Quick Ham News:

Updated March 16, 2008

Recent DX Stations Worked

My very first HF contact was on April 4, 2007 when I was able to contact Swains Island on 15 meters. I even got them on my first call! Two days later, it was nice to see my call in their log! (KI4JUM was my old call before I changed it to a vanity call sign) I got my QSL card from N8S the first week in September.

I currently have 2 radios. Both Yaesu, I have a 2 meter 70 cm radio in the house and an FT-857d in the car.

Interior view of my FT-857d. It had been in my OM's truck, but he took his truck off the road, and now that we're sharing a car, he put the HF rig in my van.

Here's my rig in the house. It's an FT-7100 dual bander, that we set up using 8 conductor phone cable, so that I can plug the control head in, either on our headboard (great for checking into late night nets) or I can unplug just the head, leaving the speaker, and move it into our kitchen / Dining room area!

Here's the HF rig. I'm still learning the ins and outs of his FT-1000 MK V Field radio so I can use the station by myself!