My favorite hobby is amateur radio. I especially enjoy HF radio, and within that, contesting. Since the contesting bug has bitten me, I haven't been the same! I am also a computer junkie. My wife Sharon doesn't like my hobbies very much, as they always keep me occupied! Below is a description of my radio room and my antenna setup.
We recently moved out into the country, and the new shack is under construction. Here is the first phase and a short description of the equipment that will occupy the new shack:
Kenwood TS-950SD - Ameritron AL-80B amplifier - Yaesu FT-2500 Packet radio - Kenwood TS-790a 144/440mhz Allmode - Kenwood TM-733 144/440mhz - Kantronics KAM+ - Homebuilt AMD 2.0ghz 120 gig computer - Bencher paddles - Heil headset
The tower will be going up soon, but for now here are the antennas: Inverted-V's for 10/15/20/40/80 meters - Sloper for 160 - Comet CX-333 Tribander (144/220/440) - Cushcraft 144/440 mini-beam
Here's Larry, KC9IU, putting up a 2/440 antenna on the top of Mike's (KF9WW) tower above the 4 element tribander.
Northwest Indiana Weather
Amateur Radio Text Files
Read the latest Contest Calendar on-line
Read the FCC Part 97 Rules and Regs on-line
Other Amateur Links
Log-EQF Logging software Homepage
Great Place to get up to date Weather Info
STSPlus Satellite Tracking Software:
STSPLUS Ver. 9650 Program Part 1 of 2
STSPLUS Ver. 9650 Program Part 2 of 2
STSPLUS Ver. 9650 Program UPDATE ONLY
GCMWIN23.ZIP [704K] Slick program. Great Circle Map for Windows.
GCKWIN82.zip [490K] Geoclock for WINDOWS 3.11/95: Shows greyline. Great for DX'ing. Also has a neat screen saver and wallpaper utility.
GEOCLK82.ZIP [375K] Geoclock for DOS - Shows greyline.
GEOXTR82.ZIP [193K] Four maps for Geoclock Dos and Windows. Includes the S. Pacific, Europe, another N. America.
E-Mail me at:
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