Latest Stuff:
Happy New Year! 2009 was a great year for DX, despite
the lack of sunspots. Here's my results, courtesy of
Club Log.
Between 1/1/09 - 12/31/09, I worked 204 unique DXCC entities,
and 648 band slots.
Total QSO's were 3,034, consisting of 45% CW, 41% SSB, and
14% data modes.
Here's hoping for an even better 2010!
My son Ryan, KR7YAN, and I spent the weekend of June 27-28
working
ARRL Field Day with the Radio Society of Tucson, K7RST.
We used the Go-Box for 10 meters and 80
meters.
During the 2009 Texas
Star Party, I spent some time operating the
W5TSP special event
station. We made plenty of QSO's despite the fact that
most of us stayed up all night playing with telescopes all week
long!
The January 30, 2009 edition of The RAIN Report featured a
condensed version of my Dayton 2008 talk on 10 meters.
Click Here to
download the 1/30/09 RAIN Report in mp3 format.
I received the ARRL's new "Triple Play Worked All
States" Award #69 on January 30th, 2009.
Worked all states on CW, Digital, and SSB in less than
a month!
I received a great honor from the
Radio Society of Tucson
during the annual Christmas banquet held on 12/13/08. They
awarded me the "2008 Ham of the Year"!
 A
new APRS weather station is in operation
at my home QTH! I installed a Vantage Pro2 Plus on
10/18/08. The new station provides more detail than the
previous station.
 Once
again I attended the ARRL Southwest Division Convention.
It was held 9/12-9/14/08 and I gave a forum and hosted an
exhibit booth for 10-10. Click
here to see more.
The Duke City Hamfest and ARRL NM State Convention was held
8/15-8/16/08 in Albuquerque.
I had a booth for Ten-Ten, and also gave a talk.
Click here to see more.
The ARCA Hamfest and ARRL AZ State Convention was held on
7/18-7/19/08 in Williams.
My son Brad and I set up a booth for Ten-Ten,
and I also gave a talk "Ten Meters is Alive & Well".
Click Here to see more.
I attended the Ten-Ten Board of Directors meeting in San
Antonio, TX on 5/31/08,
and also the 20th Annual Hill County Picnic on 6/1/08.
Click Here to see more.
The SteppIR beam was installed on 5/25/08.
Click Here to see more.
Here's me and Gerry, WA6POZ, at the Ten-Ten booth at the 2008
Dayton Hamvention.
Click Here to see a copy of my PowerPoint presentation made
at the Friday forum.
Click Here to see more pictures from Contest University and
the Dayton Hamvention.
The Radio Society of Tucson operated the
7th Call Area QSO Party from the Titan Missile Museum on
5/3/08, using the huge discone antenna built in the 1960's.
Click Here to see more.
I attended the 2008 International DX Convention in Visalia,
CA on 4/25 - 4/27/08, Click Here to see
more photos.
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Radio
Society of Tucson (K7RST) - Director
Central
Arizona DX Association - Member
AMSAT
(The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) Member #27290
FISTS
(The International Morse Preservation Society) Member #5208
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