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top two pictures at Petoskey, MI; on the left, my station and on the right SteppIR beam
antenna. I received my first amateur license while a high school student
in 1951. I am a life member of ARRL and on the DXCC Honor Roll for Phone
and CW. I used to do a lot of contesting on both Phone and CW. On the
wall you can see some of the awards for winning DX contests for both
Phone and CW for Michigan and the 8th ARRL call area contests. Now,
I can't stay up all night or for 48 hours, so I work DX and talk to my
friends all over the world. |
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My previous calls were W9PEY, when I lived
in indiana, and W8JMO in Michigan. I became an Extra Class licensee in
1972 and received the call, W8FF in 1976. My XYL, Nancy, is W8JMQ and
has been licensed since 1961. |
Our home in Michigan is on an Island and
is a very good location for amateur radio. We spend summers in Petoskey,
Michigan on Oden Island and winters in Florida at Port Charlotte, also
on the water. The Quad Antenna in Florida is on a 50 foot crank -up tower which supports low band wire antennas also. |
The SteppIR antenna is mounted on a 72 foot crank-up tower
(motorized) which also supports wire antennas for the low bands. At the
top is a Diamond 2M/440 X50 for VHF. I use computer logging and most of
the equipment is computer controlled. |
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The
next two pictures are of my station and antenna in Port Charlotte, Florida.
I have almost
the same equipment at both locations. The rigs are an FlexRadio 5000A and an Alpha 87A amplifier. We live on the salt water in Florida so my antennas work
good there also. I am an instrument rated pilot so there some
pictures of airplanes we have owned. I also love fishing so there are
few fish pictures also. |
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Sunset Port Charlotte, Florida |
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