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LITTLE HISTORY I was
fist licensed in 1977 with the call WD9EAV while
studying electrical engineering at Columbia
University. I passed my Amateur Extra Class test
in 1978 and received the call AE9B. I was
president of the Columbia University Amateur
Radio Club
- W2AEE from 1978-1980. After graduating,
I worked and rented in the Boston area for
the first few years and, consequently, didn't
have a station. In 1983-84 I lived in
Paraguay, S.A. working as a Peace Corps volunteer
and received the call ZP8XMW. In 1985-86 I
lived in NYC and operated at W2AEE mainly to keep
in touch with my friend Alberto Borda ZP6AR whom
I introduced to the hobby. He was recently
president of Radio Club Paraguayo. In 1986 I
moved to Hudson, NH and finally put up my own
station - a TS-430S with a TH-7DXS at 75
feet. The Nashua Area Radio Club through the help of my
neighbor,Bob Kravitz, WA1TGN, helped put it up
and I have been a member ever since. In
1992 we moved to Litchfield, NH for one year
while Mary Anne and I built our home in
Londonderry, NH into which we moved in
1993. In 1997, again with the help of the
Nashua Area Radio Club, I put my present antenna
- a Mosely PRO-96 on top of 80 ft of
Rohn-45. I also received my new vanity call
W1QC. I also upgraded to a Yaesu
Ft-1000MP. Nice rig.
I
have been interested in topband (160 meters)
since 1978. In Hudson, I worked 45 states
and about 20 countries barefoot with the 75 ft
tower, shunt fed, with 16 radials. I could
have worked a lot more had I used a linear and
more radials. Here in Londonderry, I have
the mast ground strapped to the tower and the
Mosley Pro-96 acts like a great top-hat. I
have 64 radials ranging from 75 to 125
feet. I have 160m WAS and have worked 88
countries towards 160m DXCC. MOONBOUNCE My
latest project - EME (Earth - Moon - Earth)
communications involves bounceing one's signal
off the moon on 1296 MHz. This is, by far,
the most technically challenging endeavor I've
ever teaken in amateur radio. |
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