NOW ON LOTW & EQSL. YOU MAY ALSO QSL VIA BURO OR DIRECT.

I retired from the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State in 2006 (Information Technology Specialist - rank of Minister Counselor). I was the State Dept's IT Director for Africa (35 countries) and served as the IT Director for the Western Hemisphere (54 countries) prior to that. I've been active in SWL/Ham activities since 1959 but didn't get around to getting my Ham license until 1971 or so. I'm currently active in the American Foreign Service Net: Sundays - 1500z = 14.316 MHz 1530z = 21.416 MHz 1600z =28.416 MHz. Local Repeater Monitored: WR4AYC = 145.11- Tone = 110.9 Hz. (EchoLink Node 46246). Previous call signs: WN6EUA, WD4HQB, WD4HQB/4X, TL8WH, TR8HWG, OE1ZHU, 9Q5XO and ZS6WGH. My primary Amateur Radio interests now revolve around HF/VHF Radio Propagation with a special interest in 12m, 10m and 6m Es Propagation. GMRS Call Sign = WQJF324 - 10-X membership = 65261 - SouthCARS #6705

Station Equipment: Icom IC-756 Pro III, Icom IC-7000, Henry 2KD-5 Amp rebuilt & modified by WB2YL, the Amp Lady (http://www.amplady.com/), Clipperton-L Amp also rebuilt/modified by WB2YL, XMatch Classic Lowbander Professional Antenna Tuner, Hy-Gain DX-88 ground mounted vertical, Solarcon IMAX 2000 elevated vertical for 10m & 12m, Force 12 EF-706 6m Yagi and various wire antennas depending on what I am experimenting with at any given time.

JUST DISCOVERED AND AM LOVING THE JT65-HF MODE! 15w into a 40m random wire antenna zig zagged up, across and down through my back yard.highest point is 11m. An example of how well this incredible digital mode works is that I can copy VK4AFU here in South Florida on 40m a full 2 hours AFTER my local Sunrise!

I currently have two PropNET BPSK31 stations operating on the following frequencies:

144.288 MHz USB = PropNET anchor frequency. This operation is planned but not operational at this time.

50.294 MHz LSB = PropNET 6m Anchor Frequency (50.291 USB). Transmits PSK31/CW Id at 5 minute intervals.

28.118,8 MHz USB = PropNET 10m anchor frequency. Transmits PSK31 Id at 30 minute intervals.

12.924 MHz USB = PropNET anchor frequency. Often swapped with other frequencies below.

21.098,9 MHz USB = PropNET anchor frequency. Often in Listening Mode on the PSK31 QSO frequency of 21.070 MHz. Frequently swapped with other frequencies below.

17.103,9 MHz = PropNET 17m anchor frequency. Sometimes also in Listening Mode on the PSK31 QSO frequency of 17.100 MHz (Sometimes swapped with other bands).

14.070 MHz USB = 20m PSK31 QSO frequency. This station is currently in PSK31 Lurker/Listening Mode.

10.138,9 MHz USB = PropNET 30m anchor frequency approximately between 0100z - 1259z and transmits PSK31 id at 30 minute intervals (sometimes swapped with 40m frequency).

7.103,2 MHz USB = PropNET 40m anchor frequency approximately between 0100z - 1259z and transmits PSK31/CW id at 15 minute intervals (sometimes swapped with 30m frequency).

PropNet Project- If the band is open and nobody is transmitting, can anybody hear it? The PropNET Project answers that question by providing 24/7 data on band openings. More Amateur and SWL volunteers are needed to set up PropNET transmit/receive probes or even simply to become PropNET Listening probes on all HF and VHF bands. You don't need a Ham license to participate as a PropNET Listening station. If you would like to participate in a cutting-edge state-of-the-art Es Propagation study, check the following Internet site for more information:

http://propnet.org/

To see a picutre of HF band propagation that is often more accurate than DX Sherlock and the Spotting Networks, check the URL below frequently - since the PSK31 digital mode copies weak signals better, PropNET is often an early indication of 12m, 10m and 6m Es propagation paths which are forming and may provide linkage to additional DX contacts via other propagation modes. Just select your desired Map Parameters and click on "CATCHES":

http://propnet.org/index3rp.shtml