First licensed in 1977 I was bitten by the DXing and contesting bug immediately thereafter. I will never forget my first DX qso contacting JH1WIX with about 2 watts using my Heathkit HW-8. Having setup on a Minnesota lakeshore, my first contest style event was the ARRL Field Day. 34 years later DXing and contesting continue to capture my fascination with the hobby!

When not chasing DX or contesting you will find me active on various satellites. I'm also active on 6 and 2 meter meteor scatter using FSK441 and ISCAT. You may even run across me chasing DX using RTTY and JT65!

MY STATIONS:

Station A: HF DX and Contesting:

ICOM 756PROIII with ACOM 1000 amplifier and Palstar AT2K 2kw Tuner.

MicroHam Microkeyer for digital QSO's

Station B: HF, VHF/UHF and Satellite: DX, Contesting and Digital modes

ICOM 9100 (HF, 2m, 70cm, 1.2ghz) and Tokyo Hy-Power HC-2000 KW Antenna Tuner.

TE Systems 1452g  375 watt 2m amplifier

ACOM 1000 used on 6m.

MicroHam Microkeyer for digital QSO's using HRD/DM780, JT65-HF and WSJT9 software

Station C: Novice QRP Station from 1977

Heathkit HW-8 with the Heathkit HD-1410 Elecronic Keyer and HWA-7-1 Power Supply.

Oak Hills Research WM-2 QRP Wattmeter (Late 1990's)

ANTENNAS:

Force12 XR5 -10 Element Yagi at 45 ft. (20 -10 Meters + WARC)

20 Meter Full Wave Quad loop at 40'

15 meter Delta loop at 35'

80 Meters, Shunt fed tower with remote tuning control and 1/4 Wave Sloper.

Hustler 6BTV ground mounted vertical w/30 radials. (80 -10 Meters)

Alpha Delta Sloper DX-B. (160-75-40-30 Meters)

40 Meter 1/4 Wave Sloper.

8 element Cubex Quad @ 50'. (8 elements on 144mhz and 432mhz).

6 Meters: Diamond 2 Element Yagi at 45'

1.2 Ghz: Directive Systems LYRM2314 Loop Yagi at 40'

Satellite Antenna: M2, 2M5-440XP at 24'

3 - EWE receive antennas for 160 and 80 meters.

I.C.E. 419b Bandpass Filters and I.C.E. 516R Remote Antenna Switches used at both positions.

Contesting Software by Writelog. SO2R control using W5XD Multikeyer. General logging Software by DX4Win.

Club Affiliations: Member of the ARRL - American Radio Relay League, MWA - Minnesota Wireless Association, TCDXA - Twin City DX Association, NLRS - The Northern Lights Radio Society, CWops, QRP ARCI and AMSAT.

QSL INFO:

QSL's with SASE preferred for VP5/N0KK, J3/N0KK

QSL's for VP5R (Oct.1999) via N0AT

QSL's for N0KK - No postage neededThe "Old Fashioned Way"! I'm happy to confirm with QSL for your awards.

I do use LOTW but I do prefer actual paper QSL's!

Sorry, NO eQSL

I hope to put you in my log soon, 73!