73 from the shack
Amateur Radio
I've been a licensed ham since 1982. The rig has changed a half-dozen times, the antenna almost as many. The pull of a clean signal across a dark sky has not.
Call sign
KD8-EDX
Grid square
EM89oi
Bands worked
80 / 40 / 20 / 15 / 10 m
Current station
- 01Yaesu FT-991A — workhorse rig, runs cool, no complaints.
- 02MFJ-993B autotuner — old reliable.
- 0340m dipole, 40 ft up the backyard oak.
- 04Bencher BY-1 paddle — older than my grandson.
- 05Notebook log. Paper. Still works in a power outage.