Member Bio

Thanks for stopping by my page . I have been a ham since 2008 and upgraded to a General class in 2013 . I am active on SSB and FT8 . I am a member and checkin to OMISS # 8995 , HHH #947 , 10-10 #76412 and NATA nets . I enjoy working DX and state side contacts .

My station consists of Kenwood TS-870 , TS-450 , TS-2000 , and TS-480 . My antennas are B&W inverted V , Butternut vertical and a 570 ft loup and a Dentron MLA-2500 amp .  Update 12/10/19 I have added a Icom 706m2g and a Henry 2K that came from my elmer Frank KB0RG .

I am farmer by trade and a retired truck driver . When not on the radio I enjoy collecting antique farm tractors and going to Truck and Tractor Pulls ,sometimes I compete in the pulls with my truck , you can watch a video of my truck at  http://youtu.be/xJP-Ag-gr3o

The truck is a 1936 Chevrolet with a 706 cubic inch all aluminum motor that runs on methanol alcohol The motor is naturally aspirated that puts out 1497 hp at 7000 rpm on the dyno .

If you need a contact from South Dakota just send me an email to do a sked .