Member Bio

New logbook created after moving to EN53XC.

Yes, I am a LGBT female radio operator and my pronouns are she/her or they/them. If you don’t like lesbians or you can’t respect me enough as a person to use my pronouns then don’t bother contacting me. If you don’t like who I am then don’t contact me but do not preach to me about how much you don’t like me because I would NEVER do that to another human being.

My voice has been a problem since 2018 when a hospital skewup caused me to stop breathing then aspirate when they tried to bring me back. After a traumatic intubation, a week hooked up to a breathing machine, and months of the worst pneumonia I could imagine, I was left with lifelong breathing problems, throat damage, and vocal cord paralysis. This is why controlling my vocal pitch is a problem and why my voice gets easily fatigued.

Some operators have been rather understanding, which I appreciate beyond words, but some operators make me wish I stuck with digital modes where I don’t have to speak.

After selling most of my gear to escape an abusive situation in EN35HA, I moved to Milwaukee, WI and I’m back on the air with an old radio and a wire in between trees. I’m living with a YL, that I hope will make me the luckiest lady in the world and become my wife, and 3 kiddos. I’m glad to be on the air again and some day I hope to have a nice radio and a nice vertical like I used to have ☺️

Currently I’m using an Icom IC-756 and custom endfed random wire strung between two trees. My radio had a life before I received it and unfortunately it only works 160 through 20 meters, there are weird issues plaguing 17 through 6 meters with poor receive and “dead zones” so if we make contact on a problematic band, you’re very lucky. I really miss my 7300 that I had to part with. I don’t have the equipment to test and fix my 756 so I’m trying to make the best of it until I can get a newer radio but if you have some 756 expertise then please reach out to me and I can provide videos and more detailed descriptions of what’s wrong with this radio.

I originally got into amateur radio for public service when I was a youngster and got heavy into HF in about 2018. I love designing and building antennas, playing the game of “will it resonate” to see what I can turn into an impromptu antenna, and I love sharing how diverse and fun amateur radio is. I try to help and encourage folks get started in amateur radio and especially encourage YLs; just ask, I’ll find your interests and match it with some part of amateur radio! ❤️

I’ve never needed more than 100 watts; I’m from the school of maximizing what you have and I’ve worked over 150 countries on 7 continents with that much power ☺️

While I’ve done digital on HF for a while, I’m just starting to get into the world of DMR, C4FM, and other digital voice modes ☺️

I don’t have much money but I’ll get QSO cards out as soon as I get more printed for my new QTH. I’ll confirm contacts electronically usually within a day but cards cost money