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Hello......My name is Bill Fisher,  I am a Ham radio operator from Vale, North Carolina, EM95gn. I have been licensed as a technician class operator since 1993.  My original call sign was KE4GRW. I am active on the VHF & UHF bands and have participated in many of the ARRL sponsored VHF contests. I am currently working on ARRL VUCC, & WAS on 6 & 2 meters. On six meters, I have confirmed 79 grid squares and 32 states, on two meters, I have confirmed 29 grid squares and 15 states, all of this since May of 1997.

My current ham station consists of a Yaesu FT-847, which covers 10 - 160 meters in the HF bands, also 6 meters, 2 meters, and 70 centimeters. I also have a Kenwood TS-700s, 2 meter all mode rig, and a Yaesu FT-5100, 2 meter, 70 centimeter FM only rig, which I use for APRS & packet.  My shack computer is a IBM Think pad #760 which I use for call sign lookup & also for logging purposes. I use VHF-DX as my VHF contest & satellite logging software.

My antennas are :(2) Cushcraft 50-5s, 5 element beam for 6 meter SSB , a Comet CA62DB for 6 meter FM, also a Cushcraft 17B2 17 element beam for 2 meter SSB, and a Cushcraft AR-270 vertical for  2 meter & 70 centimeter FM, and a Cushcraft A3 triband beam for HF.

My ISP, Internet Service Provider, is FreeWWWeb, I got tired of paying monthly charges for the internet,  there is a one-time fee and then no additional charges, have been using it for 15 months & love it !!

I am currently or have previously been a member of  :
The American Radio Relay League -- ARRL
Carolina DX Association Home page (CDXA),
Lincoln County RACES / ARES,
Mecklenburg Amateur Radio Society (W4BFB),
Carolina Contesters Group (NC4CQ),
AMSAT-NA.
The Grit Net, My Grit # is 285.
SIX Club,  My 6 club # is 222.

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E-Mail me, if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions.
[email protected]
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There are many sites on the internet for VHF / UHF operators.
Below are some of my favorites sites.
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To work VHF / UHF SSB & CW you need to know your Maiden head Grid Square.
Geographic Nameserver, Enter you town to get longitude & latitude for your basic 4 digit grid #.
US Dept. of Census, Tiger Maps, shows my QTH, navigate to find your QTH , then center map on your QTH, look below the map for your coordinates, then plug that into the below link for your 6 digit grid #.
ARRL Web: Grid Locators and Grid Squares, Grid Square explanation & locators.
Terra Server, Satellite photos, now that have your lat. & lon., now check out an aerial photo of your house.
 

Six Meter SSB / CW Links
50.110 Live, Live 6 meters audio, from the United Kingdom.
UK Six Meter Group Home Page, Excellent site, great links.
JM1SZY (K8SZ)'s 6m Ham Radio Home Page, Another great site w / links.
N.E.W.S. Group Home page, , Northeast Weak Signal Group, great info & links.
OH2AQ Web Cluster, Worldwide 6 meter DX spots, from internet Web Cluster.
SIX CLUB, A World Wide 6 meter club, My member # is 222.
Six Meter International Radio Klub, SMIRK, another excellent 6 meter club.
GJ4ICD 6 meter site, This is the best site I have found for 6 meter info on the internet !!
The DX Factor, Check out this site to calculate your DX Factor..interesting...
Magic Band Network, Interesting 6 meter World Wide Site, good music.
N7PXL UHF/VHF, All kinds of useful VHF / UHF Information.
 

2 Meter SSB / CW Links
OH2AQ Web Cluster, Worldwide 2 meter DX spots, from internet Web Cluster.
SWOT Web site, Side Winders On Two,  National 2 Meter SSB group.
The Atlantic Coast 2 Meter SSB Net Website, An excellent Sunday PM net from Florida.
 

2 Meter FM Links
SERA, Everything you want to know about repeater coordination in SE.
Artsci's Amateur Repeater Database, USA Repeater listings.
The Grit Net, Check out this website for The Grit Net, on 10 meters, 40 meters  & 2 meters, I'm Grit # 285
 
 

Ham Operator Personal Web sites
The KE4GTM Ham Radio Home page, A fellow Carolina Contesters Group member, active APRS user.
The N4WYK, Foothills of North Carolina APRS Web Site , Excellent Carolina APRS information.
The KE4NOK Ham Radio Web site, Really nice site, check out non ham pages too.
UHF & VHF  HAM PAGES, AF4K's VHF & UHF Amateur Radio Site.
Carolina Ham Swap, Join the mailing list to sell or buy your ham gear.
The AG4L website. A fellow Carolina Contesters Group member, and control operator of NC4CQ.
The KG4AWP Website. A Lincoln County RACES / ARES member.
 
 


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