Amateur "HAM" Radio

Amateur radio, often called Ham radio, is a hobby enjoyed by about six million people throughout the world. An amateur radio operator, also known as a ham radio amateur, uses advanced radio equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for public service, recreation and self-training.

I am currently a licensed "General" class Amateur radio operator. For the last 20 years I operated on the "VHF" and "UHF" bands in the Maryland area. My current interest is in APRS, I operate an APRS Digipeter (you can find it here) , as well as an APRS rig in all my vehicles and my boat.

Since upgrading to General class (April 2007) I have discovered HF and Digital operation.

OMISS #6267

I currently operate with the following equipment:

Icom IC-746Pro "All Mode, HF" Transceiver
Icom IC-7000 "All Mode, HF/VHF/UHF" Transceiver
Icom IC-910H All Mode VHF/UHF Satellite Transceiver
Icom IC-718 "All Mode, HF" Transceiver
RFSpace SDR-IQ "Software Defined Radio" Spectrum Analyzer
MFJ-993b Intellituner
MFJ-998 Intellituner
Ameritron 811H 800 watt Amplifier
GAP Titan DX Vertical Antenna (80-10 meters)
HomeBrew 4 Band Parallel Cage Dipole (The Monster)

2 Icom IC-2200H "VHF/UHF" Mobiles
Kenwood 733 Mobile Dual Band Transceiver
Kenwood V7A Mobile Dual Band Transceiver
Kenwood 241 Single Band Transceiver
2 Kenwood TH-22's
Kenwood TH-79
Tarheel II HF Mobile Screwdriver Antenna
Better RF 7000 Screwdriver Controller

Click here to see my HamShack and RigControl

How's your SWR?

The N3UJJ Antenna Project

My Received and Transmitted Slow Scan TV Images

Antenna Analysis (AIM4170b) of my Antennas