JIM LEIGHTY - W6UJX

QTH Littlerock, CA

Jim and Roni Leighty moved from Thousand Oaks to Littlerock, California inmid 1996. We live on a small farm with a horse, two cats and some Bernese Mountain Dogs and Dachshunds.

Jim works at Northrop Grumman in Woodland Hills, California. Roni is a homemaker, with many other activities related to Bernese Mountain Dogs. Jim is a ham radio operator, and has been licensed as W6UJX since 1952. If you want to see a "hamography" (ham-biography) of Jim, click here.

To learn a little more about Littlerock, click here:

Click on this picture of a Joshua Tree to go to Littlerock Home Page

Jim's Ham Radio Interests:

CW (Morse code operation)

DX (Long distance High Frequency Communication/Competition)

Talking with his friends on VHF FM while traveling to and from to work.

Radios

W6UJX base station in Littlerock, CA

Jim's station is a mix of new and old. Some of the equipment in his shack has been there for over 30 years, other components are fairly new. He is able to operate on voice, Morse code, radioteletype, and packet. Jim has a 220 MHz repeater at his home location which will (hopefully) soon be back on the air.

One of Jim's favorite activities is listening to high speed CW (Morse code).

Antennas (hey, what's it all about anyway)

All hams like to show off their antennas. Jim has not operated with any big antennas for years. With the help of friends, Jim now has a 40 meter beam atop a 54 foot motorized tower located at the rear of the property. A M-squared KT-36XA triband beam is on order and should be up on the tower this summer.

Mobile

Jim operates on VHF FM and HF while traveling back and forth to Northrop Grumman in Woodland Hills. Every weekday morning Jim travels "down the hill" to the San Fernando Valley in his Honda Civic. He can often be found on the "Hauser" repeater on 146.730 MHz (VHF).

The Farm

We have an old house (originally built in 1957), a two-horse barn, an "RV" grarage, and cross-fenced corrals extending far back from the house to a creek at the rear of the property.

Some of Jim's web sites are:

Jim is a member of the following organziations:

The Southern California DX Club

SC DX Club Logo

The American Radio Relay League

ARRL Logo

The Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club

Antelope Valley ARC

FISTS CW Club

Fists Logo

The Shack

Primary HF Transceiver

Kenwood TS-940S

HF Amplifier

Collins 30L1

Computer

A Dell has replaced the old Compaq.

Old Digital Equipment

Teletype Corp Model 15

W6UJX Littlerock - Antenna Site


You can visit Jim' other sites by first going to:

www.leighty.org


You can QSL Jim and Roni at the following address:
jim@w6ujx.com
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