.: welcome to W2VQY
I was born on Long Island, in New York, USA. Like many other young boys back in the day, I was thrilled
to receive a new set of walkies-talkies for Christmas, and
enjoying chatting with my brothers and friends out in the field or woods.
Not knowing at the time, playing down in my grandmother's basement,
there was a set of tall metal panels or racks on tracks that
slid left and right which had all kinds of knobs and dials.
I discovered, much later, that this was what was left of my grandfather's ham radio Shack.
These two events together sparked my interest in Ham Radio.
Find here some of my experiences, equipment and information about my travels in this
fun activity.
At first, just listening to shortwave commercial broadcasts with a cheap portable radio,
but it was not a very efficient receiver although it did get some closer countries. I desided to
purchase a real radio and purchased a Yeasu Ft 757 GXII transceiver,
to encourage myself to work for my license.
In 1999, I took the novice and tech exams. A year or two later I continued to
General. During that time I had a Call Sign change
(previously KC2EUK) and later I became W2VQY.
Hit
the Dedication button to learn why the call sign change.
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.: present equipment
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