Biography

My name is Jeff and I got started in ham radio in 1972 when I was in high school. I received my Novice license with a call sign of WN7QPU. A year later I upgraded to the General License with a call sign change to WA7QPU. in 1976 I passed the code requirement and written exam and upgraded to the Advanced license with another call sign change to KC7WK, which I maintained until 1997.

In 1997 I let my license expire. My interest in ham radio was renewed last year (2012), so I decided to study and get licensed again. I tested for the Tech and General and recieved my General license in March with the call sign KJ6VPI. In July, I received my Extra Class license and changed my call to K6PJF.

My background is in Communications electronics with 3 years experience in the private sector (CCTV, mobile radio, repeaters, Paging systems and mobile phone) prior to entering the USAF, where I served in Communications for an additional 20 years.

I retired from the Air Force in 1997 and entered into ministry, first as a youth pastor then as an associate pastor in the Church of the Nazarene.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

HF:

Icom IC-751A, 40M - 10M Fan Dipole in the attic with an MFJ-941E Tuner, homebrew digital interface.

VHF/UHF:

Kenwood TH-D72 HT with a Mirage B-34 35W Amp (VHF Only) and a Diamond X30A Dual Band Vertical at about 25'

COMPUTER:

HP Pavillion dv6, windows 7 64 bit, 1.6GHz, 8GB RAMwith external 24" monitor. Running JT65HF and Fldigi for data communications.