                  KENWOOD

DXING                                 DX SPOTS                 RADIO MODS                HAM RADIO RESOURCES

QRZ  LOOK UP                LOG BOOKS ON LINE                                       FCC HAMRADIO SERVICES    

 D X  CALL BOOKS                                                                                          RF SAFETY CALCULATOR                             

                                       CONTESTING IS  X-TREME RADIO

                                        CONTESTING                                   CONTEST CALENDAR   

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PICTURES:                                

               OLD ANTENNAS TAKEN BY ICE STORM AND 50 MPH WINDS 1/30/00  

                           CLICK HERE FOR  PICTURES OF NEW SYSTEM BEING BUILT

                              CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES OF COMPLETED STATION  

                           A Special thank-you to my XYL Amy  (W1AMY)

                   and sons Eric ,Shane (KA1ZLP)Chris and Mike and daughter Dawn

                 for their support and understanding of my dedication to Ham Radio 

                                                                           I LOVE YOU    

                                                                                                      
       
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