Member Bio

I got into Ham radio in August of 2021.

I joined Races in Hamilton County, and have started volunteering doing everything from Marathon support to weather spotting.

I enjoy talking on UHF and VHF as well as contesting in the HF bands.

Current rigs include

Yaseu FTM-200D 50 Watt (Vehicle Rig)

Alinco DJ-MD5XTG 5 Watt (Portable Rig)

Yaesu FTM-400XDR 50 (UHF and VHF Base)

Yaesu FT-891 HF Base with LDG Z-100 Plus Tuner.

Base station antenna is Palomar 40 Meter full wave horizontal loop for HF and a X200A Dual-Band Base Antennas X200A
VHF (6dbi) and UHF antenna (9dbi).

Neilson-antenna 50ft end-fed (HF) Mobile HF.

Vehicle Antenna

Signal Stuff Super-Elastic Signal Stalk. SWR is right around 1.7 on both 2m (2.5dbi) and 70cm (4.5dbi).

SWR Analyser

NanoVNA