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.

From the logbook