Biography

Dear friends,

I live about 30 km north of New York City in the Lower Hudson Valley, a historic area that played a role in the US War of Independence. Our side suffered a major loss to the Brits in the Battle of White Plains about 5 km north of here.

At the moment I'm active from 10 to 80 meters (SSB, FT4 and FT8). When my station would otherwise be idle I run WSPR, transmitting 2 W when I'm at my QTH (I work mostly from home, so that's most of the time). Occasionally I join one of our local 2 m traffic nets or play around with DMR.

I've been fascinated by radio my whole life. In my college days I worked at the campus radio station and then in commercial radio for several years, but didn't get my ham ticket until 2022. When I'm not doing radio I develop software for a global telecommunications company.

I grew up on the other side of the continent in California but have lived in New York since 1973. I love to travel and in the past few years have visited Portugal, Germany and the Czech Republic. Hope to add the Faroe Islands sometime soon. I have a wife and two grown daughters who live in New York City and Washington DC.

73 from New York and hope to talk to you soon.

Robert (Bob) Dedrick KD2ZYC

Equipment

ICOM 7300 Transceiver
Tekpower TP50SW Power Supply
Elecraft KPA500 Amplifier and KAT500 Antenna Tuner
Ground mounted Solarcon A-99 vertical
End fed random wire