Biography

FISTS #15130    SKCC #10365

To be a radio amateur was a dream of my childhood. In that era when resources and information were limited, I couldn't make a transceiver and could only read some books and magazines my father brought from old bookstalls. I had been obsessed with a Japanese magazine 《子供の科學》(Children's Discovery). Although I can't read Japanese, I can see the pictures or illustrations, and imagine the stories. I finally got my license in 1995. Thank you for visiting and look forward to meeting you on the air.

For some health reasons, I use my left hand to operate the straight keys. But I am right-handed, my left hand is not as flexible as my right hand, and it causes a lot of accidents during keying. So you may hear many QSDs during my transmission. Please forgive me. Please forgive my left hand too!

My sending speed has been around 15 WPM recently. If you are willing to QSO with me, thank you for staying below 20 WPM. A speed below 18 WPM will make it much easier for me to read under the QSB and QRN. I love the feeling of operating a straight key; it's great for maintaining a calm mind, even if it's slow and laborious.

An antenna on the roof was once used by my station. Later, I brewed a set of shortened vertical dipole in 2020 because climbing to the roof was inconvenient. Since there are numerous things close by because the antenna is installed along the house, it is adjusted to resonate with them in order to accomplish impedance matching. Although such transmission efficiency is not excellent and frequently experiences QSB, at least it functions. It appears to be fairly maintenance-free and lasting. I use the acronym SVDP to describe this antenna when CW QSO.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Antenna:
A home-brew shortened vertical dipole (SVDP) mainly works at 40m; it also works at 17m, 10m, 6m with an ATU.

Handheld Transceivers:
Icom IC-2ST
Kenwood TH-D72
Yaesu VX-8DR

Mobile Transceivers:
Icom IC-706 MKII (FCC ID: AFJ IC-706 MK2-A)
Kenwood TM-V71A

Station Transceivers:
Icom IC-7300
Icom IC-9700
Yaesu FT-2000