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Extra (Lite) Class Amateur Radio Operator

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Operating IRLP Node Number 499

Red Hat Certified Engineer

The instructions said: "Install Windows 95 or better" so I installed Linux.

Amateur Radio Equipment Consists Of:

HF rig is an Icom IC-706MKIIG with the Icom AH-4 tuner and a random length wire around the attic perimeter.

VHF/UHF rig is an Icom IC-910H with an external Comet GP-6 dual-band vertical mounted 23 feet at the base.

IRLP node rig is an Icom IC-2800H with an attic-mounted dual-band Cushcraft A27010S beam.  I am running Linux Redhat 6.2 on a Pentium III 450MHz, Seagate 8.4 GB HD, 256 MB RAM, Creative AWE64 ISA soundcard, Netgear NIC, all behind a Linksys 8-port router with an Alcatel Ethernet modem operating on BellSouth DSL.

Mobile rig is an Icom IC-2800H with a Comet dual-band half wavelength roof-mount antenna.

Here is the esteemed local 2-meter group at a recent luncheon.

Front row, from left to right: W4THI, W2KG, KG4OEJ, VE3NGW.

Back row, from left to right: KG4ARS, KG4BOK, KG4RSF.

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