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"Ken" W5KEC
Kenneth E. Carpenter
315 Valhalla Dr.
Edgemont, AR 72044Previous call - KD5DFJ
Amateur Extra Class license
ARRL accredited VE (Volunteer Examiner)
ARRL WAS award using PSK31
Have now worked 109 DX countries on PSK,
60 confirmed towards DXCC.
QTH - Edgemont, AR "USA"Cleburne County
Grid Sq. EM 35vq
Latitude 35.605711
Longitude -92.168987
TenTen International number - 69598
"Connie" W5CON
Constance L. Carpenter
315 Valhalla Dr.
Edgemont, AR 72044Previous call - KD5LMQ
Amateur Extra Class license
ARRL accredited VE (Volunteer Examiner)
QTH - Edgemont, AR "USA"Cleburne County
Grid Sq. EM 35vq
Latitude 35.605711
Longitude -92.168987
TenTen International number - 73352
Modes
These are the modes you will find W5KEC operating on,
SSB on 20 & 10 mtrs.
PSK31 on 80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 mtrs.
MFSK16 on 80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 mtrs.
For PSK31, I use DigiPan Ver 1.7 software.
For MFSK16 I use HamScope Ver 1.21 by KD5HIO
For digital modes I use the RIGblaster interfacing radio to computer.
Using digital modes, I usually run from 20 - 40 watts.
With this low wattage you can work the world.
History
After working in the fire protection trade for 36 years, I retired in 1993 and moved with the XYL (wife) to the State of Arkansas. The best part was moving to the small town of Edgemont, pop.232, located in the foothills of the Ozarks.
Located on the North shores of beautiful Greers Ferry Lake, 75 miles North of Little Rock, it was the perfect place to retire. The worst part was leaving friends and families back in California. But what a great place for them to come and visit.
Following NASCAR racing is one of my weekend pleasures. Also I've always been interested in woodworking, computers and electronics.
So after moving here, I had the time to take up my life long love of Ham Radio, finally passing Extra Class in Nov. 2000.
In Sep. 2000, my wife Connie, got the ham radio bug, started studying and by Oct. 2001 had received her Amateur Extra Class license.
I could not be more proud of her for all her hard work.Need to know more about ham radio,
goto, What is Ham Radio?
Our Hamshack
Consists of
Kenwood TS-140S, HF base station
Kenwood TM-261A, 2Mtr. base station
Kenwood TM-261A, 2Mtr. mobile station
Kenwood TM-241A, 2Mtr. mobile station
Icom IC-2100H, 2Mtr. mobile station
Icom IC-W32A, HT (handheld) dual band
Kenwood TH-22AT, HT (handheld) single band
MFJ-969, AT (antenna tuner)
Dell 2.8 GHz Computer/512MB ram
Gateway 2.4 GHz laptop computer/512 MB ram
DigiPan Version 1.7 software for PSK31
HamScope Ver. 1.21 software for MFSK16
RIGblaster interface for digital modes
Antenna's
Hustler 5BTV (5 band) vertical, base at 25 Ft.
Homebrew 20 mtr vertical loop at 40 feet, in East by West configuration. Will work 20 & 10 mtrs without ant tuner.
2/440 dual band Cushcraft AR270, base at 25 Ft.
Member of
PODXS 070 Club - great club promoting PSK31
W5GFC - Greers Ferry Amateur Radio Club
W5HSC - Heber Springs Amateur Radio Club
10 x10 numbers - W5KEC 69598, W5CON 73352
Photo's
XYL Connie-W5CON and Russel-KD5TLP at Field Day 2002
Ken-W5KEC on PSK31
Ham Radio is the Puurrrrrfect hobby!
QSL Cards
Please visit
our local radio club:
W5GFC Homepage
Favorite Links
10-10 International ARRL HomePage BuckMaster CallSign Search University of AR CallSign Search QRZ CallSign Search World CallSign Search HF Radio Call Book Search - great for local or DX CallSign Search AC6V USA and DX Guide EI9GQ Home Brew Page W4RNL Antennas Free Ham SoftWare QSL Net HomePage Arkansas DX Association No. Central AR ARS North West Arkansas ARC Amateur Radio Exam Practice Page Mike's Amateur Radio Page How To Become A Ham Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service University of Arkansas ARC Greers Ferry Lake, AR W5HSC Heber Springs ARC Delta Amateur Radio Club W5GFC Greers Ferry ARC Ozark Mountain ARC DigiPan software RIGblaster interface PSK31 HomePage PSK31 WM2U HomePage IZ8BLY Stream software MFSK official website PODXS 070 Club - great club promoting PSK31 The Gazette by N2HOS - a great site promoting all digital modes, including PSK31 G3VFP - great download page for all digital modes including HamScope
What is Ham Radio?
Quick Links To
Arkansas Radio Emergency Services Club N5AT
ARRL Arkansas Section WebsiteRobert D. Schaefer - W5RZ, ARRL Arkansas Section Manager
Please Return Often
Warning!
This site will always be under construction, Hi Hi
To find out more about Ken
& Connie
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