I HAVE RELOCATED TO RICHMOND INDIANA WHICH IS ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF DAYTON, OHIO AND ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IF YOU ARE READING THIS THEN WE PROBABLY HAVE HAD A CW QSO RECENTLY AND THANK YOU MUCH.

I WAS FIRST LICENSED IN 1959 AS A NOVICE WITH THE CALL LETTERS OF KN8VOP. I WAS 13 YEARS OLD. MY RIG WAS A HEATHKIT DX 40 AND A HALLICRAFTERS S-108 RECEIVER. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PASS THE GENERAL CLASS TEST/EXAM AT THE DETROIT FCC OFFICE ABOUT A YEAR LATER AND WAS K8VOP. I GOT A 1949 DESOTO AND DISCOVERED WOMEN AROUND 1964 AND THAT WAS THE END OF MY CW/HAM RADIO CAREER FOR A WHILE. MY LICENSE LAPSED AND I, AGAIN, PASSED THE GENERAL CLASS TEST IN DETROIT AT THE FCC OFFICE IN ABOUT 1975. I WAS WB8YPC. I MANAGED TO STAY LICENSED BUT NOT VERY ACTIVE. I PASSED THE EXTRA CLASS EXAM IN 1997 AND MY CALL WAS AA9FZ. GOT THE VANITY CALL AS K9DP SHORTLY AFTER THAT. I WAS QRT FROM 1999 TO 2009 AND I HAVE BEEN BACK NOW ABOUT 2 YEARS.

I AM LIVING IN AN UPPER FLAT IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND WHICH CREATES SOME PROBLEMS FOR PUTTING OUT A DECENT SIGNAL. I AM USING AN MFJ 1622 ANTENNA (WINDOW MOUNT10 FOOT WHIP) AND AN MFJ 9340 BETTER KNOWN AS A CUB IT HAS AN OUTPUT OF 2 WATTSWELL IT WORKS AND I HAVE A FEW QSO DESPITE THE POOR ANTENNA SYSTEM

DAN, K9DP

MY STRAIGHT KEY CENTURY CLUB (S.K.C.C. ) NUMBER IS 6361