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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 51^st 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.