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Welcome, my name is Ron and I am located in Dunwoody, Georgia,15 miles (24 kilometers) north of the center of Atlanta (EM73ux). The purpose of this web page is to give the hams I meet on the air a visual tour of my station.

 

 

This is my shack on 2 August 2010.

 

The equipment on the desk surface from left to right: Kenwood SP-31 speaker; Kenwood TS-870S HF Transceiver; Elecraft K3 HF/6 meter transceiver; in front of the shelf on the right are my three paddles, Begali Magnetic Classic, Begali Simplex and Vibroplex iambic paddle.  On the shelf from left to right: Yaesu FT-897D HF/6 meter/2 meter/ 70CM Transceiver; Ten-Tec Argonaut V HF Transceiver; LDG Z-11 Auto Tuner.  Under the shelf from left to right: LDG AT-100Pro Autotuner; Logikey K-5 Keyer; Ameritron remote antenna switch RCS-8V.  On the shelving supporting the desk surface from top to bottom: top shelf of the left support from right to left is a Kenwood TR-9130 (2 meter all mode transceiver) and an Astron RS-4A power supply; on the bottom shelf is an Astron RM-35M power supply.  On the bottom shelf of the right support is a Yaesu MD-1 microphone and a Kenwood KPS-12 power supply.  On the wall to the right is an MFJ-1700C Antenna/Transmitter switch.  The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1420 running Vista (I thought ME was bad).

 

 

In the shack

 

I was finally convinced to put a picture of myself on the page.  This was taken by my wife on 8 August 2009.  It was one of the few times I have been on SSB lately.  Conditions were not the best, but I made a few enjoyable contacts.

 

Short history I was first licensed as WV2BSW (Novice) September 1958 - Plainfield, New Jersey.  The V changed to an A a year later when I became a Tech.  In April 1961, I took the trip to 641 Washington Street (NYC) and became a General.  It was not until February of 1980 that I upgraded to Advanced.  With an even longer time gap, 26 years later on 26 February 2006 I took and passed the Extra.

 

My First License

To the left is is my first Amateur Radio license - Novice.  It was issued for one year and was not renewable.

51 Years This past September (2009) was my 51st anniversary as a ham.  I have held a Novice, Technician, General, Advance and now an Extra class license.  I believe that is all possible unless I want to go backwards.  I have operated AM, FM, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and CW.  One day I would like to try Slow Scan.

DXCC Not bad, it only took me 49.5 years to get my DXCC.  I used the hybrid method with some confirmations through Logbook of the World and some from QSL cards checked at Hamvention 2008.

Current Activity can be found on Blogspot.

Operating - I primarily operate CW.  It presents a challenge to me and demonstrates a skill.  Also, it is very affective at lower power levels (to say nothing of my weak antenna system).  I enjoy chasing DX and have made a lot of nice contacts all over the world.  I credit my success to those great operators that take the time and money to journey to very remote locations and operate.

I do not have a bunch of links on this page, but here are sites of interest to me.

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My You Tube Channel

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Additional Pages on this site

New Elecraft K3

My QSL Cards

QSL Cards received

   Non Islands

   Islands

 

Rigs and Antennas

 

Shack Accessories

 

Shacks from the past

PSK31 Operations

Hamfests Attended

This is a newspaper article written by our younger son (former Journalist  

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