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Larry Eicher

CHARLOTTESVILLE 22901
United States, VA

NA
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Call data

Last update:2017-08-15 00:31:04
QTH:808 King William Drive
Continent:NA
Views:432
Main prefix:K
Class:General
Federal state:VA
US county:Albemarle
Latitude:38.0600900
Longitude:-78.4547580
Locator:FM08SB
DXCC Zone:291
ITU Zone:8
CQ Zone:5
ULS record:3521219
Issued:2013-10-17

Most used bands

20m
(38%)
40m
(16%)
17m
(15%)
10m
(12%)
80m
(9%)

Most used modes

SSB
(99%)
PSK31
(2%)
FM
(1%)

QSL data

Last update:2019-11-27 02:54:49
eQSL QSL:YES
Bureau QSL:YES
Direct QSL:YES
LoTW QSL:YES

Biography

I didn't take my Novice exam until 1983 when working for the U.S. State Department. In the interim I was a Peace Corps Volunteer to Turkey from 1964-66 in Kayseri where I taught English as a foreign language to Turkish middle school children, both boys and girls, and then went on to get my MA degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. It was at Georgetown that I met my wife Vicky and we both entered the diplomatic service.

I worked in the diplomatic field for almost 30 years, with assignments to Turkey, Costa Rica, Ghana, Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa, as well as many TDY assignments to almost all countries of Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean. As with most diplomats, we found working in Washington, DC to be the real hardship post. We are now retired and living in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Upon retirement we moved to Charlottesville, Virginia .Due to neighborhood covenant restrictions I operated low power  using a buddie dipole and Icom 718 transceiver.  While this worked, I eventually purchased a Buckmaster OCR dipole which improved contacts considerably. I have that hidden in the many trees on my property.  Recently I added to my collection of 'toys' and now have a Ten Tech Omni VII transceiver, upgraded my Buckmaster OCR dipole for added power and added a No tune solid state ALS 600 amplifier.  I'm always delighted to hear DX stations and will make every effort to contact a DX station, even though my competition of fellow hams usually out-gun me with larger amplifiers and beams.

DX Code Of Conduct

dx code of conduct small logoI support the "DX Code Of Conduct" to help to work with each other and not each against the others on the bands.

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