Biography

Following my retirement in Oct 2012, I returned to Amateur Radio after a 20 year hiatus. I was licensed as KA5KFN in 1980, WK5I in 1986, and K5DC in 1998.

I am a charter member of the Lone Star DX Association. I regained my DXCC Honor Roll status in 2014. Prior to my rejuvenation I had never worked a station on the WARC bands, 160M, or 6M. These have provided new opportunities -- and challenges. I've been working on band-countries and I now have 8BDXCC, plus a few on 160M and 6M. I also participate in the CQ DX Marathon Limited Class.
I operate about 3/4 CW and 1/4 SSB -- no digital. I am NOT a good CW operator, but I'm getting better.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Current antennas include a Hexbeam by KIO Technology for 6M thru 20M, a delta loop for 30M, a Windom/OCF dipole for 40M and 80M, an inverted V for 160M, and a Pixel RF Pro-1B Loop for enhanced receive on the low bands. Rigs are Yaesu FTdx-5000MP with an Elecraft P3 panadapter ---- and an Icom IC-7300. I've never owned an amplifier. Logging program is Xlog for Linux OS.