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John S Carpenter

Syracuse 13219
United States, NY

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Call data

Last update:2022-12-03 14:14:08
Continent:NA
Views:65
Main prefix:K
Class:General
Federal state:NY
US county:Onondaga
Latitude:43.0352550
Longitude:-76.1392800
Locator:FN13WA
DXCC Zone:291
ITU Zone:8
CQ Zone:5
ULS record:3579093
Issued:2014-04-01

QSL data

Last update:2022-12-03 14:06:55
eQSL QSL:YES
Bureau QSL:YES
Direct QSL:YES
LoTW QSL:no

Biography

My interest in radio started in the early 1960's listening to shortwave radio on my father' s Old radio. We collected QSL Cards from all over the world . I became fascinated with the distance radio waves traveled. In the early 70' s I started with 11 m walkie Talkie and was amazed to hear stations from Texas beaming in to my radio stronger than the signal from my friend up the street. Later I built a CW Transmitter from plans in a Popular Electronics magazine . I in turn gave it to a friend and licensed Ham who tested and reported several successful contacts , much to my excitement. The kit was very basic with a coil made from wire around a pill bottle , one tube and a frequency crystal. The requirement for code kept me away from seeking my license , although my Dad and I discussed working on it together. Fast forward 50 years and near retirement I studied and passed the Tech Test and have a lot of fun on 10 m. Over 40 countries logged on QRZ and a dedicated radio room . With the radio bug , I just passed the General Test after taking an 8 Week course.

Equipment

I. At my primary station I run a Yeasu FT 1200 at 100 W into an IMAX 2000& Dipole . Plan to install a Hustler 4 BTV multi band vertical

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